Sale reports / Iowa / Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2021-11-01

Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Nov 1
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159
Receipts
2,284 head
▼ 518 vs last sale 2,802▲ 2,284 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 650 lbs. were down 3.00 to sharply lower, the heavier steers mostly ended mixed. The bright spot in the steers were the 750-800 lbs. which finished 4.00 higher. The heifers calves under 650 lbs. were mostly 2.00-4.00 lower, while the heavier heifers were down 2.00 to sharply lower. Demand was moderate to good for the moderate offerings. Trading 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 $159.13/cwt on 1,306 head.
Average price
$159.13
1,306 head · 707 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,125
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$225
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$28.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.99
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1703161.621,1361,125
Medium and Large 1-2587148.75873120
Large 11,019133.601,36161
One grade step is worth $28.02/cwt here — about −$225 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 sale1,306 hd
159.13
—
IA average7 barns · 3,889 hd
154.14
+4.99
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

53 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned399199.50/cwt199.50–199.5079623
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2426146.00/cwt146.00–146.006227
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned432155.22/cwt148.00–162.0067115
Steers—Medium and Large 1474180.30/cwt172.00–186.0085536
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned486183.00/cwt183.00–183.0088924
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2500146.00/cwt146.00–146.0073010
Steers—Medium and Large 1526166.30/cwt161.00–178.0087530
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned531181.00/cwt181.00–181.009617
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned538140.00/cwt140.00–140.007538
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned568148.57/cwt147.75–150.0084422
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned569149.16/cwt148.50–151.0084924
Steers—Medium and Large 1578162.70/cwt152.00–168.0094052
Steers—Medium and Large 1620164.09/cwt159.00–168.251,017151
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2622151.51/cwt149.50–155.0094223
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy628173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,08691
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned636159.50/cwt159.50–159.501,01434
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2658147.50/cwt147.50–147.5097120
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned665156.25/cwt156.25–156.251,03923
Steers—Medium and Large 1678158.02/cwt154.00–162.001,07180
Steers—Medium and Large 1708159.39/cwt155.50–164.751,12896
Steers—Medium and Large 1782167.31/cwt163.00–170.001,308165
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2782147.75/cwt144.00–151.001,15515
Steers—Medium and Large 1833163.42/cwt154.00–169.251,361109
Steers—Medium and Large 1882136.49/cwt135.00–138.001,204145
Steers—Medium and Large 1922153.26/cwt149.25–157.001,41335
Steers—Large 11,019133.60/cwt133.60–133.601,36161
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1366159.00/cwt159.00–159.005824
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned396162.50/cwt162.50–162.5064432
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy423172.00/cwt172.00–172.007286
Heifers—Medium and Large 1448152.00/cwt152.00–152.006814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned468153.31/cwt148.00–156.0071718
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned483131.00/cwt131.00–131.006337
Heifers—Medium and Large 1486145.80/cwt143.75–152.0070940
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2518124.21/cwt123.00–126.0064310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned519135.30/cwt135.00–135.5070223
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519133.15/cwt131.00–135.0069113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1562141.99/cwt135.00–144.5079862
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned566154.00/cwt154.00–154.0087230
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned569135.25/cwt135.25–135.257709
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2584130.08/cwt129.00–131.0076013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2616134.50/cwt134.50–134.5082914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned616134.25/cwt134.25–134.2582723
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619148.19/cwt144.00–150.5091759
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned663143.25/cwt143.25–143.2595027
Heifers—Medium and Large 1676143.43/cwt142.25–146.0097052
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2718137.25/cwt137.25–137.259854
Heifers—Medium and Large 1735148.02/cwt147.00–149.001,08841
Heifers—Medium and Large 1773143.89/cwt135.00–149.001,11270
Heifers—Medium and Large 1804147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,18630
Heifers—Medium and Large 1861125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,07613
Heifers—Large 11,032127.26/cwt121.00–129.751,31314
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1653133.00/cwt133.00–133.008683
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned685136.50/cwt136.50–136.509357

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.