Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2025-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers sold mostly steady to 18.00 lower, while 600 to 650 lb. steers sold 24.00 higher. Heifers sold mostly 5.00 to 26.00 higher, while 450 to 500 lb. heifers sold 6.00 lower. Demand was good today. Supply was moderate and comprised mainly of smaller packages and just a few load lots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $445.54/cwt on 366 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −41.35 against this barn's trailing median of $486.89.

Average price

$445.54

366 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,476

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$174

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

$42.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.65

vs IA average

−12.60 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	450.39	2,495	324
Medium and Large 1-2	569	408.17	2,321	42

One grade step is worth $42.22/cwt here — about $174 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 sale366 hd

445.54

—

IA average5 barns · 578 hd

451.19

−5.65

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

−12.60

This barn, trailing median15 sales

486.89

−41.35

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

59 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	449.35/cwt	440.00–455.00	2,080	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	490.20/cwt	465.00–510.00	2,328	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	704	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,816	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	973	339.75/cwt	339.75–339.75	3,306	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	535	440.29/cwt	427.50–447.50	2,356	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	343.55/cwt	330.00–360.00	2,673	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	796	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,611	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	557.15/cwt	535.00–570.00	2,295	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,354	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	340.18/cwt	338.00–344.00	2,994	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	693	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,391	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	406.20/cwt	402.00–410.00	2,717	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	500.51/cwt	495.00–520.00	2,057	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,730	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	381.98/cwt	365.00–390.00	2,196	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,207	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	473.18/cwt	465.00–477.50	2,446	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	978	298.49/cwt	290.00–301.00	2,919	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	442.07/cwt	420.00–452.00	2,542	192
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	502.61/cwt	495.00–510.00	1,945	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,353	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	317.67/cwt	307.00–325.00	2,735	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	422.10/cwt	397.50–439.00	2,148	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	367.56/cwt	352.00–377.50	2,444	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,045	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	3,041	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	986	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,366	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,949	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	330	557.50/cwt	557.50–557.50	1,840	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	805	374.75/cwt	374.75–374.75	3,017	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	414.23/cwt	405.00–417.50	2,635	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	799	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,557	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	381.80/cwt	365.00–388.00	2,066	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	366	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	1,949	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	403.24/cwt	375.00–410.00	2,343	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	408.89/cwt	390.00–425.00	1,954	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	726	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,178	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	507	432.82/cwt	430.00–435.00	2,194	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	538	393.25/cwt	389.00–395.00	2,116	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	408	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,958	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	509.78/cwt	501.00–515.00	2,263	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	942	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,732	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	618	362.58/cwt	342.50–377.50	2,241	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	450.92/cwt	400.00–460.00	2,187	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	348	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	2,227	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	613	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,391	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	414	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,532	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	641	425.45/cwt	412.50–441.00	2,727	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	441	481.22/cwt	470.00–495.00	2,122	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	423	450.67/cwt	442.50–460.00	1,906	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	680	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,703	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	465	416.29/cwt	395.00–425.00	1,936	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	396	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,921	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	571	376.01/cwt	362.50–380.00	2,147	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	410	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,091	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,306	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,003	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	3,169	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	372	625.02/cwt	610.00–635.00	2,325	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	583	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,332	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	441.66/cwt	427.00–453.00	2,716	94

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
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	263	515.00	515.00
8	350–400	387	495.00–510.00	502.61
54	400–450	411	495.00–520.00	500.51
56	450–500	463	440.00–455.00	449.35
102	500–550	509	397.50–439.00	422.10
25	550–600	575	365.00–390.00	381.98
24	600–650	613	360.00	360.00
37	650–700	665	352.00–377.50	367.56
3	700–750	713	330.00	330.00
9	750–800	796	328.00	328.00
25	850–900	861	307.00–325.00	317.67
13	950–1000	978	290.00–301.00	298.49
8	1000–1050	1,045	291.00	291.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	396	485.00	485.00
19	400–450	423	442.50–460.00	450.67
20	450–500	465	395.00–425.00	416.29
25	500–550	538	389.00–395.00	393.25
31	550–600	571	362.50–380.00	376.01
24	600–650	618	342.50–377.50	362.58
3	650–700	693	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	330	557.50	557.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	408	480.00	480.00
19	450–500	478	390.00–425.00	408.89
24	500–550	541	365.00–388.00	381.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	414	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	375	615.00	615.00
28	400–450	412	535.00–570.00	557.15
85	450–500	475	465.00–510.00	490.20
94	500–550	517	465.00–477.50	473.18
192	550–600	575	420.00–452.00	442.07
94	600–650	615	427.00–453.00	441.66
25	650–700	669	402.00–410.00	406.20
9	700–750	704	400.00	400.00
41	750–800	778	330.00–360.00	343.55
11	800–850	815	335.00	335.00
48	850–900	880	338.00–344.00	340.18
60	950–1000	973	339.75	339.75
13	1000–1050	1,003	316.00	316.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	348	640.00	640.00
13	350–400	372	610.00–635.00	625.02
9	400–450	441	470.00–495.00	481.22
34	500–550	535	427.50–447.50	440.29
4	550–600	583	400.00	400.00
55	600–650	641	412.50–441.00	425.45
6	650–700	680	397.50	397.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
66	800–850	805	374.75	374.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	366	532.50	532.50
21	400–450	444	501.00–515.00	509.78
19	450–500	485	400.00–460.00	450.92
7	500–550	507	430.00–435.00	432.82
35	550–600	581	375.00–410.00	403.24
11	600–650	636	405.00–417.50	414.23
15	750–800	799	320.00	320.00
15	900–950	942	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	613	390.00	390.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	348	560.00	560.00
5	950–1000	986	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	410	510.00	510.00
3	700–750	726	300.00	300.00

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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