Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2025-11-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Bidders had a nice selection of all weight groups to bid on today, many of which were bawling calves. Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers sold mostly 6.00 to 15.00 lower. Heifers sold mostly 2.00 to 11.00 lower. Demand was good today. Supply was heavy 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 $421.19/cwt on 381 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −65.70 against this barn's trailing median of $486.89.

Average price

$421.19

381 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,315

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$87

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

$29.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.72

vs IA average

+11.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	425.28	2,327	328
Medium and Large 1-2	566	395.89	2,240	53

One grade step is worth $29.38/cwt here — about $87 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 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 sale381 hd

421.19

—

IA average5 barns · 1,129 hd

418.47

+2.72

National average185 barns · 23,076 hd

410.08

+11.11

This barn, trailing median15 sales

486.89

−65.70

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

64 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 1Unweaned	550–600	585	411.75/cwt	405.00–414.00	2,409	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	484	421.48/cwt	417.50–437.50	2,040	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	668	359.81/cwt	341.00–371.00	2,404	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	531.23/cwt	500.00–545.00	2,189	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,775	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	421.83/cwt	410.00–444.00	2,442	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	522	364.35/cwt	358.00–378.00	1,902	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	582	324.46/cwt	312.00–333.00	1,888	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	347.04/cwt	324.00–374.00	2,530	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	384.45/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,984	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	335.20/cwt	321.00–348.00	2,075	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	352.64/cwt	330.00–367.50	2,028	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	385.25/cwt	370.00–408.00	2,416	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	437.33/cwt	421.00–457.00	2,274	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	466.78/cwt	450.00–497.50	2,241	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	473.81/cwt	450.00–487.50	1,696	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	282.90/cwt	273.00–297.00	2,325	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	399.32/cwt	380.00–415.00	1,909	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	348.33/cwt	322.75–359.00	2,832	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	330.35/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,867	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	296.50/cwt	296.50–296.50	2,170	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	321.56/cwt	305.00–331.00	2,167	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	296.64/cwt	282.50–297.50	2,545	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	358.54/cwt	350.00–369.00	2,413	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,430	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	438.86/cwt	417.50–454.00	1,883	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,010	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,515	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	667	403.50/cwt	403.50–403.50	2,691	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	700	379.50/cwt	379.50–379.50	2,657	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	408	552.50/cwt	552.50–552.50	2,254	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	735	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,517	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	658	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,435	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	746	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,253	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	318.52/cwt	307.50–332.50	1,984	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	317.39/cwt	310.00–321.00	1,809	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	405.20/cwt	400.00–407.50	1,706	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	394.63/cwt	380.00–397.50	2,305	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	398.57/cwt	382.50–415.00	2,100	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	349	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,509	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	368.99/cwt	352.50–380.00	1,808	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	412.91/cwt	408.00–427.50	2,036	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	422	457.51/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,931	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,914	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	483.90/cwt	480.00–490.00	2,095	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,251	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	532	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,649	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	392	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,842	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	352.91/cwt	350.00–357.00	1,888	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	689	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,971	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	629	321.27/cwt	300.00–333.00	2,021	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	378	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,852	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	618	383.03/cwt	350.00–394.00	2,367	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	916	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,034	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	651	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,699	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	525	393.39/cwt	375.00–415.00	2,065	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	380	424.83/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,614	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	727	337.98/cwt	331.00–340.00	2,457	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	442	510.56/cwt	500.00–515.00	2,257	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	371	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,428	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	668	329.38/cwt	317.50–346.00	2,200	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	429	402.37/cwt	385.00–420.00	1,726	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	327.05/cwt	309.75–335.75	3,032	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,432	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	558.50/cwt	530.00–580.00	2,133	12

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 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	378	490.00	490.00
10	400–450	442	500.00–515.00	510.56
31	450–500	484	417.50–437.50	421.48
30	500–550	525	375.00–415.00	393.39
40	550–600	585	405.00–414.00	411.75
88	600–650	618	350.00–394.00	383.03
112	650–700	668	341.00–371.00	359.81
13	700–750	727	331.00–340.00	337.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	317	560.00	560.00
12	350–400	382	530.00–580.00	558.50
17	400–450	412	500.00–545.00	531.23
47	450–500	480	450.00–497.50	466.78
154	500–550	520	421.00–457.00	437.33
104	550–600	579	410.00–444.00	421.83
178	600–650	627	370.00–408.00	385.25
90	650–700	673	350.00–369.00	358.54
94	700–750	729	324.00–374.00	347.04
8	750–800	760	320.00	320.00
99	800–850	813	322.75–359.00	348.33
97	850–900	868	325.00–335.00	330.35
91	900–950	927	309.75–335.75	327.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	408	552.50	552.50
77	650–700	667	403.50	403.50
32	700–750	700	379.50	379.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	422	440.00–480.00	457.51
9	650–700	668	317.50–346.00	329.38
5	700–750	746	302.00	302.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	392	470.00	470.00
13	400–450	433	480.00–490.00	483.90
16	450–500	493	408.00–427.50	412.91
17	500–550	527	382.50–415.00	398.57
36	550–600	584	380.00–397.50	394.63
14	600–650	623	307.50–332.50	318.52
6	650–700	672	335.00	335.00
6	900–950	916	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	380	415.00–430.00	424.83
18	400–450	429	385.00–420.00	402.37
33	500–550	522	358.00–378.00	364.35
27	550–600	582	312.00–333.00	324.46
85	600–650	629	300.00–333.00	321.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	358	450.00–487.50	473.81
34	400–450	429	417.50–454.00	438.86
72	450–500	478	380.00–415.00	399.32
90	500–550	516	370.00–395.00	384.45
138	550–600	575	330.00–367.50	352.64
170	600–650	619	321.00–348.00	335.20
21	650–700	674	305.00–331.00	321.56
25	700–750	732	296.50	296.50
47	800–850	822	273.00–297.00	282.90
59	850–900	858	282.50–297.50	296.64
11	900–950	917	265.00	265.00
7	1000–1050	1,010	249.00	249.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	650–700	658	370.00	370.00
52	700–750	735	342.50	342.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	349	432.50	432.50
13	400–450	421	400.00–407.50	405.20
26	450–500	490	352.50–380.00	368.99
22	500–550	535	350.00–357.00	352.91
16	550–600	570	310.00–321.00	317.39
8	600–650	638	300.00	300.00
6	650–700	651	261.00	261.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	371	385.00	385.00
4	500–550	532	310.00	310.00
6	650–700	689	286.00	286.00

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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