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Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2024-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-08

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Jan 8

● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159

← Dec 4Jan 8Jan 22 →

Receipts

5,343 head

▲ 3,018 vs last sale 2,325▲ 643 vs year ago 4,700 · +13.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent auction sale for comparison. Demand was good today. Supply was heavy and included several load lots of reputation cattle.

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 $255.23/cwt on 3,128 head.

Average price

$255.23

3,128 head · 647 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,651

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$232

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

$13.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.22

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	649	255.80	1,661	2,998
Medium and Large 1-2	590	242.15	1,429	130

One grade step is worth $13.65/cwt here — about $232 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 sale3,128 hd

255.23

—

IA average13 barns · 14,826 hd

249.01

+6.22

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

Every lot

57 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	305	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	930	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	327	298.63/cwt	290.00–306.00	977	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	378	298.85/cwt	292.50–312.00	1,130	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	378	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,002	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	422	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,393	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	427	304.92/cwt	293.00–315.00	1,302	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	428	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,327	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	431	273.14/cwt	260.00–287.50	1,177	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	472	313.26/cwt	307.00–320.00	1,479	65
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	482	293.48/cwt	274.00–307.00	1,415	111
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	491	271.60/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,334	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	517	306.55/cwt	304.00–307.00	1,585	78
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	518	232.86/cwt	220.00–250.00	1,206	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	532	277.80/cwt	255.00–286.00	1,478	130
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	534	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,362	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,491	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	571	273.85/cwt	259.50–285.00	1,564	360
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	583	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,201	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	586	248.82/cwt	230.00–252.50	1,458	66
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	625	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,413	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	629	258.52/cwt	242.50–270.00	1,626	568
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	629	219.03/cwt	218.00–220.00	1,378	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	679	247.05/cwt	230.00–260.75	1,677	654
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	681	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,519	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	688	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,555	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	714	216.73/cwt	213.00–220.00	1,547	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	729	237.16/cwt	220.00–249.00	1,729	268
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	770	230.58/cwt	214.50–243.00	1,775	431
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	777	209.01/cwt	208.00–210.00	1,624	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	836	224.40/cwt	209.50–228.75	1,876	105
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	862	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,750	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	917	207.99/cwt	202.00–210.25	1,907	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	977	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,729	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	305	289.18/cwt	285.00–292.50	882	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	323	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	872	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	370	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	971	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	387	254.08/cwt	245.00–265.00	983	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	409	263.91/cwt	247.50–280.00	1,079	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	274.58/cwt	270.00–284.00	1,181	99
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	464	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,132	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	486	270.06/cwt	248.00–279.50	1,312	240
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	520	237.45/cwt	215.00–243.00	1,235	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	251.83/cwt	235.00–267.00	1,327	144
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	542	230.60/cwt	220.00–233.00	1,250	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	578	229.12/cwt	226.00–237.50	1,324	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	582	233.62/cwt	222.00–241.50	1,360	409
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	613	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,226	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	622	225.60/cwt	211.00–240.00	1,403	274
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	652	210.44/cwt	209.00–214.00	1,372	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	669	219.53/cwt	201.00–228.50	1,469	344
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	687	196.50/cwt	196.50–196.50	1,350	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	724	215.04/cwt	206.00–224.00	1,557	95
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	773	201.65/cwt	195.00–212.50	1,559	73
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	814	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,661	17
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,228	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,830	12
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	412	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,112	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	633	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,424	9

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 Jan 8, 2024

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

Receipts 5,343Last week 2,325Year ago 4,700

No recent auction sale for comparison. Demand was good today. Supply was heavy and included several load lots of reputation cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	714	213.00–220.00	216.73
3	—	688	226.00	226.00
14	—	491	265.00–275.00	271.60
17	—	550	271.00	271.00
4	—	625	226.00	226.00
5	—	534	255.00	255.00
11	—	327	290.00–306.00	298.63
16	—	428	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	305	305.00	305.00
568	—	629	242.50–270.00	258.52
431	—	770	214.50–243.00	230.58
16	—	862	203.00	203.00
105	—	836	209.50–228.75	224.40
15	—	378	292.50–312.00	298.85
57	—	427	293.00–315.00	304.92
654	—	679	230.00–260.75	247.05
130	—	532	255.00–286.00	277.80
360	—	571	259.50–285.00	273.85
111	—	482	274.00–307.00	293.48
268	—	729	220.00–249.00	237.16
32	—	917	202.00–210.25	207.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	681	223.00	223.00
4	—	378	265.00	265.00
66	—	586	230.00–252.50	248.82
7	—	518	220.00–250.00	232.86
18	—	431	260.00–287.50	273.14
6	—	629	218.00–220.00	219.03
20	—	777	208.00–210.00	209.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	583	206.00	206.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	422	330.00	330.00
78	—	517	304.00–307.00	306.55
65	—	472	307.00–320.00	313.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	977	177.00	177.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	387	245.00–265.00	254.08
17	—	814	204.00	204.00
16	—	305	285.00–292.50	289.18
409	—	582	222.00–241.50	233.62
344	—	669	201.00–228.50	219.53
73	—	773	195.00–212.50	201.65
99	—	430	270.00–284.00	274.58
144	—	527	235.00–267.00	251.83
240	—	486	248.00–279.50	270.06
274	—	622	211.00–240.00	225.60
95	—	724	206.00–224.00	215.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,228	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	687	196.50	196.50
13	—	464	244.00	244.00
16	—	542	220.00–233.00	230.60
4	—	613	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	652	209.00–214.00	210.44
18	—	578	226.00–237.50	229.12
4	—	323	270.00	270.00
8	—	409	247.50–280.00	263.91
14	—	370	262.50	262.50
21	—	520	215.00–243.00	237.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	412	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	633	225.00	225.00

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.