Sale reports / Iowa / Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2022-06-13

Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Jun 13
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159
Receipts
2,259 head
▼ 4,241 vs last sale 6,500▲ 995 vs year ago 1,264 · +78.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Cattle Sale. No trend to compare. Trade active with good demand. Several load lots.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $175.65/cwt on 1,213 head.
Average price
$175.65
1,213 head · 692 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,216
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$348
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$11.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.64
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1706176.681,2471,108
Medium and Large 1-2546164.87900105
One grade step is worth $11.81/cwt here — about $348 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 sale1,213 hd
175.65
—
IA average7 barns · 3,600 hd
171.02
+4.64
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

39 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1324207.00/cwt207.00–207.0067112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2385175.00/cwt175.00–175.006743
Steers—Medium and Large 1394220.92/cwt192.50–234.0087019
Steers—Medium and Large 1416191.00/cwt191.00–191.0079526
Steers—Medium and Large 1477211.46/cwt195.00–221.001,009105
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2483165.71/cwt151.00–182.0080049
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2515173.98/cwt170.00–178.008966
Steers—Medium and Large 1534198.40/cwt191.00–214.001,05973
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2574167.10/cwt160.00–173.0095930
Steers—Medium and Large 1579194.26/cwt173.00–208.001,125113
Steers—Medium and Large 1609186.15/cwt164.00–196.001,134108
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2656166.50/cwt166.50–166.501,0927
Steers—Medium and Large 1666168.53/cwt155.00–173.501,12253
Steers—Medium and Large 1716169.47/cwt156.00–175.751,21395
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2725152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,1026
Steers—Medium and Large 1773166.22/cwt152.50–167.851,28577
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2804133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,0694
Steers—Medium and Large 1806159.10/cwt146.00–164.001,282127
Steers—Medium and Large 1870161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,40159
Steers—Medium and Large 1916158.96/cwt137.00–162.851,456206
Steers—Medium and Large 1984145.35/cwt145.35–145.351,43035
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1334187.50/cwt187.50–187.5062612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378193.89/cwt187.00–200.0073323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2381167.50/cwt167.50–167.506383
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428189.97/cwt172.50–197.5081315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2433168.79/cwt165.00–173.0073162
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480176.71/cwt162.00–184.00848102
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2487163.00/cwt154.00–168.0079435
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530166.48/cwt163.00–171.0088258
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530152.17/cwt142.00–164.0080715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2562146.00/cwt146.00–146.0082117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1588162.04/cwt145.00–170.25953171
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2617121.69/cwt120.00–125.007519
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626156.33/cwt140.00–165.0097953
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2652112.00/cwt112.00–112.0073010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673159.18/cwt141.00–164.251,071116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1719142.49/cwt134.00–144.751,02517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1813145.98/cwt121.00–150.001,18739
Heifers—Large 1986115.64/cwt100.00–127.001,14014

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.