Sale reports / Iowa / Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2022-12-05

Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Dec 5
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159
Receipts
2,001 head
▼ 1,499 vs last sale 3,500▲ 2,001 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Cattle Sale. Good supply of quality cattle. Compared to a week ago, steer and heifer prices were mixed. Prices for 450 to 500 pound steers were 5.10 lower, while 500 to 550 pound steers were 5.40 higher. Prices for 450 to 500 pound heifers were 6.80 lower, while 500 to 550 pound heifers were 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $191.37/cwt on 917 head.
Average price
$191.37
917 head · 632 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,209
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$540
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$46.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.76
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1632193.881,225835
Medium and Large 1-2593167.0399077
Large 11,201147.001,7655thin
One grade step is worth $46.88/cwt here — about −$540 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 sale917 hd
191.37
—
IA average11 barns · 8,584 hd
186.61
+4.76
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

64 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1336237.00/cwt237.00–237.007965
Steers—Medium and Large 1381216.28/cwt204.00–231.0082413
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned389223.65/cwt218.00–233.0087020
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2391189.00/cwt189.00–189.007395
Steers—Medium and Large 1418211.76/cwt197.00–224.0088522
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned428217.00/cwt217.00–217.009294
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned477204.03/cwt202.00–207.0097310
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2480159.69/cwt150.00–172.007677
Steers—Medium and Large 1492211.60/cwt201.00–215.501,04174
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned500174.00/cwt174.00–174.008703
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned515205.36/cwt193.25–214.001,05836
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2529165.00/cwt165.00–165.008735
Steers—Medium and Large 1533212.61/cwt193.00–220.001,13384
Steers—Medium and Large 1560191.71/cwt190.00–196.001,07445
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned578203.51/cwt188.00–211.001,17688
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2583169.88/cwt166.00–171.0099026
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2613177.29/cwt170.00–186.001,08713
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned613165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0117
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned616194.00/cwt184.00–201.001,19521
Steers—Medium and Large 1629202.24/cwt195.50–205.751,27284
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned661178.04/cwt170.00–182.001,17715
Steers—Medium and Large 1666175.87/cwt160.00–184.001,17162
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned708167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,1864
Steers—Medium and Large 1743162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,2048
Steers—Medium and Large 1782180.44/cwt170.50–181.001,41174
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned785150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1786
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2814135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0995
Steers—Medium and Large 1823173.05/cwt170.00–173.251,424150
Steers—Medium and Large 1888144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,2794
Steers—Medium and Large 1924159.58/cwt155.00–163.001,47512
Steers—Large 11,201147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,7655
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned342184.85/cwt175.00–190.0063221
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2382155.00/cwt149.00–161.005926
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned388173.00/cwt173.00–173.006713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1392177.34/cwt170.00–190.0069519
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned407161.00/cwt161.00–161.006555
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424178.77/cwt167.00–190.0075842
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned426184.85/cwt180.50–190.0078722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned457153.00/cwt153.00–153.006996
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned475176.08/cwt165.00–184.5083634
Heifers—Medium and Large 1477180.71/cwt170.00–186.0086287
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2490151.95/cwt149.00–155.007456
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned518148.61/cwt140.00–157.0077015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2521152.47/cwt152.00–153.0079411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned533177.35/cwt165.50–181.0094545
Heifers—Medium and Large 1539181.36/cwt165.00–187.00978125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned563167.31/cwt163.50–179.0094218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned568148.61/cwt146.00–150.0084412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575171.95/cwt167.00–179.0098923
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned605168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,01612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619171.41/cwt170.00–178.501,06181
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned662128.00/cwt128.00–128.008475
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2665141.71/cwt140.00–144.009427
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned666153.91/cwt153.50–155.001,02515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1683167.36/cwt161.00–169.001,14342
Heifers—Medium and Large 1709174.25/cwt174.25–174.251,23570
Heifers—Medium and Large 1754164.75/cwt164.75–164.751,24230
Heifers—Medium and Large 1821155.72/cwt149.00–156.501,27829
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy857154.75/cwt154.75–154.751,32610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1954152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,4555
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1505187.00/cwt187.00–187.009448
Bulls—Medium and Large 1568168.00/cwt168.00–168.009545
Bulls—Medium and Large 1600150.00/cwt150.00–150.009004
Bulls—Medium and Large 1658144.00/cwt144.00–144.009483

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.