Sale reports / Iowa / Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2022-07-11

Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Jul 11
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159
Receipts
1,163 head
▼ 1,096 vs last sale 2,259▲ 58 vs year ago 1,105 · +5.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Cattle Sale. No trend as last report was three weeks ago. Several load lots of good quality cattle. Demand was strong. Active trade.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $180.72/cwt on 611 head.
Average price
$180.72
611 head · 737 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,332
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$477
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$29.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.77
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1746182.261,359579
Medium and Large 1-2577152.9188232
One grade step is worth $29.34/cwt here — about $477 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 sale611 hd
180.72
—
IA average4 barns · 1,156 hd
165.95
+14.77
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

33 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1411206.00/cwt206.00–206.008477
Steers—Medium and Large 1470199.54/cwt187.00–209.0093839
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2471163.98/cwt162.50–166.0077212
Steers—Medium and Large 1508194.00/cwt194.00–194.009868
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2535147.50/cwt147.50–147.5078913
Steers—Medium and Large 1583198.11/cwt176.00–201.001,15563
Steers—Medium and Large 1631192.62/cwt190.00–193.001,21549
Steers—Medium and Large 1662196.86/cwt195.00–200.001,303113
Steers—Medium and Large 1723160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1574
Steers—Medium and Large 1782152.12/cwt146.00–158.001,19010
Steers—Medium and Large 1815174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,41872
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2836144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,2047
Steers—Medium and Large 1879173.13/cwt159.50–174.501,522129
Steers—Medium and Large 1943160.87/cwt149.50–163.001,51781
Steers—Medium and Large 11,211133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,6114
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1347170.00/cwt170.00–170.005903
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2379157.50/cwt157.50–157.505977
Heifers—Medium and Large 1438167.19/cwt165.00–170.007327
Heifers—Medium and Large 1486172.33/cwt155.00–182.5083834
Heifers—Medium and Large 1511198.01/cwt177.50–199.501,012107
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520145.76/cwt130.00–154.0075812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1558170.23/cwt163.00–172.0095026
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626161.44/cwt159.00–165.501,01117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665162.69/cwt160.00–164.501,08248
Heifers—Medium and Large 1721149.70/cwt143.00–158.001,07918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2759136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,0325
Heifers—Medium and Large 1764161.03/cwt155.50–164.501,230134
Heifers—Medium and Large 1836138.50/cwt138.50–138.501,1588
Heifers—Medium and Large 1886138.79/cwt138.00–140.001,23010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1923136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,2556
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,010122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,23211
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1333173.00/cwt173.00–173.005763
Bulls—Medium and Large 1653155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0125

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.