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Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2025-04-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-07

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Apr 7

● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159

← Mar 24Apr 7Apr 21 →

Receipts

3,940 head

▲ 564 vs last sale 3,376▲ 3,940 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers less than 450 lbs. sold higher, while steers heavier than 450 lbs. sold mostly steady to 17.00 lower. Heifers sold mostly 14.00 to 29.00 lower, with heifers under 450 lbs. were sharply lower. Demand was good today. Supply was heavy and included a several load lots.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $356.51/cwt on 479 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −120.08 against this barn's trailing median of $476.59.

Average price

$356.51

479 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,913

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$221

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

$30.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.93

vs IA average

+2.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	360.10	1,940	422
Medium and Large 1-2	521	329.98	1,719	57

One grade step is worth $30.12/cwt here — about $221 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale479 hd

356.51

—

IA average8 barns · 1,586 hd

366.45

−9.93

National average175 barns · 9,187 hd

354.30

+2.21

This barn, trailing median14 sales

476.59

−120.08

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $512.91, low $402.35, median $476.59 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

66 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	520.56/cwt	515.00–525.00	1,666	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	372	413.96/cwt	412.50–415.00	1,540	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	465.58/cwt	442.50–480.00	1,788	21
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	391	413.83/cwt	392.50–420.00	1,618	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	437.28/cwt	415.00–450.00	1,867	40
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	431	399.77/cwt	385.00–412.50	1,723	55
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	440	406.25/cwt	400.00–409.00	1,788	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	405.69/cwt	384.00–426.00	1,911	138
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	481	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,780	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	486	361.54/cwt	352.50–380.00	1,757	20
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	517	342.46/cwt	325.00–359.00	1,771	67
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	370.34/cwt	354.00–383.50	1,926	171
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	329.98/cwt	297.50–340.00	1,719	57
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	555	383.90/cwt	383.00–385.00	2,131	45
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	556	323.12/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,797	27
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	354.36/cwt	340.00–362.00	2,020	112
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	617	318.98/cwt	308.00–325.00	1,968	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	340.19/cwt	322.00–355.00	2,147	328
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	640	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,958	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	665	316.35/cwt	310.00–334.00	2,104	61
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	334.93/cwt	315.00–341.50	2,231	233
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	672	287.12/cwt	250.00–310.00	1,929	39
Steers	650–700	Large 1	698	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,045	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	317.99/cwt	291.00–323.50	2,309	219
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	738	293.50/cwt	293.50–293.50	2,166	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	747	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,092	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	292.07/cwt	272.00–298.00	2,258	165
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	267.70/cwt	247.00–285.00	2,195	175
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	831	248.72/cwt	247.50–250.00	2,067	27
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	859	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,285	13
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	944	251.58/cwt	240.00–252.50	2,375	65
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,011	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,335	12
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	329	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,316	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	361	413.91/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,494	15
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	389	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,439	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	383.00/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,494	46
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	412	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,648	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	383.16/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,586	60
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	344.13/cwt	340.00–347.50	1,428	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	433	338.67/cwt	315.00–350.00	1,466	24
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	348.61/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,659	84
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	481	325.29/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,565	34
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	316.77/cwt	295.00–332.50	1,536	38
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	515	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	1,393	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	517	302.23/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,563	20
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	334.03/cwt	321.00–348.00	1,730	190
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	297.11/cwt	290.00–302.50	1,578	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	571	293.61/cwt	282.50–305.00	1,677	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	311.54/cwt	290.00–323.00	1,782	173
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	587	337.74/cwt	334.00–339.25	1,983	91
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	280.41/cwt	277.00–285.00	1,649	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	615	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,993	59
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	299.71/cwt	284.00–313.00	1,861	177
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	635	283.35/cwt	271.00–293.00	1,799	43
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	657	277.68/cwt	272.00–289.00	1,824	24
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	676	223.12/cwt	220.00–250.00	1,508	29
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	279.55/cwt	271.00–282.00	1,893	36
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	269.26/cwt	250.00–277.00	1,944	239
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	724	233.73/cwt	220.00–247.50	1,692	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,923	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	781	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,867	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	808	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,915	6
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	918	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,148	12
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	453	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,699	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	608	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,854	7
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	774	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,974	6

This sale against other markets

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 Apr 7, 2025

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

Receipts 3,940Last week 3,376Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	372	412.50–415.00	413.96
13	400–450	440	400.00–409.00	406.25
5	450–500	481	370.00	370.00
67	500–550	517	325.00–359.00	342.46
27	550–600	556	300.00–330.00	323.12
11	600–650	617	308.00–325.00	318.98
61	650–700	665	310.00–334.00	316.35
7	700–750	738	293.50	293.50
27	800–850	831	247.50–250.00	248.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	320	515.00–525.00	520.56
21	350–400	384	442.50–480.00	465.58
40	400–450	427	415.00–450.00	437.28
138	450–500	471	384.00–426.00	405.69
171	500–550	520	354.00–383.50	370.34
112	550–600	570	340.00–362.00	354.36
328	600–650	631	322.00–355.00	340.19
233	650–700	666	315.00–341.50	334.93
219	700–750	726	291.00–323.50	317.99
165	750–800	773	272.00–298.00	292.07
175	800–850	820	247.00–285.00	267.70
13	850–900	859	266.00	266.00
65	900–950	944	240.00–252.50	251.58
12	1000–1050	1,011	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
45	550–600	555	383.00–385.00	383.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	698	293.00	293.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	391	392.50–420.00	413.83
55	400–450	431	385.00–412.50	399.77
20	450–500	486	352.50–380.00	361.54
57	500–550	521	297.50–340.00	329.98
7	600–650	640	306.00	306.00
39	650–700	672	250.00–310.00	287.12
7	700–750	747	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	608	305.00	305.00
6	750–800	774	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	453	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	350–400	390	375.00–390.00	383.00
60	400–450	414	370.00–395.00	383.16
84	450–500	476	340.00–370.00	348.61
190	500–550	518	321.00–348.00	334.03
173	550–600	572	290.00–323.00	311.54
177	600–650	621	284.00–313.00	299.71
36	650–700	677	271.00–282.00	279.55
239	700–750	722	250.00–277.00	269.26
5	750–800	766	251.00	251.00
6	800–850	808	237.00	237.00
12	900–950	918	234.00	234.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	361	410.00–425.00	413.91
10	400–450	412	400.00	400.00
91	550–600	587	334.00–339.25	337.74
59	600–650	615	324.00	324.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	389	370.00	370.00
9	400–450	415	340.00–347.50	344.13
38	450–500	485	295.00–332.50	316.77
16	500–550	531	290.00–302.50	297.11
7	550–600	588	277.00–285.00	280.41
29	650–700	676	220.00–250.00	223.12
8	700–750	724	220.00–247.50	233.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	515	270.50	270.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	329	400.00	400.00
24	400–450	433	315.00–350.00	338.67
34	450–500	481	320.00–340.00	325.29
20	500–550	517	285.00–310.00	302.23
16	550–600	571	282.50–305.00	293.61
43	600–650	635	271.00–293.00	283.35
24	650–700	657	272.00–289.00	277.68
5	750–800	781	239.00	239.00

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.