Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2025-07-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent auction sale for comparison. Groups of six- and seven- weight steers and heifers were available today. Demand was moderate to good. Supply was moderate and included one consignor that brought nearly 200 head.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $382.01/cwt on 79 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −46.18 against this barn's trailing median of $428.19.

Average price

$382.01

79 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,181

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+6.71

vs IA average

+41.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	382.01	2,181	79

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $458.52, low $392.60, median $428.19 across 16 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 sale79 hd

382.01

—

IA average2 barns · 104 hd

375.30

+6.71

National average146 barns · 6,788 hd

340.18

+41.83

This barn, trailing median16 sales

428.19

−46.18

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

26 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	900–950	900	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,853	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	372	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,786	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,374	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	408.89/cwt	404.00–415.00	1,967	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	378.36/cwt	367.50–387.00	1,964	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,517	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	382.94/cwt	378.00–389.00	2,236	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	414.20/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,756	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	330.25/cwt	330.25–330.25	2,900	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	464.90/cwt	460.00–470.00	2,190	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	547	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,270	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	391.83/cwt	387.50–400.00	2,186	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	837	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,737	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	344.89/cwt	339.00–353.00	2,666	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	340.46/cwt	329.00–342.50	2,458	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	321.25/cwt	321.25–321.25	2,512	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	325	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,511	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,001	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	606	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,060	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	395.87/cwt	365.00–403.25	2,660	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	350.51/cwt	346.75–373.00	2,412	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	314	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,413	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	434.59/cwt	410.00–444.00	2,482	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	348.70/cwt	343.00–357.00	2,549	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	370.34/cwt	369.50–385.00	2,318	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	694	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,290	22

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 Jul 21, 2025

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

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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
11	400–450	428	467.50	467.50
6	450–500	471	460.00–470.00	464.90
49	550–600	571	410.00–444.00	434.59
84	650–700	672	365.00–403.25	395.87
28	700–750	731	343.00–357.00	348.70
37	750–800	773	339.00–353.00	344.89
10	800–850	837	327.00	327.00
65	850–900	878	330.25	330.25
7	900–950	900	317.00	317.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	424	400.00–430.00	414.20
6	500–550	547	415.00	415.00
26	550–600	558	387.50–400.00	391.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	325	465.00	465.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	372	480.00	480.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	481	404.00–415.00	408.89
16	500–550	519	367.50–387.00	378.36
63	550–600	584	378.00–389.00	382.94
109	600–650	626	369.50–385.00	370.34
94	650–700	688	346.75–373.00	350.51
109	700–750	722	329.00–342.50	340.46
72	750–800	782	321.25	321.25
18	800–850	812	310.00	310.00
3	900–950	913	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	600–650	606	340.00	340.00
22	650–700	694	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	314	450.00	450.00

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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