Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2026-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers sold mostly steady to 15.00 higher. Heifers sold mostly steady to 5.00 lower. Demand was good today. Supply was light and included a few load lots. The majority of the cattle sold were 7-weight steers and 6-weight heifers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $484.85/cwt on 143 head, up $16.52 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 15 comparable sales and sits −2.04 against this barn's trailing median of $486.89.

Average price

$484.85

▲ 16.52 vs prior sale

143 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,670

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$282

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

$67.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.28

vs IA average

+12.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	496.59	2,717	118
Medium and Large 1-2	567	429.43	2,435	25

One grade step is worth $67.16/cwt here — about $282 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

15 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $512.91, low $455.97, median $486.89 across 15 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale143 hd

484.85

—

IA average7 barns · 427 hd

471.57

+13.28

National average160 barns · 7,757 hd

472.12

+12.73

This barn, trailing median15 sales

486.89

−2.04

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

40 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	454.52/cwt	450.00–466.00	2,854	99
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	912	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,645	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,491	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	432.89/cwt	417.00–437.00	2,424	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	379.46/cwt	366.00–393.00	2,512	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	311.39/cwt	310.00–312.50	2,538	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	358.78/cwt	336.00–371.00	2,590	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	589.51/cwt	570.00–605.00	2,258	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	529.04/cwt	525.00–532.00	2,481	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	593	469.69/cwt	460.00–480.00	2,785	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,560	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	432.79/cwt	427.50–450.00	2,272	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	399.75/cwt	386.00–415.00	2,902	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	311	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	1,913	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	541.07/cwt	540.00–545.00	2,110	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	448.49/cwt	443.00–462.50	2,180	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	360.16/cwt	355.00–367.00	2,971	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,878	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	604	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,386	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	478	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,390	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	2,209	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	427.13/cwt	405.00–434.00	2,828	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	550.80/cwt	546.00–585.00	2,446	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	388.77/cwt	384.00–393.00	2,959	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	429.43/cwt	415.00–440.00	2,435	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	343	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,938	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	331.34/cwt	325.00–339.00	3,035	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	508.77/cwt	498.00–534.00	2,696	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	533	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,159	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	597	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,433	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	486.53/cwt	470.00–505.00	2,068	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	506.00/cwt	506.00–506.00	1,953	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	485	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	2,076	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	843	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,512	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,419	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	426.63/cwt	420.00–432.00	2,065	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,308	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	452	489.38/cwt	481.00–517.50	2,212	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	389	496.04/cwt	490.00–497.50	1,930	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,313	3

How this sale compares

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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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	311	615.00	615.00
28	350–400	383	570.00–605.00	589.51
45	400–450	444	546.00–585.00	550.80
29	450–500	469	525.00–532.00	529.04
86	500–550	530	498.00–534.00	508.77
29	550–600	593	460.00–480.00	469.69
99	600–650	628	450.00–466.00	454.52
76	650–700	662	405.00–434.00	427.13
123	700–750	726	386.00–415.00	399.75
114	750–800	761	384.00–393.00	388.77
25	800–850	825	355.00–367.00	360.16
3	850–900	872	330.00	330.00
11	900–950	916	325.00–339.00	331.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	478	500.00	500.00
3	550–600	597	407.50	407.50
5	600–650	604	395.00	395.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	343	565.00	565.00
12	350–400	386	506.00	506.00
8	400–450	425	470.00–505.00	486.53
13	450–500	452	481.00–517.50	489.38
25	550–600	567	415.00–440.00	429.43
3	700–750	710	325.00	325.00
4	800–850	843	298.00	298.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	900–950	912	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	390	540.00–545.00	541.07
7	400–450	444	497.50	497.50
25	450–500	486	443.00–462.50	448.49
49	500–550	525	427.50–450.00	432.79
30	550–600	560	417.00–437.00	432.89
83	600–650	644	397.50	397.50
114	650–700	662	366.00–393.00	379.46
26	700–750	722	336.00–371.00	358.78
9	800–850	815	310.00–312.50	311.39
5	900–950	940	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	485	428.00	428.00
4	500–550	533	405.00	405.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	389	490.00–497.50	496.04
30	450–500	484	420.00–432.00	426.63
3	600–650	625	370.00	370.00
6	700–750	722	335.00	335.00

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.

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