Sale reports / Iowa / Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2021-10-18

Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Oct 18
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159
Receipts
2,802 head
▲ 1,393 vs last sale 1,409▲ 2,802 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers over 750 lbs. sold mostly 6.00 higher to as much as 10.00 higher. The lighter steers were higher but didn't have the numbers both weeks to compare. Heifers under 650 lbs. were 6.00 higher, while the heavier heifers were sharply higher with limited comparable numbers. Several load lots were included in the offerings. Demand was good for the moderate to 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 $165.74/cwt on 1,783 head.
Average price
$165.74
1,783 head · 725 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,202
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$359
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$13.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.80
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1736166.631,2271,667
Medium and Large 1-2567152.97867116
One grade step is worth $13.66/cwt here — about $359 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 sale1,783 hd
165.74
—
IA average6 barns · 2,757 hd
158.94
+6.80
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

52 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1256215.00/cwt215.00–215.005508
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned340210.00/cwt210.00–210.007148
Steers—Medium and Large 1366200.78/cwt192.75–204.0073518
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned369195.00/cwt195.00–195.007207
Steers—Medium and Large 1437174.77/cwt171.00–177.5076426
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned446183.00/cwt183.00–183.0081623
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned465180.27/cwt169.00–184.0083816
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned469166.71/cwt165.00–169.007827
Steers—Medium and Large 1471183.95/cwt179.50–191.0086639
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2494153.00/cwt153.00–153.0075619
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2514153.92/cwt151.00–162.5079126
Steers—Medium and Large 1528175.66/cwt170.00–179.0092728
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned537184.78/cwt182.50–185.5099232
Steers—Medium and Large 1572173.20/cwt164.00–178.00991142
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned576169.38/cwt169.00–170.0097626
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2582153.73/cwt145.00–156.0089541
Steers—Medium and Large 1631168.19/cwt159.00–173.501,06167
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned642147.00/cwt147.00–147.0094412
Steers—Medium and Large 1670166.78/cwt164.50–171.501,11762
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2722146.95/cwt145.00–151.001,0616
Steers—Medium and Large 1728163.39/cwt157.50–169.001,189247
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2769144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,1075
Steers—Medium and Large 1795163.15/cwt160.25–165.751,297180
Steers—Medium and Large 1817163.50/cwt153.25–165.601,336385
Steers—Medium and Large 1868162.93/cwt155.25–166.101,414231
Steers—Medium and Large 1943155.07/cwt147.00–156.001,46267
Steers—Medium and Large 1960153.50/cwt153.50–153.501,47455
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned228207.50/cwt207.50–207.504734
Heifers—Medium and Large 1322173.02/cwt170.00–177.5055721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy374190.00/cwt190.00–190.0071110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375169.10/cwt165.00–172.006347
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned416169.03/cwt164.00–172.0070318
Heifers—Medium and Large 1436169.06/cwt164.50–174.0073792
Heifers—Medium and Large 1462154.36/cwt149.00–163.0071336
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned467148.67/cwt146.00–155.0069423
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2488143.36/cwt140.00–150.0070019
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned509138.50/cwt138.50–138.507054
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2510138.00/cwt138.00–138.007047
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523150.09/cwt140.00–153.0078532
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned548136.00/cwt136.00–136.007456
Heifers—Medium and Large 1558145.13/cwt137.00–148.0081041
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned575138.00/cwt138.00–138.0079411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620149.81/cwt142.00–152.0092943
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2642134.00/cwt134.00–134.008605
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2665139.14/cwt139.00–139.5092514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1671154.35/cwt149.50–156.251,036165
Heifers—Medium and Large 1721151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,08916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1815149.01/cwt143.00–152.001,21494
Heifers—Medium and Large 1878137.19/cwt136.00–138.001,20516
Heifers—Large 11,039115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,1954
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1445150.00/cwt150.00–150.006682
Bulls—Medium and Large 1460165.00/cwt165.00–165.007593

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.