Sale reports / Iowa / Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2022-10-03

Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Oct 3
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159
Receipts
2,569 head
▼ 534 vs last sale 3,103▲ 1,160 vs year ago 1,409 · +82.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Cattle Sale. Demand was good with many load lots today. Compared to two weeks ago, steers were mixed with 700 - 800 pounds 1.00 lower and steers 800 - 900 pounds were 3.00 - 5.00 higher. Heifers were also mixed with heifers 450 - 500 pounds 3.00 higher and 700 - 800 pound heifers were 3.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $185.76/cwt on 1,588 head.
Average price
$185.76
1,588 head · 690 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,281
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$363
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$18.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.53
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1698186.861,3041,493
Medium and Large 1-2559168.4794195
One grade step is worth $18.39/cwt here — about $363 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 sale1,588 hd
185.76
—
IA average7 barns · 4,532 hd
178.23
+7.53
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

48 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1327210.00/cwt210.00–210.006873
Steers—Medium and Large 1374216.71/cwt207.00–231.0081036
Steers—Medium and Large 1426212.42/cwt202.50–217.0090543
Steers—Medium and Large 1483200.28/cwt185.00–207.5096772
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2483171.60/cwt161.00–176.0082923
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned514202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,0387
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2527166.44/cwt150.00–179.7587740
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed529211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,11617
Steers—Medium and Large 1534192.79/cwt181.00–201.001,029154
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed550216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,18817
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned569161.03/cwt156.00–166.0091615
Steers—Medium and Large 1582175.00/cwt160.00–185.001,01963
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy619201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,24474
Steers—Medium and Large 1623182.84/cwt172.00–194.501,13979
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2623175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,09024
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy631169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,0666
Steers—Medium and Large 1681181.66/cwt168.50–187.001,237140
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy688160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1014
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2711161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,1454
Steers—Medium and Large 1728185.11/cwt169.50–194.501,34895
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2775139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,0774
Steers—Medium and Large 1785183.46/cwt180.50–187.001,440215
Steers—Medium and Large 1811186.39/cwt185.75–187.001,512125
Steers—Medium and Large 1870179.77/cwt176.00–186.001,564292
Steers—Medium and Large 1911165.45/cwt160.00–172.001,50711
Steers—Medium and Large 1994166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,65025
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1333201.48/cwt192.50–210.0067118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1362193.10/cwt188.00–197.0069933
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2409155.00/cwt155.00–155.0063414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425167.59/cwt156.00–172.0071252
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed426182.79/cwt180.00–185.0077911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469188.00/cwt172.00–197.50882126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474151.96/cwt140.00–167.5072021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned510150.00/cwt150.00–150.007653
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2512140.00/cwt140.00–140.007178
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528163.69/cwt150.00–177.00864106
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed531200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,06225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573177.24/cwt158.00–182.001,01645
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2591147.67/cwt147.00–149.008739
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy605170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0298
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625166.17/cwt154.00–171.001,03930
Heifers—Medium and Large 1658181.20/cwt169.00–185.001,19246
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2684149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,0197
Heifers—Medium and Large 1717167.85/cwt156.00–170.001,20391
Heifers—Medium and Large 1780159.94/cwt156.00–160.751,24846
Heifers—Medium and Large 1813170.25/cwt170.25–170.251,38459
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1477180.00/cwt180.00–180.008596
Bulls—Medium and Large 1659154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,0157

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.