Sale reports / Iowa / Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2022-09-19

Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Sep 19
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159
Receipts
3,103 head
▼ 3,048 vs last sale 6,151▲ 1,165 vs year ago 1,938 · +60.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Cattle Sale. Strong demand with excellent quality. There were many load lots today.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $192.32/cwt on 1,641 head.
Average price
$192.32
1,641 head · 673 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,294
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$114
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$51.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.36
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1679193.981,3171,537
Medium and Large 1-2555169.5194297
Large 11,001142.861,4317thin
One grade step is worth $51.13/cwt here — about −$114 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 sale1,641 hd
192.32
—
IA average8 barns · 5,739 hd
189.95
+2.36
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 1345202.50/cwt202.50–202.506993
Steers—Medium and Large 1356222.50/cwt222.50–222.507925
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy359212.50/cwt212.50–212.507635
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2369162.00/cwt162.00–162.005987
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy396253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,00213
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned417186.36/cwt175.00–195.0077712
Steers—Medium and Large 1426232.99/cwt227.50–238.0099321
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy438196.97/cwt185.00–200.0086315
Steers—Medium and Large 1481189.99/cwt181.00–207.5091445
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2481162.09/cwt152.00–178.0078033
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed482225.94/cwt210.00–232.501,08976
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned508185.00/cwt185.00–185.0094029
Steers—Medium and Large 1528226.37/cwt211.00–232.501,19584
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2533184.92/cwt180.00–187.0098618
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy568222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,26114
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2573180.60/cwt178.00–182.501,03515
Steers—Medium and Large 1585202.51/cwt184.00–212.001,185152
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned613205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2577
Steers—Medium and Large 1615189.45/cwt179.00–200.001,16597
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2617160.00/cwt160.00–160.009873
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy623208.75/cwt208.75–208.751,30151
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2660157.47/cwt152.50–164.001,0397
Steers—Medium and Large 1676193.20/cwt180.00–207.001,306174
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2718164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,1783
Steers—Medium and Large 1725186.07/cwt179.00–196.001,349170
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy756188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,4218
Steers—Medium and Large 1771184.61/cwt177.00–191.351,423251
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2783168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,31511
Steers—Medium and Large 1830180.87/cwt164.00–183.501,501170
Steers—Medium and Large 1884176.75/cwt176.75–176.751,56263
Steers—Medium and Large 1910175.61/cwt161.00–176.851,59866
Steers—Medium and Large 1953164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,5636
Steers—Large 1998140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,3973
Steers—Large 11,004145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,4564
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1343200.00/cwt200.00–200.006863
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed356172.00/cwt172.00–172.006125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375191.06/cwt180.00–199.0071635
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2391145.00/cwt145.00–145.005675
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned402137.50/cwt137.50–137.505535
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2422151.42/cwt150.00–154.0063914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy426205.00/cwt205.00–205.008734
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy436187.50/cwt187.50–187.508189
Heifers—Medium and Large 1440184.27/cwt170.00–188.0081157
Heifers—Medium and Large 1482184.99/cwt165.00–199.0089281
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2516147.97/cwt125.00–156.0076419
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528176.72/cwt162.00–186.2593380
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy541180.00/cwt180.00–180.0097427
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2550158.00/cwt158.00–158.008694
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575182.19/cwt161.00–188.001,048194
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622182.39/cwt165.00–184.751,134147
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2626146.53/cwt141.00–150.0091710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2660148.00/cwt148.00–148.009773
Heifers—Medium and Large 1662172.24/cwt164.00–178.001,140164
Heifers—Medium and Large 1713171.48/cwt154.00–176.001,22378
Heifers—Medium and Large 1779163.06/cwt160.50–168.501,27041
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy781171.62/cwt171.00–172.251,340120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1827167.45/cwt164.00–168.501,38533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy838155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,2993
Heifers—Medium and Large 1874167.37/cwt166.00–168.001,46319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1916164.49/cwt164.00–166.001,50729
Heifers—Medium and Large 1953160.50/cwt160.50–160.501,5307
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1310207.50/cwt207.50–207.506434
Bulls—Medium and Large 1377188.00/cwt188.00–188.007095
Bulls—Medium and Large 1439199.00/cwt199.00–199.008748
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520163.00/cwt163.00–163.008483
Bulls—Medium and Large 1588152.00/cwt152.00–152.008943
Bulls—Medium and Large 1631158.64/cwt154.00–162.501,0019
Bulls—Medium and Large 1741144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,0674

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.