Sale reports / Iowa / Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2023-01-09

Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Jan 9
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159
Receipts
4,700 head
▼ 866 vs last sale 5,566▲ 459 vs year ago 4,241 · +10.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale a week ago, steers sold mostly 2.00 to 6.00 higher and heifers were steady to 7.00 higher. Supply and demand was heavy. Several load lots today of quality cattle. A nice mix of cattle on offer this week that included many reputation cattle with good condition.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $197.82/cwt on 2,576 head.
Average price
$197.82
2,576 head · 621 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,228
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$274
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$50.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.84
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1617199.441,2312,436
Medium and Large 1-2624173.421,082118
Large 11,008149.251,50422
One grade step is worth $50.19/cwt here — about −$274 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 sale2,576 hd
197.82
—
IA average15 barns · 18,735 hd
189.99
+7.84
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

56 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 1Fancy325216.00/cwt216.00–216.007024
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2357189.00/cwt189.00–189.006753
Steers—Medium and Large 1382214.07/cwt212.00–215.0081812
Steers—Medium and Large 1433223.18/cwt215.00–232.0096678
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned438231.50/cwt231.50–231.501,01424
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy442232.75/cwt232.75–232.751,02923
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2468194.28/cwt188.00–200.0090938
Steers—Medium and Large 1470226.38/cwt212.00–234.501,06466
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy516202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,0458
Steers—Medium and Large 1520215.78/cwt197.00–224.001,122321
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned555198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,09911
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy558211.87/cwt201.50–216.001,182113
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2566167.00/cwt167.00–167.009458
Steers—Medium and Large 1574204.97/cwt185.00–214.751,177378
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2607169.43/cwt169.00–170.001,0287
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy630199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,25426
Steers—Medium and Large 1630196.12/cwt183.00–200.001,236569
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2657164.99/cwt161.00–170.001,0849
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy664193.66/cwt190.00–198.251,28649
Steers—Medium and Large 1672188.63/cwt175.00–198.001,268360
Steers—Medium and Large 1726178.11/cwt163.00–184.001,293106
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2727161.06/cwt150.00–165.501,17129
Steers—Medium and Large 1774178.72/cwt170.00–181.001,383161
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2774161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,24617
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy779190.25/cwt190.25–190.251,48272
Steers—Medium and Large 1819165.09/cwt162.00–169.501,35212
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2833157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,3087
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy834170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,41827
Steers—Medium and Large 1920169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,5555
Steers—Medium and Large 1966158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,52611
Steers—Large 11,008149.25/cwt149.25–149.251,50422
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330192.50/cwt192.50–192.506353
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy348183.50/cwt183.50–183.5063915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1367172.67/cwt170.00–180.0063425
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2380145.00/cwt145.00–145.005514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2416148.36/cwt146.00–155.0061736
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425177.44/cwt162.00–184.0075460
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned430180.00/cwt180.00–180.007747
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy455186.77/cwt171.00–188.5085054
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned475185.00/cwt185.00–185.0087928
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478182.43/cwt167.00–190.00872333
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2478158.73/cwt157.00–162.0075912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2512153.48/cwt150.00–159.007868
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned528174.00/cwt174.00–174.009199
Heifers—Medium and Large 1531179.54/cwt162.50–189.00953181
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy560185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,03617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575179.65/cwt161.00–186.751,033436
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2585155.69/cwt155.00–156.0091113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618173.72/cwt151.00–178.001,074322
Heifers—Medium and Large 1671169.62/cwt157.00–176.001,138152
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2678149.92/cwt148.00–151.001,01634
Heifers—Medium and Large 1708163.77/cwt150.00–173.001,159101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy720166.50/cwt166.50–166.501,19923
Heifers—Medium and Large 1843124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,0458
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1413190.50/cwt190.50–190.5078713
Bulls—Medium and Large 1605149.50/cwt149.50–149.5090410

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.