Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2025-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers mostly sold steady to 17.00 lower. Heifers sold uneven, 550 to 700 lb. heifers were 7.00 to 16.00 lower, while others were 13.00 to 15.00 higher. Demand was good today, despite inclement weather. 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 $343.08/cwt on 331 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −143.81 against this barn's trailing median of $486.89.

Average price

$343.08

331 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,922

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$136

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

$23.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.09

vs IA average

+1.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	348.10	1,952	260
Medium and Large 1-2	559	324.73	1,815	71

One grade step is worth $23.37/cwt here — about $136 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 sale331 hd

343.08

—

IA average6 barns · 703 hd

341.99

+1.09

National average106 barns · 4,665 hd

341.21

+1.87

This barn, trailing median15 sales

486.89

−143.81

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

44 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 1Fancy	550–600	556	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,057	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,470	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,489	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	242.26/cwt	241.00–243.00	1,953	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	854	235.40/cwt	235.00–238.00	2,010	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	335.19/cwt	314.00–355.00	1,766	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	269.77/cwt	261.00–281.00	1,813	247
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	295.40/cwt	284.00–315.00	1,704	183
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	382.20/cwt	357.00–395.00	1,613	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	268.83/cwt	252.00–279.00	1,957	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,187	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	341.13/cwt	332.50–344.00	1,579	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	268.23/cwt	266.00–268.75	2,175	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	390.16/cwt	385.00–407.50	1,705	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	396.67/cwt	375.00–412.50	1,841	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	370.04/cwt	345.00–380.50	1,965	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	277.95/cwt	273.00–297.00	1,746	221
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	952	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,237	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	280.31/cwt	263.00–286.00	2,184	263
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	257.12/cwt	247.00–265.50	2,252	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	435	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,566	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	301.39/cwt	285.00–314.00	2,062	447
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	711	264.60/cwt	258.00–270.00	1,881	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	689	282.23/cwt	282.00–282.50	1,945	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	691	249.32/cwt	215.00–254.00	1,723	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	345.68/cwt	336.00–362.50	1,666	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	302.98/cwt	272.00–317.50	1,618	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	274.13/cwt	272.50–275.00	1,571	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	789	246.12/cwt	233.00–252.50	1,942	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	307	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,182	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,608	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	300.54/cwt	285.00–309.00	2,176	488
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	353	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,296	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	322.16/cwt	310.00–327.50	1,360	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	741	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,845	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	302.80/cwt	261.00–324.00	1,459	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	318.68/cwt	305.00–327.00	2,001	588
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	332.76/cwt	328.00–347.50	1,920	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	546	341.13/cwt	341.00–342.50	1,863	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	270.36/cwt	242.50–300.00	1,692	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	294.54/cwt	275.00–322.00	1,717	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,320	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,409	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	251.10/cwt	246.50–257.00	1,949	24

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.

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	550–600	556	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	350	402.50	402.50
16	400–450	437	385.00–407.50	390.16
58	450–500	464	375.00–412.50	396.67
80	500–550	531	345.00–380.50	370.04
153	550–600	577	328.00–347.50	332.76
588	600–650	628	305.00–327.00	318.68
447	650–700	684	285.00–314.00	301.39
488	700–750	724	285.00–309.00	300.54
263	750–800	779	263.00–286.00	280.31
40	800–850	811	266.00–268.75	268.23
26	850–900	876	247.00–265.50	257.12
6	900–950	900	243.00	243.00
5	950–1000	952	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	435	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	307	385.00	385.00
4	350–400	377	350.00	350.00
6	400–450	426	377.50	377.50
58	450–500	482	336.00–362.50	345.68
46	500–550	546	341.00–342.50	341.13
25	550–600	583	275.00–322.00	294.54
29	600–650	626	242.50–300.00	270.36
11	650–700	689	282.00–282.50	282.23
16	700–750	711	258.00–270.00	264.60
9	750–800	789	233.00–252.50	246.12
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	503	296.00	296.00
5	600–650	623	236.00	236.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	400–450	422	357.00–395.00	382.20
28	450–500	463	332.50–344.00	341.13
151	500–550	527	314.00–355.00	335.19
183	550–600	577	284.00–315.00	295.40
221	600–650	628	273.00–297.00	277.95
247	650–700	672	261.00–281.00	269.77
142	700–750	728	252.00–279.00	268.83
24	750–800	776	246.50–257.00	251.10
11	800–850	806	241.00–243.00	242.26
23	850–900	854	235.00–238.00	235.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	353	367.00	367.00
19	400–450	422	310.00–327.50	322.16
35	450–500	482	261.00–324.00	302.80
69	500–550	534	272.00–317.50	302.98
11	550–600	573	272.50–275.00	274.13
24	650–700	691	215.00–254.00	249.32
4	700–750	741	249.00	249.00

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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