Sale reports / Iowa / Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2024-02-12

Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Feb 12
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159
Receipts
3,654 head
▼ 539 vs last sale 4,193▲ 153 vs year ago 3,501 · +4.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, steers sold steady to 7.00 higher, while the 550 to 600 lb. steers were 13.00 higher. Heifers mostly sold 7.00 to 16.00 higher. Demand was very good. Supply was heavy with several load lots of reputation cattle across most weight groups.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $276.03/cwt on 2,095 head.
Average price
$276.03
2,095 head · 687 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,897
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$139
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$71.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.57
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1691277.521,9191,935
Medium and Large 1-2625260.031,626154
Large 11,000205.752,0586thin
One grade step is worth $71.77/cwt here — about −$139 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 sale2,095 hd
276.03
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IA average8 barns · 7,919 hd
267.47
+8.57
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

54 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2323327.90/cwt325.00–330.001,0597
Steers—Medium and Large 1359335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,2037
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned375327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,2285
Steers—Medium and Large 1435322.57/cwt319.00–327.501,40327
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy469359.00/cwt359.00–359.001,6847
Steers—Medium and Large 1474341.65/cwt322.50–355.001,61941
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned478308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,4725
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2491287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,4098
Steers—Medium and Large 1532322.58/cwt302.00–328.501,71644
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned569290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6504
Steers—Medium and Large 1583308.85/cwt292.00–323.501,801246
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2591272.80/cwt240.00–288.001,61257
Steers—Medium and Large 1616294.06/cwt277.00–302.001,811207
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2630256.20/cwt244.00–267.501,61433
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy652291.25/cwt291.25–291.251,89944
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2663238.68/cwt230.00–250.001,58219
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned678230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5593
Steers—Medium and Large 1684279.63/cwt253.00–285.751,913419
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2715237.23/cwt236.00–238.001,69619
Steers—Medium and Large 1723266.08/cwt254.50–278.001,924215
Steers—Medium and Large 1784254.93/cwt232.00–261.001,999478
Steers—Medium and Large 1827243.82/cwt235.00–249.502,016149
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2833225.50/cwt225.50–225.501,8784
Steers—Medium and Large 1860235.11/cwt230.00–236.502,02234
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2871215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,8737
Steers—Large 11,000205.75/cwt205.75–205.752,0586
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2345270.00/cwt270.00–270.009323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned386287.16/cwt275.00–295.001,10810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1395307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,2154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420292.35/cwt275.00–297.501,22835
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned468287.54/cwt285.00–290.001,34619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475255.82/cwt235.00–268.001,2158
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476290.93/cwt280.00–298.001,38555
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527287.85/cwt271.00–305.001,517113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2531253.39/cwt238.00–260.001,34627
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2554220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2197
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579262.48/cwt237.50–274.001,520158
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622250.02/cwt230.00–259.001,555210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned624226.97/cwt226.00–228.001,41615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2643223.60/cwt200.00–228.001,43858
Heifers—Medium and Large 1676244.75/cwt234.00–249.501,655205
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2685208.62/cwt206.00–212.001,4297
Heifers—Medium and Large 1705229.28/cwt217.00–237.501,61672
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2739197.82/cwt170.00–203.501,46217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned765201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,5385
Heifers—Medium and Large 1772231.60/cwt219.50–236.001,788167
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2789185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4604
Heifers—Medium and Large 1835205.42/cwt204.00–210.001,71537
Heifers—Medium and Large 1963175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,6853
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned403285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1493
Bulls—Medium and Large 1409312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,2785
Bulls—Medium and Large 1522297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,55311
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned547222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,2175
Bulls—Medium and Large 1685240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6443

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.