Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2025-11-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale a week ago, steers sold sharply lower. Heifers mostly sold 3.00 to 27.00 lower. Demand was good today. Supply was heavy and comprised of two consignors that brought more than 1,100 head combined.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $347.21/cwt on 425 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −80.98 against this barn's trailing median of $428.19.

Average price

$347.21

425 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,969

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$265

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

$31.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.13

vs IA average

−2.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	569	348.75	1,983	404
Medium and Large 1-2	541	317.65	1,717	21

One grade step is worth $31.09/cwt here — about $265 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

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 sale425 hd

347.21

—

IA average8 barns · 1,380 hd

353.34

−6.13

National average34 barns · 3,821 hd

349.37

−2.16

This barn, trailing median16 sales

428.19

−80.98

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

68 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 1Unweaned	400–450	434	354.93/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,540	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	533	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,879	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	383.60/cwt	363.00–394.00	2,213	203
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	328.83/cwt	327.00–333.00	2,594	191
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	361.59/cwt	334.00–380.25	2,430	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	580	342.43/cwt	325.00–354.00	1,986	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	668	317.29/cwt	312.50–325.00	2,119	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	531	386.24/cwt	370.00–398.00	2,051	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	299.76/cwt	298.25–303.00	2,782	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	319.50/cwt	319.50–319.50	2,626	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	984	287.75/cwt	287.75–287.75	2,831	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	473.10/cwt	462.50–487.50	2,025	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	362.00/cwt	337.50–374.00	2,255	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	409.55/cwt	380.00–426.00	2,113	246
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	341.78/cwt	327.00–356.00	1,979	320
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	371.85/cwt	350.00–386.00	1,781	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	334.24/cwt	317.50–343.00	2,092	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	447.09/cwt	437.50–465.00	2,070	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	310.49/cwt	296.00–315.50	2,692	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	341.06/cwt	320.00–356.00	2,449	171
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	308.36/cwt	280.00–316.75	2,202	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	353.11/cwt	345.00–356.00	1,497	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	359.95/cwt	342.50–372.50	1,339	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	394	505.97/cwt	502.50–507.50	1,994	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	384.62/cwt	377.50–405.00	1,273	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	307.00/cwt	291.00–313.25	2,419	354
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	293.26/cwt	289.50–303.50	2,578	244
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	322.24/cwt	310.50–344.00	2,165	222
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	979	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,242	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	683	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,981	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	507	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,048	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	464	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,949	11
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	664	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,826	9
Heifers	Large 1	800–850	800	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,336	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	798	274.58/cwt	272.00–275.00	2,191	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,829	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	711	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,991	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	407	412.62/cwt	375.00–420.00	1,679	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	378.76/cwt	367.00–392.00	2,000	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,403	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	286	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,258	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,259	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	369.44/cwt	367.50–371.00	1,995	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	312.20/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,933	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	410.65/cwt	405.00–412.50	1,979	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	320.32/cwt	292.50–326.00	2,197	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	592	306.75/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,816	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	436	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,657	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,708	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	339.08/cwt	335.00–342.00	1,621	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	332.73/cwt	327.50–340.00	1,710	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	446	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,416	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	588	293.69/cwt	285.00–298.00	1,727	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	435	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,740	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	442.89/cwt	420.00–453.00	1,661	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	784	283.38/cwt	282.00–284.00	2,222	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	898	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,164	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	476	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,309	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	380	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,254	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	615	344.17/cwt	307.50–351.00	2,117	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	478	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,103	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	695	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,196	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	749	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,314	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	479	338.27/cwt	310.00–347.00	1,620	51
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	410	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,599	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	608	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,824	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	326	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,198	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	298	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,183	4

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 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	298	397.00	397.00
4	300–350	326	367.50	367.50
5	350–400	380	330.00	330.00
17	400–450	434	340.00–360.00	354.93
51	450–500	479	310.00–347.00	338.27
6	500–550	533	352.50	352.50
9	550–600	588	285.00–298.00	293.69
8	600–650	608	300.00	300.00
11	650–700	695	316.00	316.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	331	377.50–405.00	384.62
33	350–400	372	342.50–372.50	359.95
48	400–450	424	345.00–356.00	353.11
130	450–500	479	350.00–386.00	371.85
44	500–550	528	367.00–392.00	378.76
320	550–600	579	327.00–356.00	341.78
114	600–650	626	317.50–343.00	334.24
222	650–700	672	310.50–344.00	322.24
93	700–750	714	280.00–316.75	308.36
354	750–800	788	291.00–313.25	307.00
244	850–900	879	289.50–303.50	293.26
41	900–950	917	262.00	262.00
11	950–1000	979	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	464	420.00	420.00
25	500–550	507	404.00	404.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	664	275.00	275.00
12	800–850	800	292.00	292.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	345	365.00	365.00
14	400–450	446	317.50	317.50
7	450–500	478	335.00–342.00	339.08
14	500–550	514	327.50–340.00	332.73
7	550–600	594	287.50	287.50
19	650–700	690	265.00	265.00
57	750–800	798	272.00–275.00	274.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	394	502.50–507.50	505.97
43	400–450	428	462.50–487.50	473.10
35	450–500	463	437.50–465.00	447.09
246	500–550	516	380.00–426.00	409.55
203	550–600	577	363.00–394.00	383.60
142	600–650	623	337.50–374.00	362.00
176	650–700	672	334.00–380.25	361.59
171	700–750	718	320.00–356.00	341.06
191	750–800	789	327.00–333.00	328.83
61	800–850	822	319.50	319.50
28	850–900	867	296.00–315.50	310.49
69	900–950	928	298.25–303.00	299.76
56	950–1000	984	287.75	287.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	435	400.00	400.00
23	450–500	478	440.00	440.00
17	500–550	531	370.00–398.00	386.24
39	550–600	580	325.00–354.00	342.43
26	600–650	615	307.50–351.00	344.17
18	650–700	668	312.50–325.00	317.29
12	700–750	749	309.00	309.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	683	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	286	440.00	440.00
22	350–400	375	420.00–453.00	442.89
20	400–450	407	375.00–420.00	412.62
80	450–500	482	405.00–412.50	410.65
9	500–550	540	367.50–371.00	369.44
7	600–650	619	310.00–315.00	312.20
28	650–700	686	292.50–326.00	320.32
4	700–750	711	280.00	280.00
13	750–800	784	282.00–284.00	283.38
5	850–900	898	241.00	241.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	436	380.00	380.00
4	450–500	476	275.00	275.00
14	550–600	592	305.00–310.00	306.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	410	390.00	390.00

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