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Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2025-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-19

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, May 19

● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159

← May 5May 19Jun 9 →

Receipts

5,003 head

▲ 529 vs last sale 4,474▼ 1,224 vs year ago 6,227 · −19.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A rainy wet day filled the seats at the Annual Memorial Day Special. Compared to the sale two weeks ago, light steers under 500 lbs. and 550 to 650 lbs. sold 2.00 to 23.00 lower, while 500 to 550 lbs. and 650 lbs. and heavier steers sold steady to 22.00 higher. Heifers less than 500 lbs. sold steady to 4.00 higher, while heifers over 500 lbs. sold 10.00 to sharply higher. Demand was very good today. Supply was heavy and included a several load lots along with smaller strings of cattle.

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 $398.19/cwt on 754 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −78.40 against this barn's trailing median of $476.59.

Average price

$398.19

754 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,168

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$178

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

$26.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.35

vs IA average

+20.14 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	402.45	2,197	633
Medium and Large 1-2	537	375.86	2,019	121

One grade step is worth $26.59/cwt here — about $178 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale754 hd

398.19

—

IA average5 barns · 1,209 hd

400.54

−2.35

National average157 barns · 12,981 hd

378.05

+20.14

This barn, trailing median14 sales

476.59

−78.40

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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	306	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,744	6
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	527.68/cwt	510.00–540.00	1,752	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	379	456.71/cwt	447.50–465.00	1,731	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	486.35/cwt	480.00–515.00	1,863	55
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	414	498.82/cwt	497.50–500.00	2,065	50
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	421	431.34/cwt	410.00–447.50	1,816	21
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	458.33/cwt	445.00–486.00	1,957	48
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	441	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,940	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	440.08/cwt	420.00–452.50	2,060	115
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	398.95/cwt	375.00–412.50	1,883	28
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	486	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,956	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	505	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,932	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	512	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,248	45
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	417.57/cwt	400.00–435.00	2,159	267
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	381.22/cwt	356.00–395.00	2,028	109
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	385.53/cwt	360.00–398.00	2,225	305
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	327.17/cwt	310.00–342.00	1,914	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	594	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,034	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	611	318.57/cwt	312.00–340.00	1,946	33
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	373.99/cwt	351.00–394.00	2,330	406
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	641	329.02/cwt	326.00–340.00	2,109	23
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	653	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,155	10
Steers	650–700	Large 1	663	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,248	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	348.84/cwt	330.00–361.50	2,362	287
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	693	319.04/cwt	316.50–327.50	2,211	40
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	714	346.59/cwt	325.00–350.00	2,475	175
Steers	750–800	Large 1	761	311.50/cwt	311.50–311.50	2,371	26
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	777	315.65/cwt	303.50–329.50	2,453	117
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	780	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,293	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	829	301.56/cwt	294.50–308.00	2,500	125
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	863	300.79/cwt	273.00–304.50	2,596	75
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	928	277.62/cwt	267.00–279.25	2,576	22
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	983	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,408	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	331	461.66/cwt	460.00–465.00	1,528	9
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	342	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,471	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	465.69/cwt	445.00–490.00	1,714	58
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,713	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	435.54/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,816	66
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	394.15/cwt	340.00–410.00	1,695	43
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	431	406.46/cwt	400.00–414.00	1,752	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	451	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	1,912	32
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	395.06/cwt	375.00–415.00	1,880	135
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	494	365.66/cwt	330.00–373.00	1,806	37
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	518	359.39/cwt	343.00–369.00	1,862	25
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	349.95/cwt	320.00–358.00	1,823	49
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	376.96/cwt	362.00–395.00	1,994	200
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	354.80/cwt	340.00–370.00	2,029	552
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	334.60/cwt	327.00–340.00	1,921	38
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	575	388.32/cwt	377.00–394.50	2,233	87
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	580	332.92/cwt	324.00–343.00	1,931	17
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	611	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,986	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	345.09/cwt	325.00–356.00	2,146	126
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	625	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,319	32
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	631	314.31/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,983	24
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	337.66/cwt	293.00–345.00	2,222	173
Heifers	650–700	Large 1	672	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,117	26
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	297.14/cwt	296.00–312.00	2,026	41
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	308.97/cwt	285.00–314.00	2,243	112
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	765	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,456	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	781	277.74/cwt	274.50–282.50	2,169	78
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	806	276.50/cwt	276.50–276.50	2,229	61
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	469.62/cwt	457.50–485.00	1,785	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	492	399.32/cwt	393.00–410.00	1,965	16

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 19, 2025

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

Receipts 5,003Last week 4,474Year ago 6,227

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	332	510.00–540.00	527.68
55	350–400	383	480.00–515.00	486.35
48	400–450	427	445.00–486.00	458.33
115	450–500	468	420.00–452.50	440.08
267	500–550	517	400.00–435.00	417.57
305	550–600	577	360.00–398.00	385.53
406	600–650	623	351.00–394.00	373.99
287	650–700	677	330.00–361.50	348.84
175	700–750	714	325.00–350.00	346.59
117	750–800	777	303.50–329.50	315.65
125	800–850	829	294.50–308.00	301.56
75	850–900	863	273.00–304.50	300.79
22	900–950	928	267.00–279.25	277.62
10	950–1000	983	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	441	440.00	440.00
4	450–500	486	402.50	402.50
11	500–550	505	382.50	382.50
5	550–600	594	342.50	342.50
23	600–650	641	326.00–340.00	329.02
10	650–700	653	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	379	447.50–465.00	456.71
21	400–450	421	410.00–447.50	431.34
28	450–500	472	375.00–412.50	398.95
109	500–550	532	356.00–395.00	381.22
12	550–600	585	310.00–342.00	327.17
33	600–650	611	312.00–340.00	318.57
40	650–700	693	316.50–327.50	319.04
5	750–800	780	294.00	294.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	306	570.00	570.00
50	400–450	414	497.50–500.00	498.82
45	500–550	512	439.00	439.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	650–700	663	339.00	339.00
26	750–800	761	311.50	311.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	342	430.00	430.00
19	400–450	431	400.00–414.00	406.46
25	500–550	518	343.00–369.00	359.39
17	550–600	580	324.00–343.00	332.92
14	600–650	611	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	385	445.00	445.00
43	400–450	430	340.00–410.00	394.15
37	450–500	494	330.00–373.00	365.66
49	500–550	521	320.00–358.00	349.95
38	550–600	574	327.00–340.00	334.60
24	600–650	631	300.00–320.00	314.31
41	650–700	682	296.00–312.00	297.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
32	450–500	451	424.00	424.00
87	550–600	575	377.00–394.50	388.32
32	600–650	625	371.00	371.00
6	750–800	765	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	650–700	672	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	331	460.00–465.00	461.66
58	350–400	368	445.00–490.00	465.69
66	400–450	417	420.00–460.00	435.54
135	450–500	476	375.00–415.00	395.06
200	500–550	529	362.00–395.00	376.96
552	550–600	572	340.00–370.00	354.80
126	600–650	622	325.00–356.00	345.09
173	650–700	658	293.00–345.00	337.66
112	700–750	726	285.00–314.00	308.97
78	750–800	781	274.50–282.50	277.74
61	800–850	806	276.50	276.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	380	457.50–485.00	469.62
16	450–500	492	393.00–410.00	399.32

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.