Sale reports / Iowa / Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2022-05-09

Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, May 9
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159
Receipts
3,947 head
▲ 217 vs last sale 3,730▼ 48 vs year ago 3,995 · −1.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report two weeks ago (4/25) steer calves 300-650 lbs. 2.00-8.00 higher, 650-750 lbs. 5.00-8.00 higher, 750-950 lbs. firm. Heifer calves 300-650 lbs. 3.00-8.00 higher, 650-950 lbs. 2.00-5.00 lower. Trade active on good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $184.69/cwt on 2,131 head.
Average price
$184.69
2,131 head · 626 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,156
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$88
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$47.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.47
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1622186.911,1631,931
Medium and Large 1-2555173.93965138
Large 1898139.311,25162
One grade step is worth $47.60/cwt here — about −$88 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 sale2,131 hd
184.69
—
IA average7 barns · 5,216 hd
174.22
+10.47
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

68 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2332199.41/cwt197.00–205.006623
Steers—Medium and Large 1333207.14/cwt197.00–217.5069013
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned345227.00/cwt227.00–227.0078313
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2375185.91/cwt185.00–187.006979
Steers—Medium and Large 1377213.78/cwt210.00–218.0080624
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned391210.00/cwt210.00–210.008215
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2418198.02/cwt190.00–201.0082816
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned425223.25/cwt217.00–227.0094921
Steers—Medium and Large 1427222.61/cwt214.00–228.0095128
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned453217.00/cwt217.00–217.0098311
Steers—Medium and Large 1479212.50/cwt200.00–225.001,018200
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2485199.16/cwt196.00–205.0096619
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2514185.97/cwt170.00–195.0095621
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned524201.06/cwt184.00–212.001,05457
Steers—Medium and Large 1531206.14/cwt193.00–213.001,095245
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned564183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,0328
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2570172.08/cwt168.00–176.0098119
Steers—Medium and Large 1576193.67/cwt178.00–202.001,116338
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy605194.50/cwt194.50–194.501,17716
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned609175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,0667
Steers—Medium and Large 1632180.88/cwt168.50–186.101,143203
Steers—Large 1637168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,07013
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2643159.65/cwt159.00–160.001,02717
Steers—Medium and Large 1667182.65/cwt167.00–186.001,218168
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned670162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,0855
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2691142.72/cwt142.00–152.0098627
Steers—Large 1694157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,0905
Steers—Medium and Large 1727169.35/cwt150.00–174.501,231139
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2727148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,0767
Steers—Medium and Large 1777160.58/cwt151.25–165.251,248265
Steers—Medium and Large 1825156.90/cwt149.00–162.751,294148
Steers—Medium and Large 1858149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,28317
Steers—Large 1933103.00/cwt103.00–103.009618
Steers—Large 11,013134.57/cwt130.00–135.001,36336
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned307200.00/cwt200.00–200.006149
Heifers—Medium and Large 1343192.31/cwt189.00–200.0066011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2381167.50/cwt167.50–167.506387
Heifers—Medium and Large 1391186.36/cwt181.00–196.0072950
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned431174.00/cwt164.00–183.0075012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2432168.39/cwt165.00–172.0072733
Heifers—Medium and Large 1434178.35/cwt170.00–188.0077474
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473172.83/cwt165.00–183.00817118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2473151.23/cwt143.00–158.0071534
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned479184.00/cwt184.00–184.0088111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy501156.00/cwt156.00–156.007827
Heifers—Medium and Large 1521173.67/cwt165.00–177.25905169
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2535147.17/cwt141.00–152.5078718
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned536156.00/cwt156.00–156.008369
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy567175.50/cwt175.50–175.5099559
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569169.70/cwt164.50–172.00966109
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned578153.08/cwt151.00–163.0088524
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2579147.44/cwt141.00–155.0085463
Heifers—Medium and Large 1616167.97/cwt150.00–175.001,035240
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2636129.00/cwt129.00–129.0082014
Heifers—Medium and Large 2642110.00/cwt110.00–110.007069
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy660167.10/cwt167.10–167.101,10367
Heifers—Medium and Large 1677156.19/cwt148.00–162.501,05779
Heifers—Medium and Large 1732146.84/cwt140.00–158.001,07550
Heifers—Medium and Large 1772141.52/cwt138.50–146.001,093118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1815133.47/cwt129.00–135.001,08882
Heifers—Medium and Large 1882129.49/cwt126.00–133.001,14219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1990128.25/cwt128.25–128.251,27028
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2369194.00/cwt194.00–194.007169
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2530165.00/cwt165.00–165.0087513
Bulls—Medium and Large 1633150.00/cwt150.00–150.009504
Bulls—Medium and Large 1670126.00/cwt126.00–126.008442
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned735130.00/cwt130.00–130.009563
Bulls—Medium and Large 1775130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0085

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.