Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2025-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent auction for comparison. Enough buyers braved the cold today to bring good demand, especially for weaned cattle. Supply was heavy and included several load lots of reputation cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $327.69/cwt on 573 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −159.20 against this barn's trailing median of $486.89.

Average price

$327.69

573 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,860

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$243

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$54.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.16

vs IA average

−14.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	329.18	1,869	543
Medium and Large 1-2	560	304.76	1,706	26
Large 1	591	275.00	1,625	4thin

One grade step is worth $54.18/cwt here — about $243 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

15 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $512.91, low $455.97, median $486.89 across 15 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale573 hd

327.69

—

IA average8 barns · 1,615 hd

327.86

−0.16

National average155 barns · 22,672 hd

342.08

−14.39

This barn, trailing median15 sales

486.89

−159.20

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

Every lot, as filed

49 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	326.09/cwt	312.50–338.00	1,891	409
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	507	323.50/cwt	323.50–323.50	1,640	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	318.50/cwt	300.00–329.50	1,991	356
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,810	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	312.95/cwt	300.00–327.00	1,627	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	237.27/cwt	231.00–244.00	1,863	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	261.56/cwt	258.00–264.50	1,745	332
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	254.52/cwt	245.00–265.00	2,077	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	320.60/cwt	307.50–329.00	1,529	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	274.51/cwt	256.00–287.00	1,727	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	389	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,603	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,914	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	241.33/cwt	240.00–247.00	2,138	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	336.39/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,420	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	303.44/cwt	288.00–316.50	2,051	517
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	355.48/cwt	332.50–364.00	1,379	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	264.16/cwt	250.00–272.00	2,082	238
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	252.58/cwt	230.00–258.50	1,796	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	779	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,173	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	810	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,195	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	400	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,468	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	511	337.31/cwt	333.00–341.00	1,724	32
Steers	Large 1	550–600	591	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,625	4
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	591	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,738	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	400.34/cwt	392.50–410.00	1,677	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	310.19/cwt	305.00–312.50	1,632	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	295.69/cwt	283.00–310.50	1,727	337
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	386	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,197	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	239.06/cwt	233.00–244.00	2,197	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	480	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,512	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	340.63/cwt	328.00–354.00	1,768	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	285.06/cwt	279.00–287.50	1,539	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	354.50/cwt	345.00–377.00	1,705	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	717	244.41/cwt	244.00–245.00	1,752	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	562	277.90/cwt	277.50–278.00	1,562	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	747	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,905	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	530	297.47/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,577	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,584	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	283.76/cwt	277.00–294.00	2,060	452
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	326.70/cwt	318.00–336.00	1,588	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,572	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	301.36/cwt	300.00–307.50	1,751	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	257.49/cwt	250.00–269.00	1,751	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	381	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,657	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	576	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,976	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	291.93/cwt	265.00–312.00	1,267	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	268.88/cwt	265.00–274.00	1,576	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	282.00/cwt	262.00–290.00	1,754	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	651	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,432	4

How this sale compares

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 6, 2025

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

Receipts 4,916Last week 4,206Year ago 5,343

No recent auction for comparison. Enough buyers braved the cold today to bring good demand, especially for weaned cattle. 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$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	419	392.50–410.00	400.34
133	450–500	481	345.00–377.00	354.50
84	500–550	519	328.00–354.00	340.63
409	550–600	580	312.50–338.00	326.09
356	600–650	625	300.00–329.50	318.50
517	650–700	676	288.00–316.50	303.44
452	700–750	726	277.00–294.00	283.76
238	750–800	788	250.00–272.00	264.16
157	800–850	816	245.00–265.00	254.52
99	850–900	886	240.00–247.00	241.33
85	900–950	919	233.00–244.00	239.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	350–400	389	412.00	412.00
20	500–550	507	323.50	323.50
10	700–750	717	244.00–245.00	244.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	433	363.00	363.00
55	450–500	486	318.00–336.00	326.70
10	500–550	526	305.00–312.50	310.19
16	550–600	581	300.00–307.50	301.36
30	600–650	622	262.00–290.00	282.00
39	650–700	680	250.00–269.00	257.49
4	700–750	717	252.50	252.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	381	435.00	435.00
30	550–600	576	343.00	343.00
57	750–800	779	279.00	279.00
32	800–850	810	271.00	271.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	591	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	350–400	388	332.50–364.00	355.48
10	400–450	422	320.00–350.00	336.39
97	450–500	477	307.50–329.00	320.60
141	500–550	520	300.00–327.00	312.95
337	550–600	584	283.00–310.50	295.69
171	600–650	629	256.00–287.00	274.51
332	650–700	667	258.00–264.50	261.56
164	700–750	711	230.00–258.50	252.58
105	750–800	785	231.00–244.00	237.27
7	850–900	870	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
34	400–450	400	367.00	367.00
32	500–550	511	333.00–341.00	337.31
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	591	294.00	294.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	386	310.00	310.00
12	450–500	480	315.00	315.00
24	500–550	530	280.00–300.00	297.47
15	550–600	562	277.50–278.00	277.90
6	700–750	747	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	434	265.00–312.00	291.93
21	500–550	540	279.00–287.50	285.06
32	550–600	586	265.00–274.00	268.88
25	600–650	626	253.00	253.00
4	650–700	651	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.

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