Sale reports / Iowa / Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2022-11-14

Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Nov 14
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159
Receipts
3,054 head
▼ 194 vs last sale 3,248▲ 608 vs year ago 2,446 · +24.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Cattle Sale. Good supply with active trade. Compared to 2 weeks ago steers 400 to 500 pounds were 2.00 to 12.30 higher, while 500 to 600 pound steers were 6.30 to 14.40 lower. Heifers 350 to 500 pounds were 6.00 to 7.70 lower, while heifers 500 to 600 pounds were 3.60 to 14.80 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $184.09/cwt on 1,555 head.
Average price
$184.09
1,555 head · 650 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,196
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$245
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$22.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.77
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1655186.051,2181,419
Medium and Large 1-2595163.64973136
One grade step is worth $22.41/cwt here — about $245 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 sale1,555 hd
184.09
—
IA average7 barns · 6,408 hd
186.87
−2.77
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

61 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1321225.00/cwt225.00–225.007226
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2363172.50/cwt172.50–172.506263
Steers—Medium and Large 1376212.77/cwt200.00–222.0080019
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned397222.50/cwt222.50–222.508833
Steers—Medium and Large 1422220.15/cwt216.00–227.0092968
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned428221.00/cwt221.00–221.009468
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy439196.00/cwt196.00–196.008607
Steers—Medium and Large 1476202.51/cwt186.00–213.00964127
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2479171.15/cwt170.00–177.0082024
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned510177.00/cwt177.00–177.009033
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned517198.12/cwt190.00–205.001,024121
Steers—Medium and Large 1524192.36/cwt174.00–202.001,008119
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2525159.88/cwt150.00–168.0083919
Steers—Medium and Large 1567191.46/cwt182.00–209.001,08634
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned568194.11/cwt181.00–200.001,10344
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2575170.39/cwt162.50–179.0098046
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned612182.52/cwt181.50–183.001,11728
Steers—Medium and Large 1622183.96/cwt170.00–192.501,144147
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy629182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,14826
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2653152.00/cwt152.00–152.009933
Steers—Medium and Large 1667170.67/cwt156.00–178.001,138115
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned681165.45/cwt151.00–172.001,12736
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned703158.50/cwt158.50–158.501,11411
Steers—Medium and Large 1719180.45/cwt170.00–183.251,297106
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2725148.80/cwt148.00–152.001,07915
Steers—Medium and Large 1766154.70/cwt152.00–164.501,18523
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy779176.75/cwt176.75–176.751,37748
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2816149.29/cwt145.00–152.001,21812
Steers—Medium and Large 1817178.61/cwt177.00–179.001,45979
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy838140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1733
Steers—Medium and Large 1898174.75/cwt174.75–174.751,56960
Steers—Medium and Large 1916174.68/cwt162.00–176.351,600192
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1321176.43/cwt165.00–181.0056615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2328152.92/cwt150.00–156.005028
Heifers—Medium and Large 1363179.07/cwt168.00–191.0065036
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned379158.00/cwt158.00–158.005997
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2387149.40/cwt140.00–162.505787
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2418152.86/cwt150.00–157.506398
Heifers—Medium and Large 1441169.65/cwt161.00–185.0074879
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2468157.49/cwt140.00–166.0073744
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470183.14/cwt173.00–193.00861146
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned507187.00/cwt187.00–187.0094816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2522146.33/cwt136.00–157.0076452
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535173.59/cwt164.00–185.0092989
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned540120.00/cwt120.00–120.006484
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy563171.29/cwt166.25–177.0096446
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2567137.92/cwt121.00–144.0078225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577164.90/cwt149.00–171.50951180
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2601122.00/cwt122.00–122.007334
Heifers—Medium and Large 1617157.81/cwt142.00–167.0097473
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned644144.50/cwt144.50–144.5093113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1681159.59/cwt145.00–175.001,08737
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2712143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,0183
Heifers—Medium and Large 1734166.83/cwt148.00–176.251,225148
Heifers—Medium and Large 1764171.21/cwt155.00–175.251,30855
Heifers—Medium and Large 1821167.96/cwt164.00–170.751,37938
Heifers—Medium and Large 1862163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,4057
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2892151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,3473
Heifers—Large 11,007158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,5916
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1301165.00/cwt165.00–165.004974
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned504161.00/cwt161.00–161.008118

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.