Sale reports / Iowa / Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2022-01-10

Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Jan 10
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159
Receipts
4,241 head
▲ 385 vs last sale 3,856▼ 295 vs year ago 4,536 · −6.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves under 550 lbs. were 3.00 higher; 550-700 lbs. 5.00-7.00 lower; over 700 lbs. 4.00-7.00 lower. Heifer calves under 500 lbs. 3.00-4.00 higher; 500-650 lbs. 2.00-3.00 lower; 650-750 lbs. 4.00-6.00 lower. Demand was good for the heavy offerings. Several large groups and a few load lots were offered. 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 $170.64/cwt on 2,258 head.
Average price
$170.64
2,258 head · 665 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,135
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$86
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$23.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.26
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1666172.661,1501,913
Medium and Large 1-2658159.701,050336
Large 1714149.001,0649thin
One grade step is worth $23.66/cwt here — about $86 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 sale2,258 hd
170.64
—
IA average13 barns · 17,323 hd
170.38
+0.26
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

61 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 1377195.42/cwt190.00–207.0073722
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned427219.00/cwt219.00–219.009359
Steers—Medium and Large 1429208.06/cwt202.50–215.0089344
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned470198.89/cwt195.00–200.0093513
Steers—Medium and Large 1481202.15/cwt200.00–208.0097260
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2495183.07/cwt175.50–186.0090633
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned510198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,01015
Steers—Medium and Large 1511196.83/cwt187.00–205.001,00673
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2533178.36/cwt171.00–184.0095132
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned563171.08/cwt170.25–172.0096360
Steers—Medium and Large 1564182.29/cwt168.50–189.001,028169
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2587161.82/cwt159.00–167.5095058
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned620157.33/cwt148.00–160.0097518
Steers—Medium and Large 1624176.52/cwt166.00–183.001,101342
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2625162.24/cwt159.00–165.001,01428
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned632168.39/cwt167.75–169.501,06432
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned656152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,0008
Steers—Medium and Large 1677167.78/cwt159.50–176.001,136368
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2685154.71/cwt151.50–158.001,06052
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2708151.88/cwt148.00–153.501,07523
Steers—Large 1Unweaned714149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,0649
Steers—Medium and Large 1717166.69/cwt154.00–169.251,195178
Steers—Medium and Large 1764163.56/cwt156.00–169.751,250276
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2775150.74/cwt150.00–152.001,16838
Steers—Medium and Large 1807156.37/cwt151.00–157.001,262140
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2815147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,20232
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2851141.50/cwt141.50–141.501,2049
Steers—Medium and Large 1892156.67/cwt152.25–158.001,397112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2904134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,2115
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2274168.00/cwt168.00–168.004605
Heifers—Medium and Large 1333179.01/cwt170.00–187.5059610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2335163.71/cwt155.00–167.0054812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1383164.70/cwt161.00–168.0063117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2413159.74/cwt156.00–164.0066033
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned421173.71/cwt170.00–176.0073119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1431173.67/cwt167.00–185.0074945
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy439186.75/cwt186.00–188.0082019
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475172.54/cwt166.00–180.0082074
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2489163.50/cwt163.50–163.5080010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525153.61/cwt144.00–157.0080619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528165.46/cwt159.00–173.75874240
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned528164.50/cwt164.50–164.5086934
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned538157.00/cwt157.00–157.0084511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned553147.00/cwt147.00–147.0081311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2567146.48/cwt144.00–150.0083124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580158.28/cwt153.00–167.00918174
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned617147.00/cwt147.00–147.0090712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1630152.28/cwt146.00–156.00959191
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2638141.29/cwt138.50–145.0090124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1657151.40/cwt146.00–157.00995206
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2667134.40/cwt130.00–136.5089620
Heifers—Medium and Large 1716147.63/cwt144.75–150.751,057100
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2730125.61/cwt120.00–131.009178
Heifers—Medium and Large 1759146.79/cwt137.00–149.501,11456
Heifers—Medium and Large 1817134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,0958
Heifers—Medium and Large 1853139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,19010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2892130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1603
Heifers—Medium and Large 1981135.33/cwt134.75–135.751,32821
Heifers—Large 11,063124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,31818
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1487165.00/cwt165.00–165.008043
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573151.40/cwt146.00–159.0086813

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.