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Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2025-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-08

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Dec 8

● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159

← Nov 24Dec 8Jan 5 →

Receipts

2,217 head

▼ 1,803 vs last sale 4,020▼ 1,989 vs year ago 4,206 · −47.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers sold mostly 12.00 to 34.00 higher, while 5-weight cattle were sharply higher. Heifers 600 lbs. and heavier sold 4.00 to 10.00 higher, while ligher heifers were sharply higher. Demand was very good today. Supply was moderate to heavy and comprised mainly of smaller packages and just a handful of load lots.

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 $443.37/cwt on 401 head. That ranks 6 of 14 comparable sales and sits −33.22 against this barn's trailing median of $476.59.

Average price

$443.37

401 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,428

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$117

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

$16.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.00

vs IA average

+12.74 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	445.89	2,446	338
Medium and Large 1-2	542	429.82	2,330	63

One grade step is worth $16.07/cwt here — about $117 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 sale401 hd

443.37

—

IA average9 barns · 1,868 hd

434.37

+9.00

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

+12.74

This barn, trailing median14 sales

476.59

−33.22

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

53 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	307	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,535	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	391	546.73/cwt	525.00–560.00	2,138	24
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400	568.64/cwt	545.00–577.50	2,275	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,083	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	467	419.29/cwt	390.00–434.00	1,958	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	459.11/cwt	448.00–472.50	2,222	36
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	459.32/cwt	440.00–478.00	2,356	149
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	515	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,189	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	542	429.82/cwt	420.00–437.50	2,330	63
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	435.53/cwt	412.00–442.00	2,517	185
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	394.66/cwt	384.00–422.50	2,451	126
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	630	402.30/cwt	387.50–410.00	2,534	41
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	670	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,312	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	672	372.42/cwt	350.00–385.00	2,503	30
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	381.12/cwt	355.00–389.00	2,569	182
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	375.50/cwt	353.00–382.50	2,647	124
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	726	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,011	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	728	336.77/cwt	335.00–338.00	2,452	12
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	762	340.40/cwt	325.00–346.00	2,594	39
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	769	315.25/cwt	310.00–327.50	2,424	13
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	350.62/cwt	332.50–359.00	2,903	112
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	911	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,851	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	454.57/cwt	445.00–465.00	1,691	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	389	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,342	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	423.24/cwt	417.50–435.00	1,795	16
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	432	400.66/cwt	395.00–407.50	1,731	31
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	434	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,779	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	458	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,050	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	426.47/cwt	420.00–442.00	2,030	45
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	485	401.07/cwt	397.50–408.00	1,945	27
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	486	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,944	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	502	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,239	22
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	523	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,791	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	407.78/cwt	397.50–417.50	2,137	69
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	563	340.61/cwt	310.00–363.00	1,918	28
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	381.85/cwt	365.00–399.00	2,169	88
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	579	341.24/cwt	335.00–347.50	1,976	16
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	615	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,168	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	342.61/cwt	327.50–350.00	2,141	146
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	626	312.25/cwt	309.00–317.00	1,955	35
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	331.99/cwt	320.00–340.00	2,188	18
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	663	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,453	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	690	302.74/cwt	285.00–309.50	2,089	11
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	706	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,970	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	312.12/cwt	292.50–322.00	2,285	64
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	304.07/cwt	282.50–310.00	2,378	23
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	871	290.90/cwt	289.00–293.00	2,534	13
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	966	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,705	8
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2	1,094	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,505	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	486	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,187	15
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	627	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,195	11
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,081	6
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	849	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,292	10

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

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Receipts 2,217Last week 4,020Year ago 4,206

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	458	447.50	447.50
22	500–550	502	446.00	446.00
9	650–700	663	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	372	445.00–465.00	454.57
16	400–450	424	417.50–435.00	423.24
45	450–500	476	420.00–442.00	426.47
69	500–550	524	397.50–417.50	407.78
88	550–600	568	365.00–399.00	381.85
146	600–650	625	327.50–350.00	342.61
18	650–700	659	320.00–340.00	331.99
64	700–750	732	292.50–322.00	312.12
23	750–800	782	282.50–310.00	304.07
13	850–900	871	289.00–293.00	290.90
8	950–1000	966	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	434	410.00	410.00
27	450–500	485	397.50–408.00	401.07
16	550–600	579	335.00–347.50	341.24
8	600–650	615	352.50	352.50
4	700–750	706	279.00	279.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	389	345.00	345.00
31	400–450	432	395.00–407.50	400.66
16	450–500	486	400.00	400.00
28	550–600	563	310.00–363.00	340.61
35	600–650	626	309.00–317.00	312.25
11	650–700	690	285.00–309.50	302.74
5	1050–1100	1,094	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	523	342.50	342.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	400	545.00–577.50	568.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	350–400	391	525.00–560.00	546.73
6	400–450	423	492.50	492.50
36	450–500	484	448.00–472.50	459.11
149	500–550	513	440.00–478.00	459.32
185	550–600	578	412.00–442.00	435.53
126	600–650	621	384.00–422.50	394.66
182	650–700	674	355.00–389.00	381.12
124	700–750	705	353.00–382.50	375.50
39	750–800	762	325.00–346.00	340.40
112	800–850	828	332.50–359.00	350.62
6	900–950	911	313.00	313.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	515	425.00	425.00
41	600–650	630	387.50–410.00	402.30
30	650–700	672	350.00–385.00	372.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	726	277.00	277.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	307	500.00	500.00
14	450–500	467	390.00–434.00	419.29
63	500–550	542	420.00–437.50	429.82
5	650–700	670	345.00	345.00
12	700–750	728	335.00–338.00	336.77
13	750–800	769	310.00–327.50	315.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	669	311.00	311.00
10	800–850	849	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	486	450.00	450.00
11	600–650	627	350.00	350.00

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.