Sale reports / Iowa / Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2023-05-22

Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, May 22
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159
Receipts
2,217 head
▼ 935 vs last sale 3,152▼ 1,730 vs year ago 3,947 · −43.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers sold sharply higher. Heifers 550 to 600 lbs. sold mostly 5.00 higher while, 450 to 550 lbs. heifers sold 10.00 to 11.00 higher. Supply was moderate today. Demand was good to very good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $256.77/cwt on 1,042 head.
Average price
$256.77
1,042 head · 592 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,520
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$264
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$25.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.21
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1598260.001,554910
Medium and Large 1-2550234.481,290132
One grade step is worth $25.52/cwt here — about $264 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 sale1,042 hd
256.77
—
IA average7 barns · 3,869 hd
244.56
+12.21
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

62 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned369335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,2369
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2373250.69/cwt247.50–252.5093511
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy376324.67/cwt312.50–327.501,22116
Steers—Medium and Large 1376279.87/cwt267.50–291.001,05232
Steers—Medium and Large 1419291.34/cwt277.50–308.001,22197
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2433246.79/cwt235.00–265.001,06912
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned443303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,34222
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465241.08/cwt230.00–257.501,12112
Steers—Medium and Large 1476292.10/cwt272.50–304.501,390143
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned495245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2134
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned514254.39/cwt250.00–260.001,3087
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530235.08/cwt215.00–247.501,24644
Steers—Medium and Large 1532277.63/cwt257.50–289.001,47768
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2560217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,2158
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned562238.90/cwt234.00–243.001,34322
Steers—Medium and Large 1571262.37/cwt245.00–273.001,498110
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy590300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7704
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2612229.57/cwt219.00–236.001,4058
Steers—Medium and Large 1623257.67/cwt247.00–270.001,60588
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned634232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,47415
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned653234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,5288
Steers—Medium and Large 1662256.12/cwt243.00–268.001,69637
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2677227.66/cwt219.50–231.501,54137
Steers—Medium and Large 1735221.19/cwt213.50–228.001,62682
Steers—Medium and Large 1762204.18/cwt193.00–215.001,55622
Steers—Medium and Large 1838221.50/cwt221.50–221.501,85617
Steers—Medium and Large 1891212.25/cwt212.25–212.251,89155
Steers—Medium and Large 1973196.25/cwt196.25–196.251,91052
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned312281.00/cwt281.00–281.008779
Heifers—Medium and Large 1320276.36/cwt274.00–280.0088411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2338212.50/cwt212.50–212.507186
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned370208.00/cwt208.00–208.007704
Heifers—Medium and Large 1376270.35/cwt255.00–285.001,01760
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2395244.14/cwt237.50–248.0096419
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429244.18/cwt224.00–250.001,04839
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned433245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,0613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2439210.00/cwt210.00–210.009226
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475252.67/cwt237.50–265.001,200156
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned487233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,1353
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2489182.50/cwt182.50–182.5089210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy502262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,31818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522242.68/cwt229.00–253.001,26785
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2522223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,1643
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned537225.24/cwt221.00–227.001,21020
Heifers—Medium and Large 1576229.12/cwt216.00–248.001,320168
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned595223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,32711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned609209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,27312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628219.62/cwt214.00–226.001,37971
Heifers—Medium and Large 1670199.79/cwt181.00–209.501,33939
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2698177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,2354
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2712178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,2675
Heifers—Medium and Large 1734194.50/cwt194.50–194.501,4289
Heifers—Medium and Large 1765198.20/cwt194.50–199.101,51695
Heifers—Medium and Large 1850170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,4457
Heifers—Medium and Large 1966159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,5366
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1438234.12/cwt220.00–245.001,0257
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned518210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0886
Bulls—Medium and Large 1587196.15/cwt177.50–207.501,1518
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned642180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1563
Bulls—Medium and Large 1682182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,2413
Bulls—Medium and Large 1817185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,51115
Bulls—Large 11,012154.38/cwt147.00–158.001,5629

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.