Sale reports / Iowa / Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2021-01-18

Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Jan 18
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159
Receipts
4,759 head
▲ 223 vs last sale 4,536▲ 2,258 vs year ago 2,501 · +90.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 650 lbs. were mostly 7.00-10.00 lower, while those over 650 lbs. were 6.00 lower to 2.50 higher. Heifers under 600 lbs. sold mostly 2.00-10.00 lower and those over 600 lbs. were steady to mostly 4.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good for the heavy offerings. Supply included several lot loads. Trade 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 $142.40/cwt on 2,723 head.
Average price
$142.40
2,723 head · 662 lb average
Value per head Derived
$943
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$163
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.00
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1670142.569552,511
Medium and Large 1-2564140.52793212
One grade step is worth $2.04/cwt here — about $163 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 sale2,723 hd
142.40
—
IA average13 barns · 13,489 hd
138.41
+4.00
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

51 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2349159.00/cwt159.00–159.005557
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2366164.50/cwt163.00–165.0060226
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned434174.00/cwt174.00–174.0075524
Steers—Medium and Large 1442176.77/cwt168.00–180.0078191
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned469149.00/cwt149.00–149.006995
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2471153.25/cwt146.00–158.0072210
Steers—Medium and Large 1487167.57/cwt165.00–172.0081631
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530140.90/cwt133.00–146.0074717
Steers—Medium and Large 1533159.51/cwt154.00–169.50850279
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned559139.00/cwt139.00–139.0077710
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2563141.10/cwt136.00–143.0079455
Steers—Medium and Large 1576150.16/cwt144.00–159.00865174
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned626127.67/cwt126.00–132.0079914
Steers—Medium and Large 1628143.81/cwt135.00–147.50903377
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2628131.47/cwt130.00–132.2582622
Steers—Medium and Large 1673140.45/cwt132.50–145.10945644
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2679130.02/cwt129.00–130.2588338
Steers—Medium and Large 1734135.34/cwt129.75–138.75993218
Steers—Medium and Large 1772132.50/cwt127.50–139.001,023406
Steers—Medium and Large 1814127.15/cwt124.00–132.251,035140
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2826119.50/cwt119.50–119.509878
Steers—Medium and Large 1855128.45/cwt124.50–129.751,09896
Steers—Medium and Large 1904123.48/cwt123.00–123.751,11625
Steers—Medium and Large 1963116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,1176
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1309148.00/cwt148.00–148.0045711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned337139.00/cwt139.00–139.004687
Heifers—Medium and Large 1382144.32/cwt139.50–154.0055170
Heifers—Medium and Large 1407143.55/cwt141.00–150.0058425
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2407135.00/cwt135.00–135.005496
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned451136.00/cwt136.00–136.006135
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned459139.00/cwt139.00–139.0063818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2473127.88/cwt122.00–129.0060518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1482136.25/cwt131.00–144.75657185
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2526127.36/cwt124.00–130.0067033
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527137.53/cwt133.00–144.50725100
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned565119.50/cwt119.50–119.5067510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570132.13/cwt124.00–138.75753234
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned577120.50/cwt120.50–120.506956
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628128.16/cwt122.50–134.00805448
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2633120.39/cwt119.50–121.0076215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1676124.59/cwt120.50–128.75842281
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2678118.00/cwt118.00–118.008004
Heifers—Medium and Large 1717124.31/cwt122.00–128.75891115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2725113.00/cwt113.00–113.008196
Heifers—Medium and Large 1757120.12/cwt119.50–123.0090957
Heifers—Medium and Large 1821121.62/cwt120.50–121.7599947
Heifers—Medium and Large 1861119.50/cwt119.50–119.501,0299
Heifers—Large 1Fleshy1,010108.50/cwt108.50–108.501,0964
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1594130.00/cwt130.00–130.007729
Bulls—Medium and Large 1670110.00/cwt110.00–110.007372
Bulls—Medium and Large 1729111.50/cwt111.50–111.508136

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.