Sale reports / Iowa / Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2023-01-23

Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Jan 23
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159
Receipts
2,860 head
▼ 1,740 vs last sale 4,600▼ 650 vs year ago 3,510 · −18.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers 550 lbs. to 800 lbs. sold steady to 7.00 higher. Heifers 500 lbs. to 650 lbs. sold steady to 5.00 lower. Light volume of steers and heifers under 500 lbs. with a higher undertone. Demand was moderate to good. Supply was moderate with a few load lots.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $201.74/cwt on 1,594 head.
Average price
$201.74
1,594 head · 625 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,262
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$276
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$19.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+15.67
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1629202.631,2751,523
Medium and Large 1-2546182.8199871
One grade step is worth $19.82/cwt here — about $276 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 sale1,594 hd
201.74
—
IA average12 barns · 10,132 hd
186.07
+15.67
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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned333218.00/cwt218.00–218.007269
Steers—Medium and Large 1388241.05/cwt240.00–243.0093514
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned393227.00/cwt227.00–227.0089214
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy420237.50/cwt237.50–237.509988
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2424200.00/cwt200.00–200.008487
Steers—Medium and Large 1426227.69/cwt217.00–235.0097025
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned481223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,07324
Steers—Medium and Large 1483227.88/cwt210.00–235.001,10192
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2492181.00/cwt181.00–181.0089111
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy503232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,16928
Steers—Medium and Large 1525215.33/cwt200.00–222.001,13092
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2540183.92/cwt180.00–190.0099315
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2560170.00/cwt170.00–170.009525
Steers—Medium and Large 1576212.48/cwt196.00–218.001,224346
Steers—Medium and Large 1625203.00/cwt187.50–212.501,269233
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2648180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1663
Steers—Medium and Large 1676197.72/cwt184.00–207.251,337290
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2676168.19/cwt156.00–176.001,13718
Steers—Medium and Large 1726183.35/cwt175.00–186.501,331160
Steers—Medium and Large 1775179.30/cwt175.50–180.251,390130
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2797150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1963
Steers—Medium and Large 1825169.71/cwt168.75–171.751,40036
Steers—Medium and Large 1880158.31/cwt152.00–163.001,39331
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1348199.00/cwt199.00–199.006939
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned363182.00/cwt182.00–182.0066114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1377191.17/cwt185.00–200.0072124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2424160.00/cwt160.00–160.006786
Heifers—Medium and Large 1432188.68/cwt176.00–199.0081529
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2450173.00/cwt173.00–173.007793
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned465179.00/cwt179.00–179.0083218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1484191.81/cwt180.00–203.50928109
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526181.09/cwt169.00–188.00953167
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529145.00/cwt145.00–145.007677
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572181.33/cwt160.00–185.501,037202
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2617150.67/cwt141.00–155.0093016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628173.21/cwt167.00–187.001,088213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1663172.47/cwt154.00–181.501,143120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2674149.70/cwt130.00–156.001,00917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy690189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,30424
Heifers—Medium and Large 1728162.19/cwt150.00–168.501,18163
Heifers—Medium and Large 1764153.16/cwt140.00–161.001,17011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1838145.96/cwt145.50–147.501,22354

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.