Sale reports / Iowa / Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2021-10-04

Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Oct 4
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159
Receipts
1,409 head
▼ 529 vs last sale 1,938▲ 1,409 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago light steers in light tests ended weak, the 700-850 lb. steers were mostly 4.00-7.00 lower. The 850-900 lb. steers finished 6.00 higher. In light tests light heifers were also weak. The 600-750 lb. heifers were 3.00-8.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good for the light 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 $159.75/cwt on 807 head.
Average price
$159.75
807 head · 705 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,126
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$216
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.58
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1724161.021,165692
Large 1499152.4776129
Medium and Large 1-2624151.9594986
One grade step is worth $9.07/cwt here — about $216 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 sale807 hd
159.75
—
IA average6 barns · 2,284 hd
149.17
+10.58
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

47 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned345197.50/cwt197.50–197.506815
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned421166.00/cwt166.00–166.006997
Steers—Large 1Unweaned421151.59/cwt150.00–152.5063811
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned426192.00/cwt192.00–192.0081819
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned470157.50/cwt157.50–157.5074010
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2473162.00/cwt161.00–163.0076610
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned495184.75/cwt184.75–184.7591553
Steers—Medium and Large 1515155.13/cwt155.00–156.0079923
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2515143.00/cwt143.00–143.007364
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned523162.10/cwt154.00–166.0084824
Steers—Large 1Unweaned547153.00/cwt153.00–153.0083718
Steers—Medium and Large 1576155.57/cwt154.00–158.0089610
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned640148.00/cwt148.00–148.0094712
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy648154.00/cwt154.00–154.0099825
Steers—Medium and Large 1667167.10/cwt165.50–168.001,115144
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2680152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,03416
Steers—Medium and Large 1702165.27/cwt165.00–166.001,16015
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2716150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,07426
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2751139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,04413
Steers—Medium and Large 1783157.06/cwt151.50–161.001,230128
Steers—Medium and Large 1830152.88/cwt144.00–156.001,26989
Steers—Medium and Large 1879156.69/cwt156.50–156.851,377111
Steers—Medium and Large 1954138.68/cwt135.00–140.001,32334
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned318191.00/cwt191.00–191.006076
Heifers—Medium and Large 1322169.00/cwt169.00–169.005445
Heifers—Large 1Unweaned364152.00/cwt152.00–152.0055313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1381167.00/cwt167.00–167.006364
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned394176.00/cwt176.00–176.0069319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned451145.00/cwt145.00–145.006544
Heifers—Medium and Large 1461165.00/cwt165.00–165.007614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned469162.00/cwt162.00–162.0076051
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2481143.84/cwt141.00–146.0069220
Heifers—Large 1Unweaned495146.00/cwt146.00–146.0072318
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned506138.00/cwt138.00–138.006984
Heifers—Medium and Large 1508144.03/cwt140.00–149.0073231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned586140.00/cwt140.00–140.0082016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1633143.20/cwt140.00–144.0090615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1657138.32/cwt136.00–139.0090961
Heifers—Medium and Large 1727133.77/cwt132.50–134.5097318
Heifers—Medium and Large 1797135.25/cwt135.25–135.251,07829
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2827129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,0676
Heifers—Medium and Large 1844138.15/cwt130.00–140.251,16631
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2887130.75/cwt130.75–130.751,1609
Heifers—Medium and Large 1922122.77/cwt117.00–126.501,13210
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1449157.00/cwt157.00–157.007057
Bulls—Medium and Large 1562141.00/cwt141.00–141.007923
Bulls—Medium and Large 1657132.00/cwt132.00–132.008673

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.