Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2025-04-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers less than 450 lbs. sold higher, while steers heavier than 450 lbs. sold mostly steady to 17.00 lower. Heifers sold mostly 14.00 to 29.00 lower, with heifers under 450 lbs. were sharply lower. Demand was good today. Supply was heavy and included a several load lots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $356.51/cwt on 479 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −130.38 against this barn's trailing median of $486.89.

Average price

$356.51

479 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,913

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$221

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

$30.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.93

vs IA average

+2.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	360.10	1,940	422
Medium and Large 1-2	521	329.98	1,719	57

One grade step is worth $30.12/cwt here — about $221 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale479 hd

356.51

—

IA average8 barns · 1,586 hd

366.45

−9.93

National average175 barns · 9,187 hd

354.30

+2.21

This barn, trailing median15 sales

486.89

−130.38

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

66 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 1Unweaned	550–600	556	323.12/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,797	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,011	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,335	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	608	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,854	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	774	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,974	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	267.70/cwt	247.00–285.00	2,195	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	370.34/cwt	354.00–383.50	1,926	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	292.07/cwt	272.00–298.00	2,258	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	317.99/cwt	291.00–323.50	2,309	219
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	944	251.58/cwt	240.00–252.50	2,375	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	354.36/cwt	340.00–362.00	2,020	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	340.19/cwt	322.00–355.00	2,147	328
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,285	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	437.28/cwt	415.00–450.00	1,867	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	465.58/cwt	442.50–480.00	1,788	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	311.54/cwt	290.00–323.00	1,782	173
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	348.61/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,659	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	383.16/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,586	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	520.56/cwt	515.00–525.00	1,666	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	334.03/cwt	321.00–348.00	1,730	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	299.71/cwt	284.00–313.00	1,861	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	383.00/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,494	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,148	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,915	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,923	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	279.55/cwt	271.00–282.00	1,893	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	334.93/cwt	315.00–341.50	2,231	233
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	269.26/cwt	250.00–277.00	1,944	239
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	587	337.74/cwt	334.00–339.25	1,983	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	555	383.90/cwt	383.00–385.00	2,131	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	615	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,993	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	361	413.91/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,494	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	412	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,648	10
Steers	Large 1	650–700	698	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,045	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	287.12/cwt	250.00–310.00	1,929	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	389	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,439	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	233.73/cwt	220.00–247.50	1,692	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	747	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,092	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	316.77/cwt	295.00–332.50	1,536	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,699	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	344.13/cwt	340.00–347.50	1,428	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,958	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	329.98/cwt	297.50–340.00	1,719	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	399.77/cwt	385.00–412.50	1,723	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	413.83/cwt	392.50–420.00	1,618	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	223.12/cwt	220.00–250.00	1,508	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	297.11/cwt	290.00–302.50	1,578	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	280.41/cwt	277.00–285.00	1,649	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	361.54/cwt	352.50–380.00	1,757	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	515	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	1,393	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	329	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,316	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	617	318.98/cwt	308.00–325.00	1,968	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	372	413.96/cwt	412.50–415.00	1,540	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	738	293.50/cwt	293.50–293.50	2,166	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	481	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,780	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	517	342.46/cwt	325.00–359.00	1,771	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	440	406.25/cwt	400.00–409.00	1,788	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	517	302.23/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,563	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	635	283.35/cwt	271.00–293.00	1,799	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	481	325.29/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,565	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	571	293.61/cwt	282.50–305.00	1,677	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	781	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,867	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	405.69/cwt	384.00–426.00	1,911	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	657	277.68/cwt	272.00–289.00	1,824	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	433	338.67/cwt	315.00–350.00	1,466	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	665	316.35/cwt	310.00–334.00	2,104	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	800–850	831	248.72/cwt	247.50–250.00	2,067	27

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 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	372	412.50–415.00	413.96
13	400–450	440	400.00–409.00	406.25
5	450–500	481	370.00	370.00
67	500–550	517	325.00–359.00	342.46
27	550–600	556	300.00–330.00	323.12
11	600–650	617	308.00–325.00	318.98
61	650–700	665	310.00–334.00	316.35
7	700–750	738	293.50	293.50
27	800–850	831	247.50–250.00	248.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	320	515.00–525.00	520.56
21	350–400	384	442.50–480.00	465.58
40	400–450	427	415.00–450.00	437.28
138	450–500	471	384.00–426.00	405.69
171	500–550	520	354.00–383.50	370.34
112	550–600	570	340.00–362.00	354.36
328	600–650	631	322.00–355.00	340.19
233	650–700	666	315.00–341.50	334.93
219	700–750	726	291.00–323.50	317.99
165	750–800	773	272.00–298.00	292.07
175	800–850	820	247.00–285.00	267.70
13	850–900	859	266.00	266.00
65	900–950	944	240.00–252.50	251.58
12	1000–1050	1,011	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
45	550–600	555	383.00–385.00	383.90
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	698	293.00	293.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	391	392.50–420.00	413.83
55	400–450	431	385.00–412.50	399.77
20	450–500	486	352.50–380.00	361.54
57	500–550	521	297.50–340.00	329.98
7	600–650	640	306.00	306.00
39	650–700	672	250.00–310.00	287.12
7	700–750	747	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	608	305.00	305.00
6	750–800	774	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	453	375.00	375.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	350–400	390	375.00–390.00	383.00
60	400–450	414	370.00–395.00	383.16
84	450–500	476	340.00–370.00	348.61
190	500–550	518	321.00–348.00	334.03
173	550–600	572	290.00–323.00	311.54
177	600–650	621	284.00–313.00	299.71
36	650–700	677	271.00–282.00	279.55
239	700–750	722	250.00–277.00	269.26
5	750–800	766	251.00	251.00
6	800–850	808	237.00	237.00
12	900–950	918	234.00	234.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	361	410.00–425.00	413.91
10	400–450	412	400.00	400.00
91	550–600	587	334.00–339.25	337.74
59	600–650	615	324.00	324.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	389	370.00	370.00
9	400–450	415	340.00–347.50	344.13
38	450–500	485	295.00–332.50	316.77
16	500–550	531	290.00–302.50	297.11
7	550–600	588	277.00–285.00	280.41
29	650–700	676	220.00–250.00	223.12
8	700–750	724	220.00–247.50	233.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	515	270.50	270.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	329	400.00	400.00
24	400–450	433	315.00–350.00	338.67
34	450–500	481	320.00–340.00	325.29
20	500–550	517	285.00–310.00	302.23
16	550–600	571	282.50–305.00	293.61
43	600–650	635	271.00–293.00	283.35
24	650–700	657	272.00–289.00	277.68
5	750–800	781	239.00	239.00

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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