Sale reports / Iowa / Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2021-05-10

Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, May 10
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159
Receipts
3,995 head
▲ 1,934 vs last sale 2,061▲ 3,995 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steer calves under 550 lbs. sold steady to 2.00 lower, the heavier steers were 4.00 to sharply higher. Heifer calves under 600 lbs. sold 5.00-8.00 lower, heifers over 600 lbs. were steady to sharply higher. Demand was good for the heavy offerings. 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 $150.22/cwt on 1,995 head.
Average price
$150.22
1,995 head · 688 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,033
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$119
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$21.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.77
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1692151.721,0501,734
Medium and Large 1-2653141.11922240
Large 1716130.1093121
One grade step is worth $21.62/cwt here — about $119 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 sale1,995 hd
150.22
—
IA average9 barns · 4,918 hd
145.44
+4.77
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

56 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned343140.00/cwt140.00–140.004803
Steers—Medium and Large 1370192.07/cwt189.00–195.0071112
Steers—Medium and Large 1436178.22/cwt168.00–182.0077756
Steers—Medium and Large 1470174.68/cwt173.00–177.0082130
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2478160.55/cwt155.00–164.007678
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned515175.83/cwt172.00–179.0090644
Steers—Medium and Large 1526171.70/cwt164.00–180.00903168
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2536155.11/cwt152.00–163.0083156
Steers—Medium and Large 1573165.70/cwt156.00–171.00949121
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned578156.45/cwt154.00–159.0090448
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2589140.53/cwt131.00–153.0082824
Steers—Large 1613136.00/cwt136.00–136.0083414
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned620148.00/cwt148.00–148.0091812
Steers—Medium and Large 1630161.40/cwt153.00–168.001,017162
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2636146.00/cwt146.00–146.009295
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2663140.24/cwt136.50–149.0093031
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned666138.00/cwt138.00–138.009195
Steers—Medium and Large 1681148.32/cwt145.25–157.501,010260
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy713132.00/cwt132.00–132.009415
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2720135.22/cwt134.50–137.5097455
Steers—Medium and Large 1721148.29/cwt141.75–153.001,069177
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2774130.55/cwt122.50–132.501,01042
Steers—Medium and Large 1777143.84/cwt139.50–148.001,118252
Steers—Large 1783132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0343
Steers—Medium and Large 1818140.07/cwt136.50–143.501,146154
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2841126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,0606
Steers—Medium and Large 1887130.61/cwt124.00–131.751,159217
Steers—Medium and Large 1978120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,17421
Steers—Large 11,025108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,1074
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1374162.33/cwt157.50–166.0060731
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned400145.00/cwt145.00–145.005807
Heifers—Medium and Large 1438159.41/cwt158.00–162.0069828
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2438145.00/cwt145.00–145.006354
Heifers—Large 1469135.15/cwt134.50–137.0063415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474147.48/cwt144.00–152.0069931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned479140.00/cwt140.00–140.006714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2483134.93/cwt133.00–140.0065211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned523144.92/cwt140.00–155.0075850
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2524129.43/cwt121.50–132.7567844
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528140.03/cwt134.00–147.0073985
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2566129.39/cwt127.50–131.0073215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567137.21/cwt132.00–145.50778140
Heifers—Large 1579125.75/cwt125.75–125.7572818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2616127.70/cwt125.50–129.2578722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622139.23/cwt132.00–144.00866263
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned644130.00/cwt130.00–130.008376
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2680123.50/cwt119.00–128.008408
Heifers—Medium and Large 1686140.09/cwt133.00–141.75961349
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed709140.49/cwt140.35–142.5099677
Heifers—Medium and Large 1727128.45/cwt124.50–135.75934266
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2736122.89/cwt122.50–124.0090411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1774133.95/cwt133.00–134.851,037149
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement792135.50/cwt135.50–135.501,07324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1824118.37/cwt110.00–119.7597576
Heifers—Medium and Large 1918113.75/cwt113.75–113.751,04417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,051101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,0629

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.