Sale reports / Iowa / Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2020-12-14

Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Dec 14
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159
Receipts
1,010 head
▼ 1,317 vs last sale 2,327▼ 937 vs year ago 1,947 · −48.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 550 lbs. were mostly 3.00 higher, while the heavier steers were mostly 3.00-12.00 lower. Heifers ended mostly higher. The exception was the 500-550 heifers which ended 3.00 lower. The lighter heifers were mostly 1.00-3.00 higher while those over 550 lbs. were mostly 2.00-7.00 higher. Supply was mostly smaller groups with no lot loads included. Demand was moderate to good for the light offerings. Trading was moderate to active.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $150.98/cwt on 472 head.
Average price
$150.98
472 head · 600 lb average
Value per head Derived
$906
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$60
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$17.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.15
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1599152.42913418
Large 1562148.1483321
Medium and Large 1-2635134.4885433
One grade step is worth $17.95/cwt here — about $60 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 sale472 hd
150.98
—
IA average12 barns · 8,022 hd
142.83
+8.15
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

39 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1316207.09/cwt205.00–210.006545
Steers—Medium and Large 1416182.47/cwt180.00–184.5075927
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned481160.99/cwt160.00–162.5077415
Steers—Medium and Large 1487163.36/cwt158.00–173.0079610
Steers—Large 1504156.00/cwt156.00–156.0078615
Steers—Medium and Large 1512172.89/cwt168.50–177.7588550
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned521166.22/cwt160.00–174.2586632
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2577141.20/cwt141.00–142.0081515
Steers—Medium and Large 1579150.79/cwt149.50–156.0087330
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned617144.19/cwt138.50–147.5089040
Steers—Medium and Large 1621149.15/cwt140.00–154.0092672
Steers—Medium and Large 1676139.24/cwt134.00–144.2594192
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2677130.71/cwt128.00–132.008856
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned686127.96/cwt125.00–130.0087812
Steers—Large 1708128.50/cwt128.50–128.509106
Steers—Medium and Large 1709133.07/cwt126.00–135.0094323
Steers—Medium and Large 1821129.00/cwt127.00–132.001,05922
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned375157.00/cwt157.00–157.005897
Heifers—Medium and Large 1381161.13/cwt156.00–165.0061419
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned417143.59/cwt141.00–145.0059911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463143.20/cwt134.00–147.0066331
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned518122.00/cwt122.00–122.0063210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned529140.09/cwt138.00–141.5074132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535136.85/cwt130.50–140.0073238
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned563115.00/cwt115.00–115.006474
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned567125.00/cwt125.00–125.007093
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579131.70/cwt125.00–136.5076332
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned625131.50/cwt131.50–131.5082210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1637129.87/cwt129.50–131.2582727
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678128.37/cwt128.00–129.0087014
Heifers—Large 1744124.00/cwt124.00–124.009235
Heifers—Medium and Large 1794125.00/cwt125.00–125.009939
Heifers—Medium and Large 1813121.50/cwt121.50–121.5098811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1924120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1097
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,066111.50/cwt111.50–111.501,18914
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423150.00/cwt150.00–150.006352
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned554132.17/cwt126.00–135.0073216
Bulls—Medium and Large 1636129.00/cwt129.00–129.008204
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned657117.00/cwt117.00–117.0076916

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.