Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2025-06-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent auction sale for comparison. However, a lower undertone was noted for steers and lighter heifers. A few load lots of reputation cattle sold today. Demand was moderate to good. Supply was moderate to heavy and included several smaller packages.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $392.49/cwt on 270 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −94.40 against this barn's trailing median of $486.89.

Average price

$392.49

270 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,144

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$245

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

$58.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.00

vs IA average

+8.97 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	415.96	2,240	161
Medium and Large 1-2	558	357.83	1,996	109

One grade step is worth $58.13/cwt here — about $245 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 sale270 hd

392.49

—

IA average5 barns · 453 hd

395.50

−3.00

National average21 barns · 2,670 hd

383.52

+8.97

This barn, trailing median15 sales

486.89

−94.40

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

33 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,683	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	431.42/cwt	417.50–445.00	1,411	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	967	251.14/cwt	246.00–257.50	2,429	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	350.82/cwt	344.00–359.00	2,056	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,921	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	342.09/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,837	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	374.99/cwt	335.00–400.00	1,744	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,847	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	431.62/cwt	413.00–443.00	2,236	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,988	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	342.70/cwt	340.00–347.50	2,207	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	368.68/cwt	320.00–393.00	1,928	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	842	292.97/cwt	291.00–297.00	2,467	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,905	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	452.45/cwt	446.00–470.00	1,733	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	378.62/cwt	378.00–380.00	1,647	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	354.88/cwt	325.00–359.25	2,321	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	357.32/cwt	341.00–362.00	2,248	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	381.81/cwt	362.50–392.75	2,333	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,257	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	429.66/cwt	426.00–447.50	2,088	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	384.21/cwt	352.50–391.50	2,017	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	413.86/cwt	407.00–420.00	1,788	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	324.81/cwt	301.00–337.50	1,890	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	349.29/cwt	330.00–368.00	2,043	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	978	283.42/cwt	277.00–283.75	2,772	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	396.61/cwt	385.00–405.00	2,237	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	315.30/cwt	302.50–322.50	2,138	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	317.45/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,990	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,297	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	746	328.50/cwt	328.50–328.50	2,451	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	948	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,579	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	341.58/cwt	312.00–350.00	2,463	146

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

Mon Jun 30, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Receipts 1,627Last week 2,830Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	612	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	327	417.50–445.00	431.42
32	400–450	432	407.00–420.00	413.86
24	450–500	484	397.00	397.00
102	500–550	525	352.50–391.50	384.21
23	550–600	586	344.00–359.00	350.82
44	600–650	629	341.00–362.00	357.32
160	650–700	654	325.00–359.25	354.88
67	700–750	746	328.50	328.50
70	750–800	758	303.00	303.00
14	950–1000	967	246.00–257.50	251.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	435	378.00–380.00	378.62
43	500–550	537	325.00–350.00	342.09
20	550–600	582	301.00–337.50	324.81
6	600–650	627	315.00–320.00	317.45
73	650–700	678	302.50–322.50	315.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	432	427.50	427.50
28	450–500	465	335.00–400.00	374.99
48	500–550	523	320.00–393.00	368.68
61	550–600	585	330.00–368.00	349.29
14	600–650	644	340.00–347.50	342.70
9	750–800	795	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	383	446.00–470.00	452.45
14	400–450	443	430.00	430.00
23	450–500	486	426.00–447.50	429.66
89	500–550	518	413.00–443.00	431.62
72	550–600	564	385.00–405.00	396.61
144	600–650	611	362.50–392.75	381.81
146	700–750	721	312.00–350.00	341.58
5	750–800	765	295.00	295.00
9	800–850	842	291.00–297.00	292.97
60	950–1000	978	277.00–283.75	283.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	900–950	948	272.00	272.00

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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