Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2025-02-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale a week ago, steers under 650 lbs. sold uneven but higher, while steers over 650 lbs. sold 2.00 to 8.00 lower. Heifers sold mostly 5.00 to 14.00 higher. Demand was good today. Supply was moderate to heavy and included a few load load lots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $352.84/cwt on 289 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −134.05 against this barn's trailing median of $486.89.

Average price

$352.84

289 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,948

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$101

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

$43.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.75

vs IA average

+10.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	368.33	1,980	185
Medium and Large 1-2	578	325.27	1,879	104

One grade step is worth $43.06/cwt here — about $101 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 sale289 hd

352.84

—

IA average5 barns · 1,083 hd

353.59

−0.75

National average187 barns · 18,766 hd

342.38

+10.46

This barn, trailing median15 sales

486.89

−134.05

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

40 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,745	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	859	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,727	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	366.87/cwt	357.00–372.50	1,578	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	345.81/cwt	333.00–355.00	1,625	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	302.54/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,728	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	239.93/cwt	220.00–243.75	2,013	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	686	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,962	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	748	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,982	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	374.28/cwt	367.50–389.00	1,931	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	255.17/cwt	255.00–259.00	2,340	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	400.22/cwt	392.00–405.00	1,581	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	356.22/cwt	325.00–372.50	1,667	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	318.17/cwt	302.50–328.50	2,109	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	297.75/cwt	280.00–305.50	2,147	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	362.70/cwt	344.50–374.00	2,024	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	283.16/cwt	270.00–296.00	1,945	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	283.72/cwt	277.00–292.00	2,173	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	391.20/cwt	382.00–398.00	1,819	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	254.87/cwt	253.00–270.00	1,850	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	881	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,762	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	307.52/cwt	300.00–318.00	1,947	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	322.69/cwt	290.00–337.00	1,888	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	401.50/cwt	382.50–411.00	1,743	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	328.96/cwt	322.00–344.00	2,076	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	262.91/cwt	242.00–276.00	1,522	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	447	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,475	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	853	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,111	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	338.50/cwt	333.00–346.00	1,828	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	255.62/cwt	236.00–271.00	1,567	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	540	267.81/cwt	249.00–281.00	1,446	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	286.09/cwt	268.00–297.00	1,920	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,254	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	991	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	2,165	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	274.96/cwt	263.00–277.50	2,235	253
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	241.51/cwt	232.50–247.00	1,819	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	289.41/cwt	277.50–296.00	1,771	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	322.31/cwt	311.00–335.00	1,679	166
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	302.58/cwt	302.00–304.00	1,592	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	252.37/cwt	249.00–255.00	1,711	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	316.90/cwt	302.00–325.00	1,556	31

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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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	608	287.00	287.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	850–900	859	201.00	201.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	400–450	430	357.00–372.50	366.87
49	450–500	470	333.00–355.00	345.81
166	500–550	521	311.00–335.00	322.31
160	550–600	571	290.00–315.00	302.54
65	600–650	612	277.50–296.00	289.41
100	650–700	671	268.00–297.00	286.09
127	700–750	726	253.00–270.00	254.87
58	750–800	753	232.50–247.00	241.51
94	800–850	839	220.00–243.75	239.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	395	317.50	317.50
12	400–450	447	330.00	330.00
31	450–500	491	302.00–325.00	316.90
10	500–550	526	302.00–304.00	302.58
48	550–600	579	242.00–276.00	262.91
22	600–650	613	236.00–271.00	255.62
21	650–700	678	249.00–255.00	252.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	540	249.00–281.00	267.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	686	286.00	286.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	468	325.00–372.50	356.22
17	500–550	540	333.00–346.00	338.50
87	550–600	585	290.00–337.00	322.69
39	600–650	633	300.00–318.00	307.52
59	650–700	687	270.00–296.00	283.16
9	700–750	748	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	395	392.00–405.00	400.22
34	400–450	434	382.50–411.00	401.50
67	450–500	465	382.00–398.00	391.20
90	500–550	516	367.50–389.00	374.28
95	550–600	558	344.50–374.00	362.70
74	600–650	631	322.00–344.00	328.96
107	650–700	663	302.50–328.50	318.17
143	700–750	721	280.00–305.50	297.75
43	750–800	766	277.00–292.00	283.72
253	800–850	813	263.00–277.50	274.96
8	850–900	853	247.50	247.50
99	900–950	917	255.00–259.00	255.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	850–900	881	200.00	200.00
4	950–1000	991	218.50	218.50

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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