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Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2025-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-05

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, May 5

● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159

← Apr 21May 5May 19 →

Receipts

4,474 head

▲ 2,121 vs last sale 2,353▲ 4,474 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 sold mostly even to sharply higher. Heifers less than 500 lbs. sold 3.00 to sharply higher, while heifers over 500 lbs. sold mostly 4.00 to 28.00 lower. Demand was good today. Supply was heavy and included a a few load lots along with smaller strings of cattle, however one large consignor brought 425 head.

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 $385.40/cwt on 634 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −91.19 against this barn's trailing median of $476.59.

Average price

$385.40

634 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,124

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$184

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

$29.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.38

vs IA average

+6.61 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	391.54	2,162	502
Medium and Large 1-2	546	362.03	1,978	132

One grade step is worth $29.51/cwt here — about $184 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale634 hd

385.40

—

IA average6 barns · 1,448 hd

388.78

−3.38

National average168 barns · 13,508 hd

378.79

+6.61

This barn, trailing median14 sales

476.59

−91.19

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

63 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	331	484.82/cwt	470.00–510.00	1,605	20
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	369	449.96/cwt	425.00–460.00	1,660	25
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	488.22/cwt	470.00–502.50	1,870	44
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	398	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,831	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	480.99/cwt	462.50–500.00	2,011	104
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	420	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,785	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	433.53/cwt	425.00–460.00	1,856	47
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	442.84/cwt	428.00–457.50	2,059	105
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	467	470.24/cwt	470.00–472.50	2,196	82
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	474	402.99/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,910	23
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	408.42/cwt	397.50–415.00	1,944	37
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	410.51/cwt	387.50–428.00	2,143	178
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	525	385.61/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,024	33
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	378.14/cwt	350.00–386.00	1,985	80
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	546	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,775	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	390.15/cwt	365.00–406.00	2,228	227
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	338.56/cwt	315.00–357.50	1,974	47
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	584	346.80/cwt	330.00–360.00	2,025	64
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	616	340.00/cwt	325.00–356.00	2,094	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	616	336.07/cwt	324.00–340.00	2,070	21
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	375.63/cwt	359.50–391.50	2,329	228
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	660	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,455	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	348.39/cwt	335.00–363.00	2,334	137
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	681	319.51/cwt	291.00–325.00	2,176	83
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	324.92/cwt	310.00–330.00	2,346	94
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	733	282.78/cwt	270.00–302.00	2,073	32
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	297.06/cwt	285.00–306.50	2,293	39
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	807	257.74/cwt	252.00–275.00	2,080	12
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	300.89/cwt	280.00–305.00	2,467	51
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	855	305.86/cwt	302.00–311.00	2,615	186
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	336	481.45/cwt	480.00–490.00	1,618	21
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	364	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,656	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	463.47/cwt	450.00–487.50	1,743	111
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	431.43/cwt	415.00–450.00	1,859	145
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	431	396.87/cwt	390.00–407.50	1,711	31
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	436	403.69/cwt	400.00–407.50	1,760	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	473	382.96/cwt	375.00–384.00	1,811	71
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	395.32/cwt	367.00–412.00	1,878	124
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	366.03/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,739	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	513	386.86/cwt	382.00–392.00	1,985	61
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	519	333.89/cwt	325.00–341.00	1,733	40
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	359.24/cwt	344.00–367.00	1,879	242
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	535	341.42/cwt	335.00–342.00	1,827	88
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	335.96/cwt	322.00–350.00	1,935	162
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	312.93/cwt	310.00–317.50	1,840	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	314.74/cwt	305.00–335.00	1,961	132
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	649	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,915	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	302.20/cwt	282.50–310.00	2,037	145
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	680	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,904	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	298.76/cwt	279.00–303.00	2,193	98
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	745	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,870	31
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,200	14
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	815	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,095	12
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	818	285.04/cwt	281.50–286.00	2,332	149
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	858	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,982	12
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	864	278.89/cwt	275.00–290.00	2,410	174
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	865	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,163	4
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	924	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,541	65
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2	1,072	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,305	17
Heifers	1150–1200	Medium and Large 1	1,177	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,425	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	1,845	11
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,059	9
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,020	5

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 May 5, 2025

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

Receipts 4,474Last week 2,353Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	426	433.00	433.00
9	550–600	580	355.00	355.00
5	650–700	679	297.50	297.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	331	470.00–510.00	484.82
44	350–400	383	470.00–502.50	488.22
104	400–450	418	462.50–500.00	480.99
105	450–500	465	428.00–457.50	442.84
178	500–550	522	387.50–428.00	410.51
227	550–600	571	365.00–406.00	390.15
228	600–650	620	359.50–391.50	375.63
137	650–700	670	335.00–363.00	348.39
94	700–750	722	310.00–330.00	324.92
39	750–800	772	285.00–306.50	297.06
51	800–850	820	280.00–305.00	300.89
186	850–900	855	302.00–311.00	305.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	398	460.00	460.00
9	400–450	420	425.00	425.00
23	450–500	474	390.00–420.00	402.99
33	500–550	525	385.00–390.00	385.61
64	550–600	584	330.00–360.00	346.80
21	600–650	616	324.00–340.00	336.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
82	450–500	467	470.00–472.50	470.24
4	650–700	660	372.00	372.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	546	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	350–400	369	425.00–460.00	449.96
47	400–450	428	425.00–460.00	433.53
37	450–500	476	397.50–415.00	408.42
80	500–550	525	350.00–386.00	378.14
47	550–600	583	315.00–357.50	338.56
17	600–650	616	325.00–356.00	340.00
83	650–700	681	291.00–325.00	319.51
32	700–750	733	270.00–302.00	282.78
12	800–850	807	252.00–275.00	257.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	364	455.00	455.00
6	400–450	436	400.00–407.50	403.69
71	450–500	473	375.00–384.00	382.96
88	500–550	535	335.00–342.00	341.42
8	600–650	649	295.00	295.00
6	650–700	680	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	300–350	336	480.00–490.00	481.45
111	350–400	376	450.00–487.50	463.47
145	400–450	431	415.00–450.00	431.43
124	450–500	475	367.00–412.00	395.32
242	500–550	523	344.00–367.00	359.24
162	550–600	576	322.00–350.00	335.96
132	600–650	623	305.00–335.00	314.74
145	650–700	674	282.50–310.00	302.20
98	700–750	734	279.00–303.00	298.76
14	750–800	780	282.00	282.00
149	800–850	818	281.50–286.00	285.04
174	850–900	864	275.00–290.00	278.89
65	900–950	924	275.00	275.00
9	1150–1200	1,177	206.00	206.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
31	700–750	745	251.00	251.00
4	850–900	865	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
61	500–550	513	382.00–392.00	386.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	400–450	431	390.00–407.50	396.87
13	450–500	475	360.00–370.00	366.03
40	500–550	519	325.00–341.00	333.89
10	550–600	588	310.00–317.50	312.93
12	800–850	815	257.00	257.00
12	850–900	858	231.00	231.00
17	1050–1100	1,072	215.00	215.00

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.