Sale reports / Iowa / Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2022-01-17

Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Jan 17
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159
Receipts
4,018 head
▼ 223 vs last sale 4,241▼ 741 vs year ago 4,759 · −15.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves under 550 lbs. sold steady to 3.00 higher; 550-750 lbs. mostly 2.00-7.00 higher; over 750 lbs. ended mixed. Heifers under 650 lbs. ended mixed; 650-750 lbs. 2.00-4.00 lower. Demand was good for the heavy offerings. Several load lots were included in the 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 $176.26/cwt on 2,389 head.
Average price
$176.26
2,389 head · 647 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,141
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$126
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$22.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.79
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1649177.471,1512,171
Medium and Large 1-2633165.141,046200
Large 1661155.001,02518thin
One grade step is worth $22.47/cwt here — about $126 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 sale2,389 hd
176.26
—
IA average11 barns · 13,753 hd
170.47
+5.79
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

45 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1268200.00/cwt200.00–200.005366
Steers—Medium and Large 1335195.00/cwt195.00–195.006534
Steers—Medium and Large 1383206.27/cwt206.00–209.0079044
Steers—Medium and Large 1424208.63/cwt203.00–221.0088551
Steers—Medium and Large 1477205.59/cwt195.00–215.50981151
Steers—Medium and Large 1528196.85/cwt189.00–203.501,039112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2541178.96/cwt171.00–186.0096836
Steers—Medium and Large 1572189.73/cwt178.50–195.001,085254
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2585170.26/cwt168.00–175.0099644
Steers—Medium and Large 1624178.96/cwt170.00–186.751,117400
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2626166.74/cwt165.00–169.001,04444
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy655183.36/cwt182.75–184.001,20161
Steers—Large 1661155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,02518
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2678156.48/cwt154.00–160.501,06131
Steers—Medium and Large 1686170.15/cwt163.00–179.751,167369
Steers—Medium and Large 1714167.35/cwt160.50–173.101,195255
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2715155.21/cwt148.00–156.751,11037
Steers—Medium and Large 1780160.06/cwt154.00–166.001,248406
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2800145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,1648
Steers—Medium and Large 1805160.72/cwt154.00–164.001,29446
Steers—Medium and Large 1941146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,3747
Steers—Medium and Large 1996134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,3355
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1340179.44/cwt177.00–186.0061022
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2371151.13/cwt150.00–152.5056116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1382163.20/cwt161.00–174.0062312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425170.59/cwt166.00–176.00725156
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2472145.87/cwt140.00–151.0068917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480160.33/cwt156.00–164.0077021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2516152.18/cwt145.00–156.0078547
Heifers—Medium and Large 1517169.07/cwt160.25–171.25874278
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569153.08/cwt148.00–162.00871164
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2570144.36/cwt139.00–146.0082336
Heifers—Medium and Large 1621152.29/cwt145.50–160.25946219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2622141.50/cwt133.00–145.0088041
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665146.91/cwt144.00–153.50977160
Heifers—Medium and Large 1712145.74/cwt142.00–150.001,038118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy736163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,20027
Heifers—Medium and Large 1772142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,09624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1809141.25/cwt141.25–141.251,14331
Heifers—Medium and Large 1861141.50/cwt141.50–141.501,21818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1916138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,2647
Heifers—Large 11,093124.24/cwt118.00–128.001,3588
Heifers—Large 11,158121.50/cwt121.50–121.501,40721
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1676127.50/cwt127.50–127.508625
Bulls—Medium and Large 1958113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,0832

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.