Sale reports / Iowa / Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2025-06-09

Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Jun 9
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159
Receipts
2,830 head
▼ 2,173 vs last sale 5,003▲ 2,830 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 4.00 to 27.00 higher. Heifers under 650 lbs. sold 2.00 to 22.00 higher, while heifers over 650 lbs. mostly sold 4.00 to 8.00 lower. Demand was very good today. Supply was heavy and included a few load lots.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $410.58/cwt on 286 head. That ranks 2 of 14 comparable sales and sits −66.00 against this barn's trailing median of $476.59.
Average price
$410.58
286 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,230
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$230
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$45.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.25
vs IA average
+29.57 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543417.112,263245
Medium and Large 1-2547371.612,03341
One grade step is worth $45.50/cwt here — about $230 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 sale286 hd
410.58
—
IA average6 barns · 957 hd
410.33
+0.25
National average158 barns · 9,089 hd
381.01
+29.57
This barn, trailing median14 sales
476.59
−66.00
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
527481435388median 476.5903/0204/2706/2209/1410/26
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

47 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1379510.06/cwt495.00–515.001,93337
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2385445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,7134
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy406506.00/cwt506.00–506.002,0546
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2418429.89/cwt425.00–435.001,7978
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430462.20/cwt452.50–487.501,98743
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1477450.67/cwt437.50–455.002,15067
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2486416.92/cwt409.00–422.002,02627
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2511391.14/cwt357.50–400.001,99923
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519433.65/cwt407.50–444.002,251114
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1563402.71/cwt379.00–419.002,267131
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2593346.65/cwt337.50–356.002,05618
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1624383.08/cwt367.50–390.002,390231
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2630343.99/cwt337.00–358.002,16717
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1667373.32/cwt355.00–385.502,490205
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2681341.39/cwt339.00–347.502,32512
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1705364.68/cwt336.00–368.252,57195
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2716319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,2846
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1766333.62/cwt325.00–339.002,55653
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1837328.31/cwt301.00–332.352,748173
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1878300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,6344
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1968289.86/cwt289.00–290.002,80670
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,084275.85/cwt275.85–275.852,99055
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1340485.29/cwt470.00–500.001,6506
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2348450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,5663
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1369487.35/cwt460.00–500.001,79854
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1414447.71/cwt435.00–450.001,85419
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2431387.75/cwt380.00–401.001,67120
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468397.28/cwt380.00–409.001,859111
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478368.63/cwt350.00–379.001,76218
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1514379.01/cwt360.00–390.501,94858
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529348.40/cwt330.00–358.001,84353
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy533403.17/cwt395.00–410.002,14984
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1577367.05/cwt350.00–387.002,118175
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2579339.04/cwt317.50–348.001,963107
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2610326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,98910
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1617350.20/cwt329.00–360.002,16167
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy619381.39/cwt371.00–384.002,36131
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1670330.01/cwt320.00–350.002,211141
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2671313.36/cwt307.50–317.502,10310
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720305.00/cwt282.00–314.002,19690
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1774289.29/cwt288.00–292.002,23912
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1836277.00/cwt277.00–277.002,3168
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1313510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,5965
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1522442.50/cwt442.50–442.502,3109
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1560362.31/cwt312.50–379.002,02941
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1687316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,1714
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1702321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,25322

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.