Sale reports / Iowa / Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2023-08-07

Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Aug 7
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159
Receipts
1,259 head
▼ 222 vs last sale 1,481▼ 571 vs year ago 1,830 · −31.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent auction sale for comparison. Demand was very good today. Supply was moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $259.65/cwt on 530 head.
Average price
$259.65
530 head · 610 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,583
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$54
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$44.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.16
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1607260.321,581522
Medium and Large 1-2757216.001,6358thin
One grade step is worth $44.32/cwt here — about −$54 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 sale530 hd
259.65
—
IA average7 barns · 3,475 hd
241.49
+18.16
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

26 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2345285.00/cwt285.00–285.009833
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2441275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,2134
Steers—Medium and Large 1460300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,38028
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy504323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,62811
Steers—Medium and Large 1526296.21/cwt280.00–309.501,55864
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned551260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4337
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2568266.60/cwt260.00–270.001,51421
Steers—Medium and Large 1586297.73/cwt278.00–303.251,74574
Steers—Medium and Large 1633279.75/cwt277.00–285.501,77151
Steers—Medium and Large 1671259.16/cwt251.00–275.501,73928
Steers—Medium and Large 1725257.44/cwt252.00–266.001,86648
Steers—Medium and Large 1785258.17/cwt252.50–258.502,02769
Steers—Medium and Large 1830255.79/cwt242.00–256.852,12370
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy853215.50/cwt215.50–215.501,8385
Steers—Medium and Large 1859240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,0627
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1350277.50/cwt277.50–277.509713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,15012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471275.97/cwt256.00–281.001,30084
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519268.71/cwt250.00–277.001,39563
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned577250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4437
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579257.95/cwt250.00–265.001,49438
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618262.47/cwt255.50–267.751,622179
Heifers—Medium and Large 1663250.80/cwt241.00–253.501,66314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2757216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,6358
Heifers—Medium and Large 1760243.11/cwt220.00–247.251,848122
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1881182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,6085

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.