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Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2025-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-06

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Oct 6

● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159

← Sep 22Oct 6Oct 20 →

Receipts

1,966 head

▼ 562 vs last sale 2,528▲ 102 vs year ago 1,864 · +5.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Rain in Iowa today helped fill the seats. Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers less than 600 lbs. sold mostly 5.00 to 24.00 higher, while steers 600 lbs. and heavier sold 2.00 to 10.00 lower. Heifers mostly sold 10.00 to 17.00 lower. Demand was good today especially when calves had received all their shots. Supply was moderate and included a few load lots of reputation yearling steers.

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 $449.40/cwt on 197 head. That ranks 6 of 14 comparable sales and sits −27.19 against this barn's trailing median of $476.59.

Average price

$449.40

197 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,493

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$327

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

$36.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.82

vs IA average

+3.55 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	453.66	2,532	174
Medium and Large 1-2	529	417.17	2,205	23

One grade step is worth $36.49/cwt here — about $327 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 sale197 hd

449.40

—

IA average6 barns · 1,172 hd

441.58

+7.82

National average181 barns · 23,254 hd

445.85

+3.55

This barn, trailing median14 sales

476.59

−27.19

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

50 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,590	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	618.27/cwt	615.00–625.00	2,244	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	381	575.08/cwt	570.00–580.00	2,191	12
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	390	503.73/cwt	480.00–520.00	1,965	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	412	535.15/cwt	534.00–540.00	2,205	17
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	479	488.74/cwt	470.00–515.00	2,341	130
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	492	405.98/cwt	378.00–437.50	1,997	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	516	433.82/cwt	422.50–437.50	2,239	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	483.75/cwt	465.00–487.00	2,583	34
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	548	446.59/cwt	446.00–450.00	2,447	47
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	564	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,087	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	459.79/cwt	452.50–463.00	2,630	55
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	572	426.60/cwt	395.00–437.50	2,440	38
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	615	406.54/cwt	405.00–410.00	2,500	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	417.85/cwt	416.00–430.00	2,591	107
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	407.49/cwt	406.00–409.00	2,706	64
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	675	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,498	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	691	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,419	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	712	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,456	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	723	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,350	11
Steers	700–750	Large 1	735	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,352	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	786	374.89/cwt	364.00–387.00	2,947	164
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	807	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,502	12
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	838	363.25/cwt	363.25–363.25	3,044	29
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	883	352.17/cwt	344.50–363.00	3,110	291
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	904	343.45/cwt	326.00–345.50	3,105	108
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	263	539.47/cwt	525.00–550.00	1,419	7
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	295	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,637	6
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	296	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,258	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	303	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,651	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	374	463.29/cwt	460.00–465.00	1,733	15
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	521.55/cwt	497.50–545.00	1,966	43
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	411	427.33/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,756	20
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,189	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	455.45/cwt	450.00–480.00	2,168	62
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	417.33/cwt	395.00–430.00	2,012	25
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	485	431.59/cwt	415.00–437.50	2,093	46
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	491	382.14/cwt	377.50–385.00	1,876	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	410.35/cwt	402.50–430.00	2,134	44
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	525	384.97/cwt	370.00–397.50	2,021	32
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	534	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,029	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	561	405.35/cwt	375.00–413.00	2,274	20
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,983	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	355.31/cwt	352.00–358.00	2,167	56
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	624	344.52/cwt	340.00–348.00	2,150	21
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,319	23
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,595	73
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	809	328.47/cwt	325.00–330.50	2,657	54
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	970	306.00/cwt	300.00–309.00	2,968	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	462	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,779	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 Oct 6, 2025

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

Receipts 1,966Last week 2,528Year ago 1,864

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	700–750	735	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	363	615.00–625.00	618.27
34	500–550	534	465.00–487.00	483.75
55	550–600	572	452.50–463.00	459.79
107	600–650	620	416.00–430.00	417.85
64	650–700	664	406.00–409.00	407.49
164	750–800	786	364.00–387.00	374.89
29	800–850	838	363.25	363.25
291	850–900	883	344.50–363.00	352.17
108	900–950	904	326.00–345.50	343.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	300	530.00	530.00
12	350–400	381	570.00–580.00	575.08
17	400–450	412	534.00–540.00	535.15
130	450–500	479	470.00–515.00	488.74
47	500–550	548	446.00–450.00	446.59
38	550–600	572	395.00–437.50	426.60
17	600–650	615	405.00–410.00	406.54
5	650–700	691	350.00	350.00
4	700–750	712	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	500–550	516	422.50–437.50	433.82
6	550–600	564	370.00	370.00
7	650–700	675	370.00	370.00
11	700–750	723	325.00	325.00
12	800–850	807	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	390	480.00–520.00	503.73
15	450–500	492	378.00–437.50	405.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	295	555.00	555.00
43	350–400	377	497.50–545.00	521.55
4	400–450	413	530.00	530.00
62	450–500	476	450.00–480.00	455.45
44	500–550	520	402.50–430.00	410.35
56	600–650	610	352.00–358.00	355.31
23	650–700	678	342.00	342.00
73	700–750	727	357.00	357.00
54	800–850	809	325.00–330.50	328.47
9	950–1000	970	300.00–309.00	306.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	263	525.00–550.00	539.47
4	300–350	303	545.00	545.00
15	350–400	374	460.00–465.00	463.29
20	400–450	411	420.00–430.00	427.33
46	450–500	485	415.00–437.50	431.59
32	500–550	525	370.00–397.50	384.97
20	550–600	561	375.00–413.00	405.35
21	600–650	624	340.00–348.00	344.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	450–500	482	395.00–430.00	417.33
6	500–550	534	380.00	380.00
4	550–600	585	339.00	339.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	296	425.00	425.00
8	450–500	491	377.50–385.00	382.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	462	385.00	385.00

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.