Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2025-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale a week ago, steers sold uneven today; 500 to 550 lb. sold 7.00 lower and 700 to 750 lb. steers sold 3.00 lower. Other steers sold mostly 5.00 to 20.00 higher. Heifers also sold uneven; 550 to 550 lb. heifers sold 7.00 lower and and 700 to 750 lbs. heifers sold 4.00 lower, while others sold mostly 3.00 to 25.00 higher. Demand was good today. Supply was heavy and included a few load lots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $353.38/cwt on 309 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −133.51 against this barn's trailing median of $486.89.

Average price

$353.38

309 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,915

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$240

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

$50.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.37

vs IA average

+5.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	359.27	1,942	273
Medium and Large 1-2	551	308.75	1,702	36

One grade step is worth $50.52/cwt here — about $240 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 sale309 hd

353.38

—

IA average5 barns · 578 hd

347.01

+6.37

National average180 barns · 14,929 hd

348.24

+5.14

This barn, trailing median15 sales

486.89

−133.51

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

46 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	650–700	658	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,958	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	370	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,561	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	802	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,957	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	807	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,114	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	888	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,211	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	344.63/cwt	332.50–362.50	1,627	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	987	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,349	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	320.75/cwt	313.00–330.00	1,809	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,340	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,122	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	264.35/cwt	259.00–268.00	1,901	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	294.38/cwt	279.00–305.00	1,816	306
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	257.98/cwt	242.00–272.00	1,974	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	272.66/cwt	267.50–282.00	1,873	215
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	904	263.31/cwt	261.00–264.75	2,380	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	374.02/cwt	363.00–385.00	1,769	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	377.64/cwt	362.50–395.00	1,631	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	249.34/cwt	237.00–251.75	2,035	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	382.29/cwt	376.00–404.00	1,671	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	353.18/cwt	342.00–360.50	2,034	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	288.45/cwt	278.00–295.75	2,235	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	305.95/cwt	295.00–322.50	2,087	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	362.62/cwt	356.50–379.00	1,889	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	314.76/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,788	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	335.80/cwt	305.00–350.00	1,578	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	296.33/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,876	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,626	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	288.15/cwt	284.00–290.00	1,694	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,555	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	260.37/cwt	219.00–270.00	1,872	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	285.96/cwt	277.00–291.00	1,956	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,741	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	314.26/cwt	309.50–317.50	1,666	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	715	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,002	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	390	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,560	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	278.22/cwt	269.00–283.85	2,287	282
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	266.25/cwt	257.50–269.00	2,322	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	801	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,019	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	303.37/cwt	300.00–321.00	1,626	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	297.60/cwt	291.00–304.75	2,161	218
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	350.16/cwt	340.00–358.00	2,160	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,016	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,388	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,054	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,498	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	371	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,391	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	606	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,079	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	327.76/cwt	322.00–340.00	1,717	125

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
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	370	422.00	422.00
20	650–700	658	297.50	297.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	800–850	802	244.00	244.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	335	400.00	400.00
39	400–450	432	362.50–395.00	377.64
83	450–500	472	332.50–362.50	344.63
125	500–550	524	322.00–340.00	327.76
118	550–600	564	313.00–330.00	320.75
306	600–650	617	279.00–305.00	294.38
215	650–700	687	267.50–282.00	272.66
91	700–750	719	259.00–268.00	264.35
125	750–800	765	242.00–272.00	257.98
66	800–850	816	237.00–251.75	249.34
25	850–900	884	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	441	352.50	352.50
32	500–550	530	309.50–317.50	314.26
16	550–600	588	284.00–290.00	288.15
4	600–650	633	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	371	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	800–850	807	262.00	262.00
8	850–900	888	249.00	249.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	400–450	437	376.00–404.00	382.29
49	450–500	473	363.00–385.00	374.02
176	500–550	521	356.50–379.00	362.62
97	550–600	576	342.00–360.50	353.18
182	600–650	617	340.00–358.00	350.16
104	650–700	682	295.00–322.50	305.95
218	700–750	726	291.00–304.75	297.60
102	750–800	775	278.00–295.75	288.45
282	800–850	822	269.00–283.85	278.22
21	850–900	872	257.50–269.00	266.25
47	900–950	904	261.00–264.75	263.31
4	950–1000	987	238.00	238.00
4	1000–1050	1,016	235.00	235.00
14	1050–1100	1,054	237.00	237.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	448	363.00	363.00
16	450–500	470	305.00–350.00	335.80
19	500–550	536	300.00–321.00	303.37
17	550–600	568	300.00–320.00	314.76
11	600–650	633	295.00–300.00	296.33
29	650–700	684	277.00–291.00	285.96
22	700–750	719	219.00–270.00	260.37
4	800–850	801	252.00	252.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	390	400.00	400.00
19	600–650	606	343.00	343.00
7	700–750	715	280.00	280.00

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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