Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2026-04-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Feeder Calf / Yearling Auction - - No comparison stated today as the previous USDA reported auction was in mid - March. Available today were many packages and load lots of quality, home-raised, green, LTW'd and double vaccinated feeder calves and heavier yearling cattle. Demand was very good for today's moderate supply. Trade was very active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $512.91/cwt on 490 head, up $28.06 from the prior sale. That ranks 15 of 15 comparable sales and sits +26.02 against this barn's trailing median of $486.89.

Average price

$512.91

▲ 28.06 vs prior sale

490 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,792

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$175

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

$31.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.72

vs IA average

+24.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	518.80	2,825	397
Medium and Large 1-2	543	487.75	2,650	93

One grade step is worth $31.06/cwt here — about $175 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 sale490 hd

512.91

—

IA average7 barns · 1,478 hd

504.19

+8.72

National average180 barns · 13,019 hd

488.35

+24.56

This barn, trailing median15 sales

486.89

+26.02

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

61 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	800–850	835	375.63/cwt	362.00–380.00	3,137	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	418.40/cwt	403.00–427.00	2,950	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	710.20/cwt	705.00–717.00	2,372	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	358.01/cwt	357.25–358.75	3,269	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	604	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,446	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	372.54/cwt	369.00–376.00	2,857	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	509.23/cwt	495.00–520.00	2,872	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	418.75/cwt	387.50–430.00	2,584	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	3,208	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	431.09/cwt	420.00–445.00	2,492	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	714	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,935	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	631.62/cwt	620.00–642.50	2,710	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	529	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,513	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	2,484	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	466.34/cwt	450.00–483.00	2,430	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	555.59/cwt	515.00–630.00	1,850	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	449.00/cwt	435.00–458.00	2,986	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	519.76/cwt	510.00–537.50	2,193	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	489.24/cwt	477.50–501.00	2,334	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	385.26/cwt	374.00–393.00	2,589	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	432	643.00/cwt	643.00–643.00	2,778	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	358	730.00/cwt	730.00–730.00	2,613	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	969	314.99/cwt	300.00–320.00	3,052	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	357.80/cwt	356.00–366.00	2,637	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	642	460.50/cwt	460.50–460.50	2,956	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	557	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	2,501	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	455	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,207	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	643	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,733	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	435	501.00/cwt	501.00–501.00	2,179	36
Steers	Large 1Fancy	1000–1050	1,047	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	3,361	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	535.39/cwt	500.00–556.00	2,565	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	466.88/cwt	455.00–470.00	2,264	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	496.68/cwt	480.00–512.50	2,662	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	466.77/cwt	455.00–477.50	2,040	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	327	655.00/cwt	655.00–655.00	2,142	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	557	521.00/cwt	521.00–521.00	2,902	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	457.62/cwt	412.50–487.00	2,654	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	542	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,358	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	429	504.56/cwt	499.00–525.00	2,165	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	430	634.16/cwt	620.00–640.00	2,727	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	441.77/cwt	440.00–442.50	2,377	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,424	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	685	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,569	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	515	466.05/cwt	447.50–475.00	2,400	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	625	436.55/cwt	410.00–442.00	2,728	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	375	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	2,625	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	517	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,352	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	440	617.50/cwt	617.50–617.50	2,717	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	570	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,864	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	538	510.57/cwt	503.00–534.00	2,747	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	592.54/cwt	575.00–600.00	2,726	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	478	469.07/cwt	465.00–480.00	2,242	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	327	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	2,044	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	470	583.57/cwt	572.50–597.50	2,743	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	539.12/cwt	525.00–550.00	2,820	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	367	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,092	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	568.36/cwt	545.00–575.00	2,069	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	396.84/cwt	381.00–406.00	3,079	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	316	755.00/cwt	755.00–755.00	2,386	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	791	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,863	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	468.20/cwt	447.50–476.00	2,982	185

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
11	300–350	334	705.00–717.00	710.20
4	350–400	360	690.00	690.00
22	400–450	429	620.00–642.50	631.62
49	450–500	460	575.00–600.00	592.54
83	500–550	523	525.00–550.00	539.12
54	550–600	564	495.00–520.00	509.23
185	600–650	637	447.50–476.00	468.20
72	650–700	665	435.00–458.00	449.00
14	700–750	705	403.00–427.00	418.40
109	750–800	776	381.00–406.00	396.84
63	800–850	835	362.00–380.00	375.63
19	850–900	879	365.00	365.00
125	900–950	913	357.25–358.75	358.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	316	755.00	755.00
8	350–400	375	700.00	700.00
44	400–450	430	620.00–640.00	634.16
28	450–500	470	572.50–597.50	583.57
142	500–550	538	503.00–534.00	510.57
14	550–600	570	502.50	502.50
17	600–650	625	410.00–442.00	436.55
11	700–750	714	411.00	411.00
3	750–800	791	362.00	362.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	358	730.00	730.00
15	400–450	432	643.00	643.00
104	550–600	557	521.00	521.00
79	600–650	642	460.50	460.50
Steers — Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
55	1000–1050	1,047	321.00	321.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	327	655.00	655.00
45	450–500	479	500.00–556.00	535.39
72	500–550	536	480.00–512.50	496.68
17	550–600	580	412.50–487.00	457.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	440	617.50	617.50
4	500–550	517	455.00	455.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	327	625.00	625.00
4	350–400	367	570.00	570.00
44	400–450	429	499.00–525.00	504.56
28	450–500	478	465.00–480.00	469.07
82	500–550	515	447.50–475.00	466.05
12	600–650	604	405.00	405.00
3	650–700	685	375.00	375.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	333	515.00–630.00	555.59
32	350–400	364	545.00–575.00	568.36
60	400–450	422	510.00–537.50	519.76
25	450–500	477	477.50–501.00	489.24
81	500–550	521	450.00–483.00	466.34
132	550–600	578	420.00–445.00	431.09
49	600–650	617	387.50–430.00	418.75
32	650–700	672	374.00–393.00	385.26
27	700–750	737	356.00–366.00	357.80
56	750–800	767	369.00–376.00	372.54
24	950–1000	969	300.00–320.00	314.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	400–450	435	501.00	501.00
15	450–500	455	485.00	485.00
82	500–550	529	475.00	475.00
33	550–600	557	449.00	449.00
87	600–650	643	425.00	425.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	437	455.00–477.50	466.77
34	450–500	485	455.00–470.00	466.88
24	500–550	538	440.00–442.50	441.77
6	550–600	594	408.00	408.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	542	435.00	435.00

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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