Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2025-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers sold mostly steady to 21.00 higher, except the 600 to 650 lb. steers sold 4.00 lower. Heifers sold steady to 18.00 higher. Demand was very good today. Supply was moderate to heavy and included several load lots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $360.10/cwt on 262 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −126.79 against this barn's trailing median of $486.89.

Average price

$360.10

262 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,995

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$262

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

$30.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.40

vs IA average

+1.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	366.16	2,048	210
Medium and Large 1-2	532	335.62	1,787	52

One grade step is worth $30.55/cwt here — about $262 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale262 hd

360.10

—

IA average5 barns · 547 hd

357.70

+2.40

National average173 barns · 15,162 hd

358.67

+1.43

This barn, trailing median15 sales

486.89

−126.79

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

57 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	500–550	518	361.39/cwt	352.00–382.50	1,872	70
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,787	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,974	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	381.35/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,628	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	946	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,337	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	235.56/cwt	234.00–236.00	2,073	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,167	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	990	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,277	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	324.59/cwt	314.00–338.50	2,181	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,057	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,114	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	353.07/cwt	346.00–368.00	1,702	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	1,729	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	490	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,617	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	411.30/cwt	405.00–414.00	1,727	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	264.35/cwt	263.00–265.75	2,437	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	276.89/cwt	260.00–285.50	2,005	123
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,768	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,892	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	725	290.50/cwt	290.50–290.50	2,106	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	277.62/cwt	261.00–282.75	2,315	107
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	996	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,191	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	802	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,885	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	802	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,302	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	362	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,593	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	416	444.42/cwt	443.00–460.00	1,849	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	335	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,591	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	502	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,008	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	630	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,552	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	255.03/cwt	251.00–258.00	1,869	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	306.07/cwt	287.50–314.75	2,198	184
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	341.00/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,766	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,498	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	283.49/cwt	283.00–285.00	1,797	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	691	285.76/cwt	267.50–306.50	1,975	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,016	244.06/cwt	243.50–252.50	2,480	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	330	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,238	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	420.81/cwt	406.00–430.00	1,586	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	809	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,569	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	307.95/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,654	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,607	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	292.54/cwt	265.00–299.25	2,294	187
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	425	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,696	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	282.79/cwt	266.00–298.00	1,906	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	345.06/cwt	340.00–357.00	1,642	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	343.45/cwt	328.00–350.00	1,769	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	309.26/cwt	308.00–310.00	1,744	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	517	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,644	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	395.39/cwt	365.00–408.00	1,918	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	972	252.92/cwt	252.75–253.50	2,458	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	319.49/cwt	312.00–337.00	1,815	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	324.16/cwt	300.00–334.00	1,997	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,688	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	536	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,769	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	319.41/cwt	312.50–334.00	1,878	345
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	346.30/cwt	335.00–361.50	2,151	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	312.67/cwt	310.00–317.00	1,951	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	366.75/cwt	344.00–377.00	2,160	124

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$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	385	449.00	449.00
13	400–450	420	405.00–414.00	411.30
38	450–500	485	365.00–408.00	395.39
70	500–550	518	352.00–382.50	361.39
124	550–600	589	344.00–377.00	366.75
176	600–650	621	335.00–361.50	346.30
122	650–700	672	314.00–338.50	324.59
184	700–750	718	287.50–314.75	306.07
187	750–800	784	265.00–299.25	292.54
107	800–850	834	261.00–282.75	277.62
133	900–950	922	263.00–265.75	264.35
26	950–1000	972	252.75–253.50	252.92
48	1000–1050	1,016	243.50–252.50	244.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	335	475.00	475.00
35	400–450	416	443.00–460.00	444.42
12	500–550	502	400.00	400.00
8	600–650	630	405.00	405.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	423	380.00	380.00
12	450–500	476	340.00–357.00	345.06
35	500–550	515	328.00–350.00	343.45
17	550–600	568	312.00–337.00	319.49
14	600–650	616	300.00–334.00	324.16
28	650–700	691	267.50–306.50	285.76
6	700–750	700	214.00	214.00
7	750–800	785	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	536	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	491	360.00	360.00
6	550–600	586	305.00	305.00
4	650–700	657	288.00	288.00
9	800–850	802	235.00	235.00
14	950–1000	996	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	425	399.00	399.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	350–400	377	406.00–430.00	420.81
25	400–450	427	360.00–400.00	381.35
77	450–500	482	346.00–368.00	353.07
102	500–550	518	330.00–355.00	341.00
345	550–600	588	312.50–334.00	319.41
84	600–650	624	310.00–317.00	312.67
144	650–700	674	266.00–298.00	282.79
123	700–750	724	260.00–285.50	276.89
12	750–800	788	275.00	275.00
6	800–850	833	237.00	237.00
18	850–900	880	234.00–236.00	235.56
4	900–950	946	247.00	247.00
5	950–1000	990	230.00	230.00
4	1050–1100	1,057	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	330	375.00	375.00
5	450–500	490	330.00	330.00
7	500–550	517	318.00	318.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	350–400	362	440.00	440.00
36	700–750	725	290.50	290.50
29	800–850	802	287.00	287.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	537	305.00–310.00	307.95
19	550–600	564	308.00–310.00	309.26
16	600–650	634	283.00–285.00	283.49
25	700–750	733	251.00–258.00	255.03
7	800–850	809	194.00	194.00

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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