Sale reports / Iowa / Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2022-10-17

Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Oct 17
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159
Receipts
1,295 head
▼ 1,274 vs last sale 2,569▼ 1,507 vs year ago 2,802 · −53.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Cattle Sale. Demand was strong. Compared to two weeks ago steers under 600 pounds were higher while steers 600 to 900 pounds were lower. Heifers were mixed.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $187.02/cwt on 666 head.
Average price
$187.02
666 head · 655 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,225
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$128
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$58.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.36
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1663187.981,246631
Medium and Large 1-2449175.0078631
Large 11,065129.001,3744thin
One grade step is worth $58.98/cwt here — about −$128 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 sale666 hd
187.02
—
IA average7 barns · 2,301 hd
173.66
+13.36
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

42 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2320165.00/cwt165.00–165.005289
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned330220.00/cwt220.00–220.007263
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned410217.50/cwt217.50–217.508923
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2418174.00/cwt174.00–174.007274
Steers—Medium and Large 1430227.16/cwt221.00–231.5097767
Steers—Medium and Large 1479204.61/cwt195.00–215.0098015
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned501207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,0378
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2505188.00/cwt188.00–188.0094914
Steers—Medium and Large 1528210.48/cwt202.50–218.001,11179
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned550187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,0316
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2574153.00/cwt153.00–153.008784
Steers—Medium and Large 1581182.27/cwt170.00–195.001,05982
Steers—Medium and Large 1617179.68/cwt176.00–183.001,10939
Steers—Medium and Large 1691170.29/cwt159.00–176.001,17754
Steers—Medium and Large 1739177.02/cwt168.00–181.751,30874
Steers—Medium and Large 1778178.92/cwt170.00–182.251,39298
Steers—Medium and Large 1882174.61/cwt156.00–177.851,54094
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy900133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,1973
Steers—Medium and Large 1903168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,5176
Steers—Large 11,065129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,3744
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1339202.00/cwt202.00–202.006856
Heifers—Medium and Large 1376189.42/cwt187.50–190.0071217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2413155.00/cwt155.00–155.006405
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430188.19/cwt184.00–192.0080940
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2463165.00/cwt165.00–165.007644
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467183.65/cwt172.00–189.0085827
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned510172.00/cwt172.00–172.0087721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519173.46/cwt171.00–180.0090034
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568174.01/cwt163.00–182.0098872
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2571151.13/cwt149.00–153.0086313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1636177.28/cwt161.00–185.501,12884
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2649156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,0124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1687162.21/cwt154.00–163.501,11422
Heifers—Medium and Large 1714162.68/cwt158.00–165.501,16276
Heifers—Medium and Large 1793157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,24510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2793137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,0864
Heifers—Medium and Large 1819152.60/cwt151.00–154.001,25015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1881153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,34819
Heifers—Medium and Large 1947125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,1845
Heifers—Medium and Large 1980121.50/cwt121.50–121.501,19121
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1355217.50/cwt217.50–217.507724
Bulls—Medium and Large 1630154.03/cwt145.00–158.0097010

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.