Sale reports / Iowa / Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2020-11-16

Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Nov 16
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159
Receipts
1,564 head
▼ 656 vs last sale 2,220▼ 1,652 vs year ago 3,216 · −51.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 600 lbs. sold mostly 2.00-9.00 higher, while the 600-750 lb. steers were generally steady. Steers over 750 lbs. did not have enough numbers to compare. Heifers 500-650 lbs. were 6.00 lower to 2.00 higher and the 650-700 lb. heifers were 12.00 higher. Heifers over 700 lbs. did not have enough to compare. In active trading, demand was good for the moderate offerings.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $147.90/cwt on 749 head.
Average price
$147.90
749 head · 624 lb average
Value per head Derived
$923
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$120
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.56
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1634148.27940644
Medium and Large 1-2563145.62820105
One grade step is worth $2.65/cwt here — about $120 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale749 hd
147.90
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IA average8 barns · 4,212 hd
138.34
+9.56
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

49 lots · USDA AMS · Russell Livestock Feeder Cattle - Russell, IA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2440154.00/cwt154.00–154.006785
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned462155.30/cwt149.00–157.0071714
Steers—Medium and Large 1479165.77/cwt160.00–172.0079426
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2479156.50/cwt156.50–156.5075016
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned495176.00/cwt176.00–176.0087116
Steers—Medium and Large 1529164.09/cwt163.50–166.0086834
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned529162.34/cwt155.50–167.0085932
Steers—Medium and Large 1579156.88/cwt150.00–164.00908101
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned582148.58/cwt147.50–153.0086541
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2586147.68/cwt144.00–148.5086531
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2615136.98/cwt134.00–140.0084233
Steers—Medium and Large 1626148.72/cwt142.50–157.00931121
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned668144.35/cwt133.00–145.7596457
Steers—Medium and Large 1674139.04/cwt134.00–146.25937120
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned707124.00/cwt124.00–124.008773
Steers—Medium and Large 1711135.00/cwt135.00–135.0096031
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2748124.00/cwt124.00–124.009283
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned767128.30/cwt127.50–128.5098420
Steers—Medium and Large 1817131.92/cwt128.25–136.001,07817
Steers—Medium and Large 1853137.75/cwt137.75–137.751,17514
Steers—Medium and Large 1919130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,19514
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1334179.00/cwt179.00–179.005987
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370167.23/cwt166.00–169.0061914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned380149.56/cwt149.00–150.005687
Heifers—Medium and Large 1410162.52/cwt156.00–166.0066615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1466145.60/cwt140.50–149.0067836
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned482141.61/cwt139.00–147.0068326
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2497135.00/cwt135.00–135.0067115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2519131.29/cwt128.00–136.006815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned525147.05/cwt138.00–151.0077246
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530146.38/cwt141.00–150.5077648
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned534124.00/cwt124.00–124.006625
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560132.74/cwt130.00–140.00743127
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2583124.21/cwt124.00–124.2572417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned584129.95/cwt126.00–131.0075928
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2605124.00/cwt124.00–124.007504
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622128.05/cwt123.50–132.5079666
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned646133.00/cwt133.00–133.0085914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1650144.12/cwt139.00–144.5093772
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned650119.00/cwt119.00–119.007744
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2677119.56/cwt117.00–122.008098
Heifers—Medium and Large 1782126.75/cwt126.75–126.7599110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1827119.54/cwt113.00–122.259897
Heifers—Medium and Large 1931116.02/cwt113.00–119.001,0806
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1328160.00/cwt160.00–160.005252
Bulls—Medium and Large 1408141.00/cwt141.00–141.005752
Bulls—Medium and Large 1488145.00/cwt145.00–145.007086
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525136.56/cwt129.00–138.007176
Bulls—Medium and Large 1597128.93/cwt124.00–130.0077011

This sale against other markets

Iowa weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Iowa auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.