Sale reports / Iowa / Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2024-01-22

Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Jan 22
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159
Receipts
4,287 head
▼ 1,056 vs last sale 5,343▲ 1,427 vs year ago 2,860 · +49.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers sold mostly steady to 10.00 higher, heifers also sold mostly steady to 10.00 higher. Light volume of steers under 500 lbs. with a higher undertone. Demand was good. Supply was heavy with a several load lots of reputation cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $249.22/cwt on 2,486 head.
Average price
$249.22
2,486 head · 692 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,724
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$77
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$80.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.38
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1703249.551,7542,271
Medium and Large 1-2570246.711,407212
Large 11,083169.001,8303thin
One grade step is worth $80.55/cwt here — about −$77 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 sale2,486 hd
249.22
—
IA average12 barns · 9,798 hd
247.84
+1.38
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

52 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 1-2331292.98/cwt279.00–300.0097011
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2398220.00/cwt220.00–220.008765
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2428250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0703
Steers—Medium and Large 1439331.97/cwt329.00–340.001,45711
Steers—Medium and Large 1475315.12/cwt300.00–327.001,49787
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475269.98/cwt255.00–280.001,28243
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned506272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,3795
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2534260.58/cwt242.50–267.501,39154
Steers—Medium and Large 1536287.61/cwt270.00–305.001,54279
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2569249.10/cwt240.00–255.001,41727
Steers—Medium and Large 1577276.07/cwt258.00–291.001,593202
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2619238.39/cwt230.00–243.001,47626
Steers—Medium and Large 1633264.55/cwt245.00–279.501,675281
Steers—Medium and Large 1680248.95/cwt227.50–257.751,693435
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2688219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,5074
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy712285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,0293
Steers—Medium and Large 1716247.14/cwt235.00–257.251,770320
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2725219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,5883
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned763173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,3203
Steers—Medium and Large 1773230.28/cwt215.00–241.001,780409
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2786199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,56426
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2807200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6147
Steers—Medium and Large 1821223.64/cwt206.00–238.001,836270
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy837239.75/cwt239.50–240.002,007124
Steers—Medium and Large 1877209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,8333
Steers—Medium and Large 1924200.61/cwt195.50–202.001,85438
Steers—Medium and Large 1964176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,6974
Steers—Large 11,083169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,8303
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1388256.79/cwt248.00–260.0099625
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2398242.50/cwt242.50–242.509657
Heifers—Medium and Large 1417269.13/cwt252.00–285.001,12256
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2436217.60/cwt210.00–226.0094915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned476262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,2504
Heifers—Medium and Large 1482255.11/cwt237.50–267.501,23057
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2485224.29/cwt210.00–230.001,08827
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned492229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,1273
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy497290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,44121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2510231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,1784
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy522280.42/cwt275.00–285.001,46491
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528255.48/cwt235.00–269.001,349114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578243.72/cwt228.00–263.001,409258
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2588217.60/cwt212.00–223.001,27935
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623226.74/cwt216.00–243.501,413224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2658200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,31617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675217.82/cwt205.00–227.501,470347
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2724178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,2898
Heifers—Medium and Large 1726215.82/cwt200.00–226.251,567172
Heifers—Medium and Large 1764217.60/cwt214.00–227.001,66239
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2793190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,5073
Heifers—Medium and Large 1804208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,67212
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2428285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,2204
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2606236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,4307

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.