Sale reports / Iowa / Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2023-01-16

Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Jan 16
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159
Receipts
4,600 head
▼ 100 vs last sale 4,700▲ 582 vs year ago 4,018 · +14.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers 500 to 750 lbs sold 1.00 to 6.00 higher. Heifers 450 to 700 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was very good today. Supply was heavy with several load lots of quality cattle. Light test of calves under 400 lbs.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $198.67/cwt on 2,612 head.
Average price
$198.67
2,612 head · 621 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,234
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$331
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$45.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.42
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1622199.451,2402,539
Medium and Large 1-2578172.6299969
Large 11,020154.001,5714thin
One grade step is worth $45.45/cwt here — about −$331 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 sale2,612 hd
198.67
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IA average12 barns · 15,162 hd
191.25
+7.42
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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned330219.00/cwt219.00–219.007239
Steers—Medium and Large 1339220.00/cwt220.00–220.007469
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned365226.00/cwt226.00–226.008253
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2382140.00/cwt140.00–140.005353
Steers—Medium and Large 1384227.14/cwt219.00–239.0087280
Steers—Medium and Large 1422211.63/cwt207.00–223.5089369
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned433204.45/cwt204.00–206.0088527
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy463245.00/cwt240.00–250.001,13445
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned474209.24/cwt195.00–218.0099221
Steers—Medium and Large 1482215.65/cwt207.00–233.501,03997
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2482176.66/cwt159.00–189.0085224
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned519207.64/cwt203.00–209.501,07814
Steers—Medium and Large 1523221.43/cwt202.50–230.001,158202
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned553196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,08433
Steers—Medium and Large 1572205.53/cwt188.50–212.251,176288
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2584179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,0454
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2619176.88/cwt174.00–185.001,09520
Steers—Medium and Large 1623202.45/cwt184.00–208.751,261585
Steers—Medium and Large 1679191.70/cwt174.00–202.501,302486
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2691171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,18212
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned699157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,1016
Steers—Medium and Large 1727181.70/cwt176.00–186.001,321369
Steers—Medium and Large 1777177.71/cwt165.00–181.001,381128
Steers—Medium and Large 1830168.79/cwt152.00–174.501,40134
Steers—Medium and Large 1878169.11/cwt154.00–172.251,48536
Steers—Medium and Large 1991154.50/cwt154.50–154.501,5314
Steers—Large 11,020154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,5714
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1341182.02/cwt178.00–196.0062126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned359188.00/cwt188.00–188.0067521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1359187.73/cwt181.00–197.5067433
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425167.00/cwt162.50–170.0071010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1431187.44/cwt178.00–199.00808129
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468186.31/cwt171.00–194.75872188
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned487182.07/cwt181.75–184.0088744
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522182.96/cwt174.00–191.00955315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy528196.50/cwt196.50–196.501,03845
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2534170.37/cwt169.00–171.509109
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573179.55/cwt170.00–187.751,029305
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2581160.97/cwt154.00–170.0093519
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy615197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,2125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned620157.49/cwt157.00–158.0097620
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628178.26/cwt164.00–187.001,119240
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2632153.93/cwt151.00–158.0097314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1669172.02/cwt160.00–179.501,151213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1703158.04/cwt145.00–162.001,11113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1770166.32/cwt165.00–168.501,28156
Heifers—Medium and Large 1874149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,3025
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1579177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,0287

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.