Sale reports / Iowa / Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2022-03-28

Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Mar 28
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159
Receipts
3,290 head
▲ 248 vs last sale 3,042▲ 343 vs year ago 2,947 · +11.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report two weeks ago 3/14 feeder steers 350-450 lbs. firm, 450-650 lbs. 5.00 lower, 650-850 lbs. 4.00-8.00 higher. Heifer feeders mixed 3.00 higher to 4.00 lower. Trade active with moderate demand for the moderate offerings. Several loads of heavier steers and replacement heifers in the mix today.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $174.20/cwt on 1,676 head.
Average price
$174.20
1,676 head · 683 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,190
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$350
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1
$17.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.78
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1690175.231,2091,559
Medium and Large 1-2621161.921,00579
Medium 1546157.4085938
One grade step is worth $17.84/cwt here — about $350 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 sale1,676 hd
174.20
—
IA average6 barns · 3,660 hd
167.42
+6.78
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

57 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 1Unweaned336207.00/cwt207.00–207.006962
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned378233.72/cwt222.50–235.0088314
Steers—Medium and Large 1384229.56/cwt212.50–235.0088230
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2396192.50/cwt192.50–192.507623
Steers—Medium and Large 1419222.17/cwt210.00–235.0093125
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned431218.63/cwt212.00–230.0094221
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned445201.00/cwt201.00–201.008945
Steers—Medium 1456166.00/cwt166.00–166.0075717
Steers—Medium and Large 1477218.79/cwt211.00–229.001,04487
Steers—Medium and Large 1518205.85/cwt194.00–215.001,06674
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned524204.66/cwt196.50–216.001,07235
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned563186.82/cwt183.00–192.001,05243
Steers—Medium and Large 1575193.81/cwt188.00–209.501,114106
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2579161.59/cwt155.00–170.0093622
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned603170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0257
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2618168.87/cwt167.00–170.001,04421
Steers—Medium 1618150.43/cwt147.00–153.5093021
Steers—Medium and Large 1628185.36/cwt172.00–193.001,16488
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned662161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,0665
Steers—Medium and Large 1667168.47/cwt163.00–179.001,124126
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2687156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,07210
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2725141.54/cwt139.00–149.001,02618
Steers—Medium and Large 1731163.75/cwt155.50–171.001,197294
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy785149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,1746
Steers—Medium and Large 1787161.32/cwt159.50–163.501,270365
Steers—Medium and Large 1825163.09/cwt160.50–163.251,34567
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy831137.72/cwt134.00–138.751,14418
Steers—Medium and Large 1868142.18/cwt139.50–151.001,23418
Steers—Medium and Large 1903148.78/cwt144.50–149.001,343128
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned305180.00/cwt180.00–180.005491
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2321159.07/cwt150.00–167.5051111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2358178.66/cwt170.00–187.506406
Heifers—Medium and Large 1369200.75/cwt187.00–208.0074128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned385179.28/cwt170.00–198.0069012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned412181.04/cwt177.50–184.007469
Heifers—Medium and Large 1413182.53/cwt180.00–187.0075436
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2431168.32/cwt160.00–172.0072515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476172.98/cwt141.00–182.0082389
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2485153.00/cwt153.00–153.0074212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned486161.56/cwt149.00–175.5078545
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2521152.29/cwt151.00–153.0079311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned525162.00/cwt162.00–162.0085110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527164.85/cwt158.00–172.5086993
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned572151.25/cwt151.25–151.2586519
Heifers—Medium and Large 1588166.22/cwt153.50–170.5097782
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned613140.77/cwt138.00–146.008639
Heifers—Medium and Large 1621165.88/cwt155.50–173.001,030119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy643148.48/cwt148.00–151.0095518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2661142.50/cwt142.50–142.509426
Heifers—Medium and Large 1670151.10/cwt141.50–161.001,012113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2711139.00/cwt139.00–139.0098810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1716146.17/cwt142.25–152.751,047104
Heifers—Medium and Large 1775141.05/cwt135.00–144.751,093237
Heifers—Medium and Large 1816132.14/cwt125.00–134.501,07818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement835148.79/cwt146.00–152.501,24291
Heifers—Medium and Large 1863134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,16164
Heifers—Medium and Large 1908129.51/cwt126.00–131.001,17610

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.