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Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2025-06-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-30

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Jun 30

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159

← Jun 9Jun 30Jul 21 →

Receipts

1,627 head

▼ 1,203 vs last sale 2,830▲ 1,627 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent auction sale for comparison. However, a lower undertone was noted for steers and lighter heifers. A few load lots of reputation cattle sold today. Demand was moderate to good. Supply was moderate to heavy and included several smaller packages.

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 $392.49/cwt on 270 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −84.09 against this barn's trailing median of $476.59.

Average price

$392.49

270 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,144

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$245

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

$58.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.00

vs IA average

+8.97 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	415.96	2,240	161
Medium and Large 1-2	558	357.83	1,996	109

One grade step is worth $58.13/cwt here — about $245 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale270 hd

392.49

—

IA average5 barns · 453 hd

395.50

−3.00

National average21 barns · 2,670 hd

383.52

+8.97

This barn, trailing median14 sales

476.59

−84.09

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

33 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	452.45/cwt	446.00–470.00	1,733	17
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	432	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,847	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	443	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,905	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	465	374.99/cwt	335.00–400.00	1,744	28
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	429.66/cwt	426.00–447.50	2,088	23
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	431.62/cwt	413.00–443.00	2,236	89
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	368.68/cwt	320.00–393.00	1,928	48
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	396.61/cwt	385.00–405.00	2,237	72
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	349.29/cwt	330.00–368.00	2,043	61
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	381.81/cwt	362.50–392.75	2,333	144
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	644	342.70/cwt	340.00–347.50	2,207	14
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	341.58/cwt	312.00–350.00	2,463	146
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,257	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	795	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,988	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	842	292.97/cwt	291.00–297.00	2,467	9
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	948	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,579	5
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	978	283.42/cwt	277.00–283.75	2,772	60
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	327	431.42/cwt	417.50–445.00	1,411	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	413.86/cwt	407.00–420.00	1,788	32
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	378.62/cwt	378.00–380.00	1,647	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,921	24
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	384.21/cwt	352.50–391.50	2,017	102
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	342.09/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,837	43
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	324.81/cwt	301.00–337.50	1,890	20
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	586	350.82/cwt	344.00–359.00	2,056	23
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	317.45/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,990	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	357.32/cwt	341.00–362.00	2,248	44
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	654	354.88/cwt	325.00–359.25	2,321	160
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	678	315.30/cwt	302.50–322.50	2,138	73
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	746	328.50/cwt	328.50–328.50	2,451	67
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	758	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,297	70
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	967	251.14/cwt	246.00–257.50	2,429	14
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	612	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,683	4

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 Jun 30, 2025

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

Receipts 1,627Last week 2,830Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	612	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	327	417.50–445.00	431.42
32	400–450	432	407.00–420.00	413.86
24	450–500	484	397.00	397.00
102	500–550	525	352.50–391.50	384.21
23	550–600	586	344.00–359.00	350.82
44	600–650	629	341.00–362.00	357.32
160	650–700	654	325.00–359.25	354.88
67	700–750	746	328.50	328.50
70	750–800	758	303.00	303.00
14	950–1000	967	246.00–257.50	251.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	435	378.00–380.00	378.62
43	500–550	537	325.00–350.00	342.09
20	550–600	582	301.00–337.50	324.81
6	600–650	627	315.00–320.00	317.45
73	650–700	678	302.50–322.50	315.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	432	427.50	427.50
28	450–500	465	335.00–400.00	374.99
48	500–550	523	320.00–393.00	368.68
61	550–600	585	330.00–368.00	349.29
14	600–650	644	340.00–347.50	342.70
9	750–800	795	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	383	446.00–470.00	452.45
14	400–450	443	430.00	430.00
23	450–500	486	426.00–447.50	429.66
89	500–550	518	413.00–443.00	431.62
72	550–600	564	385.00–405.00	396.61
144	600–650	611	362.50–392.75	381.81
146	700–750	721	312.00–350.00	341.58
5	750–800	765	295.00	295.00
9	800–850	842	291.00–297.00	292.97
60	950–1000	978	277.00–283.75	283.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	900–950	948	272.00	272.00

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.