Sale reports / Iowa / Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2020-11-30

Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Nov 30
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159
Receipts
3,195 head
▼ 587 vs last sale 3,782▲ 1,372 vs year ago 1,823 · +75.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 600 lbs. were 6.00-13.00 higher, the 600-700 lb. steers sold 3.00 higher. The heavier steers ended mixed. Heifers under 600 lbs. were steady to 6.00 higher and heifers over 600 lbs. ended steady to 3.00 higher. Trading was active with good demand for the heavy offerings.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $155.30/cwt on 1,674 head.
Average price
$155.30
1,674 head · 632 lb average
Value per head Derived
$981
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$82
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$17.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.95
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1630157.089891,508
Medium and Large 1-2652139.16907166
One grade step is worth $17.92/cwt here — about $82 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 sale1,674 hd
155.30
—
IA average5 barns · 3,700 hd
149.35
+5.95
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

53 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1291202.50/cwt202.50–202.5058913
Steers—Medium and Large 1330190.00/cwt190.00–190.006276
Steers—Medium and Large 1353193.00/cwt193.00–193.0068135
Steers—Medium and Large 1435181.55/cwt173.00–185.25790196
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned462165.71/cwt159.00–169.0076618
Steers—Medium and Large 1480174.39/cwt168.00–180.0083753
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2481162.56/cwt153.00–168.0078213
Steers—Medium and Large 1525174.97/cwt171.25–175.50919162
Steers—Medium and Large 1571161.44/cwt159.00–170.50922117
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2572149.70/cwt142.00–156.0085633
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned576141.96/cwt138.00–144.0081812
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned586160.75/cwt160.75–160.7594236
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned620139.00/cwt139.00–139.008624
Steers—Medium and Large 1624152.92/cwt145.50–160.25954125
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2636141.99/cwt135.00–145.0090330
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned665140.50/cwt140.50–140.5093426
Steers—Medium and Large 1668147.63/cwt142.50–151.75986167
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2681135.56/cwt130.00–139.0092316
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2721129.25/cwt124.00–133.5093226
Steers—Medium and Large 1733142.72/cwt134.50–147.251,046222
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned749122.00/cwt122.00–122.009147
Steers—Medium and Large 1781142.99/cwt134.00–145.251,117167
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2787125.80/cwt125.00–127.5099025
Steers—Medium and Large 1819137.00/cwt134.00–137.751,12298
Steers—Medium and Large 1880136.25/cwt136.25–136.251,19960
Steers—Medium and Large 1937132.88/cwt130.00–135.001,2457
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2303156.00/cwt156.00–156.004734
Heifers—Medium and Large 1329175.87/cwt175.00–176.0057948
Heifers—Medium and Large 1393172.49/cwt172.00–175.0067824
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned411162.50/cwt162.50–162.506684
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418169.05/cwt159.50–175.00707182
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2448147.00/cwt147.00–147.006598
Heifers—Medium and Large 1482156.34/cwt152.50–166.0075476
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2485147.70/cwt144.00–150.0071632
Heifers—Medium and Large 1509152.93/cwt147.10–160.00778261
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned524146.00/cwt146.00–146.007654
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2543142.18/cwt140.00–146.0077241
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned554137.00/cwt137.00–137.0075934
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2577125.25/cwt124.00–127.007237
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578139.99/cwt133.50–142.00809119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1612138.07/cwt128.00–139.7584589
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned632130.50/cwt130.50–130.5082511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1666135.86/cwt130.00–140.2590584
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2673117.34/cwt117.00–117.5079015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1718130.45/cwt130.00–133.0093726
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2749119.50/cwt119.50–119.508958
Heifers—Medium and Large 1753134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,00980
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2771119.69/cwt118.00–122.5092316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1924118.50/cwt118.50–118.501,0954
Heifers—Medium and Large 1954118.08/cwt116.50–118.751,12610
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1448152.50/cwt152.50–152.506832
Bulls—Medium and Large 1553134.00/cwt134.00–134.007412
Bulls—Medium and Large 1783102.20/cwt102.20–102.208002

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.