Sale reports / Iowa / Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2020-12-07

Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Dec 7
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159
Receipts
2,327 head
▼ 868 vs last sale 3,195▲ 1,279 vs year ago 1,048 · +122.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 450-550 lbs. were 5.00 lower, while the 550-700 lb. steers sold steady to 5.00 higher. The steers over 700 lbs. ended mixed. Heifers 450-600 lbs. ended 10.00-12.00 lower and the heavier heifers were mostly 12.00 lower. Supply consisted mostly of smaller groups. Demand was moderate for the moderate offerings. Trading was active.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $150.04/cwt on 1,159 head.
Average price
$150.04
1,159 head · 637 lb average
Value per head Derived
$956
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$147
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.18
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1654151.89993878
Medium and Large 1-2586144.24845281
One grade step is worth $7.65/cwt here — about $147 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 sale1,159 hd
150.04
—
IA average11 barns · 9,686 hd
143.86
+6.18
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

64 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2317165.23/cwt162.50–167.005248
Steers—Medium and Large 1350198.00/cwt198.00–198.006936
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned363163.00/cwt163.00–163.005926
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2387177.00/cwt177.00–177.006855
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2421154.00/cwt154.00–154.006489
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned434178.37/cwt172.00–184.0077411
Steers—Medium and Large 1447169.31/cwt168.00–175.0075716
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned451144.00/cwt144.00–144.006494
Steers—Medium and Large 1477168.69/cwt162.00–175.0080534
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned479162.47/cwt160.00–176.0077838
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2512149.57/cwt143.00–152.0076635
Steers—Medium and Large 1531169.68/cwt162.00–173.7590147
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned533146.74/cwt144.00–148.0078225
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned536174.24/cwt163.00–177.0093432
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned552142.00/cwt142.00–142.007845
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy566172.00/cwt172.00–172.0097424
Steers—Medium and Large 1570166.50/cwt158.00–168.0094941
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2581146.90/cwt140.00–152.0085388
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned594158.81/cwt156.00–160.0094320
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2622138.65/cwt136.00–142.008629
Steers—Medium and Large 1623152.36/cwt143.00–157.00949149
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned624148.30/cwt141.50–155.0092552
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned644134.00/cwt134.00–134.0086321
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2678137.32/cwt134.50–140.0093137
Steers—Medium and Large 1688151.93/cwt145.50–155.251,04562
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned688136.00/cwt136.00–136.009366
Steers—Medium and Large 1712140.96/cwt137.00–150.501,004137
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned729144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,0506
Steers—Medium and Large 1758136.66/cwt126.75–138.251,03675
Steers—Medium and Large 1819140.85/cwt140.85–140.851,154108
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2824125.50/cwt125.50–125.501,03423
Steers—Medium and Large 1965122.02/cwt120.00–125.001,17720
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1379146.29/cwt143.00–151.0055412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned426140.00/cwt138.00–142.0059614
Heifers—Large 1Unweaned428135.00/cwt135.00–135.0057810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1440146.10/cwt140.00–152.0064327
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned458143.00/cwt143.00–143.0065511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1462142.40/cwt140.00–145.0065836
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2478130.00/cwt130.00–130.006214
Heifers—Large 1Unweaned490127.50/cwt127.50–127.5062514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned502147.00/cwt147.00–147.0073818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1517139.85/cwt133.50–147.0072396
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned521121.87/cwt117.00–126.0063525
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530131.60/cwt125.50–133.0069722
Heifers—Large 1Unweaned570122.00/cwt122.00–122.006956
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned571124.63/cwt121.00–130.0071215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned571119.00/cwt119.00–119.006794
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574129.30/cwt122.00–133.50742190
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2599120.00/cwt120.00–120.007198
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned612126.51/cwt121.00–131.0077411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1629122.50/cwt120.00–130.0077137
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2643118.22/cwt118.00–118.507609
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned664120.00/cwt120.00–120.007975
Heifers—Medium and Large 1668123.26/cwt119.00–129.5082361
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2678120.90/cwt118.00–123.0082012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1721130.75/cwt128.00–131.7594311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2748119.00/cwt119.00–119.0089023
Heifers—Medium and Large 1764124.50/cwt124.50–124.509514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1817127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,0389
Heifers—Medium and Large 1875105.00/cwt105.00–105.009195
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1540127.50/cwt127.50–127.506893
Bulls—Medium and Large 1728101.00/cwt101.00–101.007354
Bulls—Medium and Large 178893.50/cwt93.50–93.507373
Bulls—Medium and Large 1874107.00/cwt107.00–107.009358

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.