Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2025-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A rainy wet day filled the seats at the Annual Memorial Day Special. Compared to the sale two weeks ago, light steers under 500 lbs. and 550 to 650 lbs. sold 2.00 to 23.00 lower, while 500 to 550 lbs. and 650 lbs. and heavier steers sold steady to 22.00 higher. Heifers less than 500 lbs. sold steady to 4.00 higher, while heifers over 500 lbs. sold 10.00 to sharply higher. Demand was very good today. Supply was heavy and included a several load lots along with smaller strings of cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $398.19/cwt on 754 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −88.70 against this barn's trailing median of $486.89.

Average price

$398.19

754 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,168

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$178

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

$26.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.35

vs IA average

+20.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	402.45	2,197	633
Medium and Large 1-2	537	375.86	2,019	121

One grade step is worth $26.59/cwt here — about $178 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 sale754 hd

398.19

—

IA average5 barns · 1,209 hd

400.54

−2.35

National average157 barns · 12,981 hd

378.05

+20.14

This barn, trailing median15 sales

486.89

−88.70

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

63 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	550–600	577	385.53/cwt	360.00–398.00	2,225	305
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	346.59/cwt	325.00–350.00	2,475	175
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	611	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,986	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	983	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,408	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	653	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,155	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	440.08/cwt	420.00–452.50	2,060	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	417.57/cwt	400.00–435.00	2,159	267
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	348.84/cwt	330.00–361.50	2,362	287
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	431	406.46/cwt	400.00–414.00	1,752	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	486.35/cwt	480.00–515.00	1,863	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	277.62/cwt	267.00–279.25	2,576	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	327.17/cwt	310.00–342.00	1,914	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	431.34/cwt	410.00–447.50	1,816	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	314.31/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,983	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	365.66/cwt	330.00–373.00	1,806	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	334.60/cwt	327.00–340.00	1,921	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,713	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	349.95/cwt	320.00–358.00	1,823	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	456.71/cwt	447.50–465.00	1,731	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	398.95/cwt	375.00–412.50	1,883	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	318.57/cwt	312.00–340.00	1,946	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,293	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	319.04/cwt	316.50–327.50	2,211	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	306	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,744	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	575	388.32/cwt	377.00–394.50	2,233	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	765	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,456	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	381.22/cwt	356.00–395.00	2,028	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	297.14/cwt	296.00–312.00	2,026	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	394.15/cwt	340.00–410.00	1,695	43
Steers	Large 1	650–700	663	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,248	11
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	672	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,117	26
Steers	Large 1	750–800	761	311.50/cwt	311.50–311.50	2,371	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	625	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,319	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	414	498.82/cwt	497.50–500.00	2,065	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	512	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,248	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	308.97/cwt	285.00–314.00	2,243	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	373.99/cwt	351.00–394.00	2,330	406
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	276.50/cwt	276.50–276.50	2,229	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	527.68/cwt	510.00–540.00	1,752	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	315.65/cwt	303.50–329.50	2,453	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	300.79/cwt	273.00–304.50	2,596	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	461.66/cwt	460.00–465.00	1,528	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	301.56/cwt	294.50–308.00	2,500	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	337.66/cwt	293.00–345.00	2,222	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	641	329.02/cwt	326.00–340.00	2,109	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	594	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,034	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	451	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	1,912	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	345.09/cwt	325.00–356.00	2,146	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	395.06/cwt	375.00–415.00	1,880	135
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	399.32/cwt	393.00–410.00	1,965	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	354.80/cwt	340.00–370.00	2,029	552
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	441	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,940	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	342	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,471	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	465.69/cwt	445.00–490.00	1,714	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	435.54/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,816	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	277.74/cwt	274.50–282.50	2,169	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	486	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,956	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	505	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,932	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	580	332.92/cwt	324.00–343.00	1,931	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	469.62/cwt	457.50–485.00	1,785	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	518	359.39/cwt	343.00–369.00	1,862	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	376.96/cwt	362.00–395.00	1,994	200
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	458.33/cwt	445.00–486.00	1,957	48

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
10	300–350	332	510.00–540.00	527.68
55	350–400	383	480.00–515.00	486.35
48	400–450	427	445.00–486.00	458.33
115	450–500	468	420.00–452.50	440.08
267	500–550	517	400.00–435.00	417.57
305	550–600	577	360.00–398.00	385.53
406	600–650	623	351.00–394.00	373.99
287	650–700	677	330.00–361.50	348.84
175	700–750	714	325.00–350.00	346.59
117	750–800	777	303.50–329.50	315.65
125	800–850	829	294.50–308.00	301.56
75	850–900	863	273.00–304.50	300.79
22	900–950	928	267.00–279.25	277.62
10	950–1000	983	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	441	440.00	440.00
4	450–500	486	402.50	402.50
11	500–550	505	382.50	382.50
5	550–600	594	342.50	342.50
23	600–650	641	326.00–340.00	329.02
10	650–700	653	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	379	447.50–465.00	456.71
21	400–450	421	410.00–447.50	431.34
28	450–500	472	375.00–412.50	398.95
109	500–550	532	356.00–395.00	381.22
12	550–600	585	310.00–342.00	327.17
33	600–650	611	312.00–340.00	318.57
40	650–700	693	316.50–327.50	319.04
5	750–800	780	294.00	294.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	306	570.00	570.00
50	400–450	414	497.50–500.00	498.82
45	500–550	512	439.00	439.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	650–700	663	339.00	339.00
26	750–800	761	311.50	311.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	342	430.00	430.00
19	400–450	431	400.00–414.00	406.46
25	500–550	518	343.00–369.00	359.39
17	550–600	580	324.00–343.00	332.92
14	600–650	611	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	385	445.00	445.00
43	400–450	430	340.00–410.00	394.15
37	450–500	494	330.00–373.00	365.66
49	500–550	521	320.00–358.00	349.95
38	550–600	574	327.00–340.00	334.60
24	600–650	631	300.00–320.00	314.31
41	650–700	682	296.00–312.00	297.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
32	450–500	451	424.00	424.00
87	550–600	575	377.00–394.50	388.32
32	600–650	625	371.00	371.00
6	750–800	765	321.00	321.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	650–700	672	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	331	460.00–465.00	461.66
58	350–400	368	445.00–490.00	465.69
66	400–450	417	420.00–460.00	435.54
135	450–500	476	375.00–415.00	395.06
200	500–550	529	362.00–395.00	376.96
552	550–600	572	340.00–370.00	354.80
126	600–650	622	325.00–356.00	345.09
173	650–700	658	293.00–345.00	337.66
112	700–750	726	285.00–314.00	308.97
78	750–800	781	274.50–282.50	277.74
61	800–850	806	276.50	276.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	380	457.50–485.00	469.62
16	450–500	492	393.00–410.00	399.32

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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