Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2025-09-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, most lots of steers sold 7.00 to 10.00 higher. Bawling heifers under 500 lbs sold with lower undertones on a limited supply compared to last weeks trade. Heifers over 500 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was good to very good today. Supply was moderate to heavy and included many bawling calves and many different weight groups and classification of cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $446.58/cwt on 417 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −40.31 against this barn's trailing median of $486.89.

Average price

$446.58

417 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,430

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$229

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

$45.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.40

vs IA average

+29.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	452.59	2,460	362
Medium and Large 1-2	548	406.99	2,230	55

One grade step is worth $45.60/cwt here — about $229 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale417 hd

446.58

—

IA average5 barns · 845 hd

445.18

+1.40

National average168 barns · 11,658 hd

417.09

+29.49

This barn, trailing median15 sales

486.89

−40.31

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

65 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	750–800	777	384.74/cwt	365.00–389.00	2,989	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	614	420.55/cwt	400.00–426.00	2,582	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	337	602.36/cwt	565.00–612.50	2,030	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	301.78/cwt	300.00–306.00	2,912	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	558.96/cwt	537.50–562.50	2,158	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	413.12/cwt	391.00–423.00	2,760	152
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	906	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,600	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	337	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,668	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	514	459.91/cwt	438.00–477.00	2,364	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	404	506.20/cwt	488.00–510.00	2,045	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	388.36/cwt	367.50–400.00	2,311	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,066	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,878	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	972	335.50/cwt	335.50–335.50	3,261	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	542.94/cwt	540.00–551.00	2,454	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	331.68/cwt	326.00–336.00	2,862	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	531.58/cwt	525.00–537.50	1,972	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	353.20/cwt	335.00–364.00	2,532	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,853	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	943	344.96/cwt	335.00–345.50	3,253	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	435.95/cwt	430.00–453.00	2,459	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	367.20/cwt	367.00–370.00	2,335	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	367.50/cwt	348.00–372.50	2,977	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,663	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	406.66/cwt	405.00–407.50	2,582	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	376.43/cwt	365.00–394.00	2,503	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	472.46/cwt	457.50–485.00	2,197	103
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	322.52/cwt	287.50–350.00	1,983	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,514	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,013	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,684	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	855	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,522	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	372	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,120	47
Steers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,152	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	3,560	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	418.60/cwt	385.00–435.00	1,993	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	359.57/cwt	357.50–360.00	2,050	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	354.95/cwt	353.00–360.00	2,343	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	541	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,272	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	401.16/cwt	370.00–417.50	2,170	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	421	533.62/cwt	521.00–545.00	2,247	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	641	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,971	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	823	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,683	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	330	441.81/cwt	431.00–470.00	1,458	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	502	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,958	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,193	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	367.52/cwt	327.50–387.00	1,948	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	430	468.52/cwt	455.00–482.50	2,015	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,523	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	746	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,630	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	580	385.87/cwt	374.00–395.00	2,238	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,292	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	392	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,019	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	478.48/cwt	446.00–490.00	2,517	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	485	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,964	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	389.40/cwt	380.00–395.00	2,294	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	541	399.32/cwt	395.00–410.00	2,160	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	427	474.14/cwt	472.50–480.00	2,025	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,241	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	477	506.95/cwt	492.50–517.50	2,418	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	671	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,349	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	395	488.77/cwt	485.00–492.50	1,931	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,013	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	3,211	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	493	436.87/cwt	430.00–438.00	2,154	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	377	506.19/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,908	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	421.90/cwt	400.00–430.00	2,169	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	572	435.55/cwt	414.00–448.00	2,491	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	606	364.10/cwt	360.00–371.00	2,206	8

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
52	350–400	386	537.50–562.50	558.96
94	450–500	452	540.00–551.00	542.94
81	500–550	526	446.00–490.00	478.48
29	550–600	564	430.00–453.00	435.95
12	600–650	635	405.00–407.50	406.66
152	650–700	668	391.00–423.00	413.12
96	750–800	777	365.00–389.00	384.74
55	800–850	810	348.00–372.50	367.50
58	900–950	943	335.00–345.50	344.96
18	950–1000	972	335.50	335.50
12	1000–1050	1,013	317.00	317.00
5	1050–1100	1,066	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	337	565.00–612.50	602.36
8	350–400	377	500.00–510.00	506.19
61	400–450	421	521.00–545.00	533.62
79	450–500	477	492.50–517.50	506.95
110	500–550	514	438.00–477.00	459.91
142	550–600	572	414.00–448.00	435.55
48	600–650	614	400.00–426.00	420.55
15	650–700	671	350.00	350.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1150–1200	1,152	309.00	309.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	392	515.00	515.00
6	400–450	430	510.00	510.00
8	450–500	463	495.00	495.00
25	500–550	541	370.00–417.50	401.16
8	550–600	589	380.00–395.00	389.40
11	650–700	660	353.00–360.00	354.95
4	700–750	746	352.50	352.50
6	800–850	823	326.00	326.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	427	472.50–480.00	474.14
22	500–550	541	420.00	420.00
5	600–650	641	307.50	307.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	371	525.00–537.50	531.58
47	400–450	404	488.00–510.00	506.20
103	450–500	465	457.50–485.00	472.46
68	500–550	514	400.00–430.00	421.90
14	550–600	595	367.50–400.00	388.36
59	600–650	636	367.00–370.00	367.20
13	650–700	665	365.00–394.00	376.43
35	700–750	717	335.00–364.00	353.20
25	750–800	788	338.00	338.00
62	800–850	839	340.00	340.00
21	850–900	863	326.00–336.00	331.68
5	900–950	906	287.00	287.00
10	950–1000	965	300.00–306.00	301.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	337	495.00	495.00
14	350–400	395	485.00–492.50	488.77
40	400–450	430	455.00–482.50	468.52
40	450–500	493	430.00–438.00	436.87
63	500–550	541	395.00–410.00	399.32
78	550–600	580	374.00–395.00	385.87
8	600–650	606	360.00–371.00	364.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	850–900	855	295.00	295.00
11	1000–1050	1,013	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
47	350–400	372	570.00	570.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	450–500	476	385.00–435.00	418.60
54	500–550	530	327.50–387.00	367.52
17	550–600	570	357.50–360.00	359.57
19	650–700	664	337.50	337.50
13	750–800	781	323.00	323.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	330	431.00–470.00	441.81
6	450–500	485	405.00	405.00
16	500–550	502	390.00	390.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	348	435.00	435.00
7	600–650	615	287.50–350.00	322.52

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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