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Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2023-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-20

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Nov 20

● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159

← Nov 13Nov 20Nov 27 →

Receipts

2,134 head

▼ 636 vs last sale 2,770▼ 786 vs year ago 2,920 · −26.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, steers sold mostly 2.00 to sharply higher. Heifers were all lower, with 500-600 lbs. heifers 3.00 to sharply lower. Several groups of quality calves were on offer today. Demand was good to very good today. Supply was heavy.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $269.49/cwt on 1,076 head.

Average price

$269.49

1,076 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,515

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$342

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$42.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+27.09

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	272.24	1,538	1,007
Medium and Large 1-2	521	229.44	1,195	69

One grade step is worth $42.80/cwt here — about $342 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 sale1,076 hd

269.49

—

IA average13 barns · 9,647 hd

242.40

+27.09

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

63 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	310	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	961	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	357	296.43/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,058	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	395	266.72/cwt	265.00–269.00	1,054	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	420	312.76/cwt	305.00–316.00	1,314	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	421	266.00/cwt	255.00–285.00	1,120	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	266.99/cwt	260.00–272.50	1,135	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	453	249.06/cwt	248.00–260.00	1,128	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	464	283.21/cwt	267.50–298.00	1,314	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	467	293.62/cwt	280.00–309.00	1,371	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	512	286.39/cwt	265.00–294.00	1,466	83
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	524	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,525	108
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	524	273.61/cwt	268.00–293.00	1,434	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,225	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	569	222.97/cwt	209.00–237.50	1,269	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	570	275.42/cwt	256.00–287.50	1,570	91
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	577	275.24/cwt	269.00–296.00	1,588	204
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	597	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,164	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	261.55/cwt	249.00–270.50	1,635	178
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	663	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,177	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	664	183.67/cwt	182.00–185.00	1,220	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	667	238.76/cwt	220.00–245.00	1,593	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	682	230.44/cwt	220.00–237.50	1,572	65
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	715	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,523	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	726	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,604	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	755	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,706	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	856	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,990	14
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	340	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	697	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	383	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,015	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	384	272.30/cwt	270.00–284.00	1,046	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	388	225.30/cwt	212.50–240.00	874	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	419	261.95/cwt	255.00–273.00	1,098	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	419	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	943	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	424	208.98/cwt	200.00–217.50	886	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	426	238.70/cwt	222.50–247.00	1,017	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	467	234.38/cwt	226.00–247.50	1,095	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	483	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	966	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	486	201.11/cwt	195.00–205.00	977	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	488	237.09/cwt	217.50–243.00	1,157	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	495	246.41/cwt	245.50–260.00	1,220	121
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	525	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,076	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	527	220.64/cwt	204.00–231.00	1,163	56
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	227.58/cwt	213.00–241.00	1,204	99
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	546	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,119	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	564	232.01/cwt	229.00–234.00	1,309	127
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	574	219.54/cwt	205.00–225.00	1,260	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	575	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,093	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	585	205.84/cwt	195.00–212.50	1,204	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	597	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,355	60
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	619	202.81/cwt	200.00–211.00	1,255	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	621	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,490	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	641	213.23/cwt	200.00–216.00	1,367	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	672	193.96/cwt	190.00–198.00	1,303	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	755	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,495	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	909	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,709	6
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,042	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,907	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	998	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	497	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,093	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	507	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,065	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	548	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,178	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,287	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	588	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,129	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	628	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,156	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	875	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,597	3

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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Russell Livestock Feeder Cattle - Russell, IA

Mon Nov 20, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Receipts 2,134Last week 2,770Year ago 2,920

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	419	255.00–273.00	261.95
17	—	488	217.50–243.00	237.09
56	—	527	204.00–231.00	220.64
10	—	672	190.00–198.00	193.96
37	—	574	205.00–225.00	219.54
24	—	619	200.00–211.00	202.81
6	—	383	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	483	200.00	200.00
4	—	419	225.00	225.00
10	—	525	205.00	205.00
5	—	575	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	384	270.00–284.00	272.30
127	—	564	229.00–234.00	232.01
38	—	426	222.50–247.00	238.70
3	—	755	198.00	198.00
22	—	641	200.00–216.00	213.23
99	—	529	213.00–241.00	227.58
42	—	467	226.00–247.50	234.38
6	—	909	188.00	188.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	486	195.00–205.00	201.11
6	—	546	205.00	205.00
6	—	424	200.00–217.50	208.98
3	—	340	205.00	205.00
20	—	388	212.50–240.00	225.30
30	—	585	195.00–212.50	205.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,042	183.00	183.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
121	—	495	245.50–260.00	246.41
60	—	597	227.00	227.00
15	—	621	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	310	310.00	310.00
83	—	512	265.00–294.00	286.39
178	—	625	249.00–270.50	261.55
65	—	682	220.00–237.50	230.44
14	—	856	232.50	232.50
19	—	726	221.00	221.00
204	—	577	269.00–296.00	275.24
14	—	425	260.00–272.50	266.99
21	—	357	295.00–300.00	296.43
7	—	755	226.00	226.00
36	—	467	280.00–309.00	293.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	524	291.00	291.00
57	—	420	305.00–316.00	312.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	667	220.00–245.00	238.76
91	—	570	256.00–287.50	275.42
10	—	715	213.00	213.00
27	—	524	268.00–293.00	273.61
9	—	421	255.00–285.00	266.00
27	—	464	267.50–298.00	283.21
7	—	395	265.00–269.00	266.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	527	232.50	232.50
6	—	569	209.00–237.50	222.97
3	—	663	177.50	177.50
34	—	453	248.00–260.00	249.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	664	182.00–185.00	183.67
3	—	597	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	628	184.00	184.00
3	—	875	182.50	182.50
3	—	480	208.00	208.00
14	—	572	225.00	225.00
5	—	548	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	507	210.00	210.00
3	—	588	192.00	192.00
3	—	497	220.00	220.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.