Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2025-01-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale a week ago, steers sold mostly 2.00 to 9.00 higher. Heifers sold mostly 2.00 to 12.00 higher. Demand was very good today. Supply was heavy and included several load lots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $339.49/cwt on 428 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −147.40 against this barn's trailing median of $486.89.

Average price

$339.49

428 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,915

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$175

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

$25.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.70

vs IA average

−9.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	553	348.00	1,924	13thin
Medium and Large 1	570	343.29	1,956	333
Medium and Large 1-2	542	322.68	1,749	82

One grade step is worth $25.32/cwt here — about $175 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale428 hd

339.49

—

IA average8 barns · 1,636 hd

345.18

−5.70

National average177 barns · 23,098 hd

348.66

−9.17

This barn, trailing median15 sales

486.89

−147.40

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

60 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	603	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,815	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,698	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,295	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	912	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,426	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	358.22/cwt	345.00–371.00	1,548	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,352	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	555	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,793	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	891	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,308	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	417.52/cwt	412.00–425.00	1,520	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	236.96/cwt	225.00–251.00	1,813	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	317.86/cwt	306.00–328.00	2,133	197
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	288.09/cwt	272.50–297.00	2,227	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	255.78/cwt	246.00–261.00	1,826	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	296.73/cwt	286.00–314.00	1,685	197
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	356.05/cwt	344.00–359.00	1,901	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	400.25/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,681	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	313.77/cwt	294.00–325.00	1,616	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	332.07/cwt	325.00–347.50	1,567	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	239.19/cwt	238.00–240.00	1,952	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	397.99/cwt	397.50–400.00	1,516	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	279.46/cwt	264.00–289.00	1,747	293
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	272.58/cwt	260.00–278.50	1,840	202
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	650	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,853	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	855	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,223	60
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,759	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	612	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,603	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	540	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,571	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	788	259.75/cwt	259.75–259.75	2,047	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	722	273.50/cwt	273.50–273.50	1,975	64
Steers	Large 1	650–700	693	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,885	4
Steers	Large 1	700–750	712	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,118	21
Steers	Large 1	550–600	553	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,924	13
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	597	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,642	15
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	653	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,789	14
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	510	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,596	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	509	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,690	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	505	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,932	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	706	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,203	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	626	341.75/cwt	341.75–341.75	2,139	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	271.46/cwt	259.00–281.00	1,558	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,355	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	319.46/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,543	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	273.06/cwt	260.00–278.50	2,015	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	334.96/cwt	300.00–375.00	1,474	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	307.41/cwt	285.00–320.00	1,497	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	308.04/cwt	282.50–327.00	1,765	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	291.11/cwt	275.00–294.00	1,988	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	285.11/cwt	268.00–290.00	1,525	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	752	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,030	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	329.87/cwt	311.00–344.00	1,738	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	294.74/cwt	275.00–310.00	1,866	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	326.97/cwt	313.00–339.25	2,044	225
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	548	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,819	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	628	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,774	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	463	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,630	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	349	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,422	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	379.76/cwt	367.50–385.00	1,766	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	277.51/cwt	268.00–278.25	2,320	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	340.83/cwt	329.00–358.00	1,967	281
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	298.83/cwt	284.00–308.00	2,167	261

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

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

Receipts 3,746Last week 3,992Year ago 4,996

Compared to the sale a week ago, steers sold mostly 2.00 to 9.00 higher. Heifers sold mostly 2.00 to 12.00 higher. Demand was very good today. Supply was heavy and included several load lots.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	509	332.00	332.00
17	550–600	555	323.00	323.00
90	600–650	603	301.00	301.00
61	650–700	650	285.00	285.00
64	700–750	722	273.50	273.50
75	750–800	788	259.75	259.75
60	850–900	855	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	381	340.00	340.00
14	400–450	433	313.00	313.00
52	450–500	487	285.00–320.00	307.41
51	500–550	535	268.00–290.00	285.11
42	550–600	574	259.00–281.00	271.46
7	650–700	693	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	322	420.00	420.00
14	350–400	381	397.50–400.00	397.99
48	400–450	432	345.00–371.00	358.22
66	450–500	472	325.00–347.50	332.07
120	500–550	515	294.00–325.00	313.77
197	550–600	568	286.00–314.00	296.73
293	600–650	625	264.00–289.00	279.46
202	650–700	675	260.00–278.50	272.58
52	700–750	714	246.00–261.00	255.78
30	750–800	765	225.00–251.00	236.96
15	800–850	816	238.00–240.00	239.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	540	291.00	291.00
8	600–650	612	262.00	262.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	510	313.00	313.00
15	550–600	597	275.00	275.00
14	650–700	653	274.00	274.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	364	412.00–425.00	417.52
27	400–450	420	390.00–415.00	400.25
46	450–500	465	367.50–385.00	379.76
28	500–550	534	344.00–359.00	356.05
281	550–600	577	329.00–358.00	340.83
225	600–650	625	313.00–339.25	326.97
197	650–700	671	306.00–328.00	317.86
261	700–750	725	284.00–308.00	298.83
131	750–800	773	272.50–297.00	288.09
68	800–850	836	268.00–278.25	277.51
6	850–900	891	259.00	259.00
60	900–950	912	266.00	266.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	553	348.00	348.00
4	650–700	693	272.00	272.00
21	700–750	712	297.50	297.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	505	382.50	382.50
33	600–650	626	341.75	341.75
80	700–750	706	312.00	312.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	440	300.00–375.00	334.96
25	450–500	483	300.00–335.00	319.46
55	500–550	527	311.00–344.00	329.87
27	550–600	573	282.50–327.00	308.04
9	600–650	633	275.00–310.00	294.74
25	650–700	683	275.00–294.00	291.11
20	700–750	738	260.00–278.50	273.06
4	750–800	752	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	548	332.00	332.00
5	600–650	628	282.50	282.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	537	327.50	327.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	349	407.50	407.50
18	450–500	463	352.00	352.00

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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