Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2026-04-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers less than 600 lbs sold 20.00 to 30.00 lower, 600 to 700 lbs sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower, over 700 lbs sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Heifers under 450 lbs sold 10.00 to 20.00 higher, 450 to 550 lbs sold 2.00 to 10.00 higher, with all other yearling weight heifers selling 10.00 to15.00 lower. Demand was good today. Supply was heavy and included several load lots. Four consignors brought more than 900 head. Quite a few bawling and weaned fall calves hitting the market on Monday.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $499.36/cwt on 559 head, down $13.55 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 15 comparable sales and sits +12.47 against this barn's trailing median of $486.89.

Average price

$499.36

▼ 13.55 vs prior sale

559 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,732

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$159

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

$39.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.62

vs IA average

+18.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	507.43	2,763	445
Medium and Large 1-2	557	467.88	2,604	114

One grade step is worth $39.55/cwt here — about $159 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 sale559 hd

499.36

—

IA average5 barns · 1,567 hd

494.74

+4.62

National average169 barns · 10,621 hd

481.02

+18.34

This barn, trailing median15 sales

486.89

+12.47

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

73 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	422.53/cwt	410.00–433.00	2,430	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	528.67/cwt	505.00–539.00	2,717	232
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	340	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,938	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	499.64/cwt	488.00–527.50	2,358	230
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	470	506.23/cwt	475.00–525.00	2,379	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	598.06/cwt	582.50–605.00	2,637	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	462.82/cwt	446.00–485.00	2,851	188
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	574.41/cwt	540.00–587.00	2,315	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	554.68/cwt	532.50–580.00	2,618	197
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	468.73/cwt	442.00–481.00	2,395	368
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	443.95/cwt	421.00–454.50	2,966	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	645.06/cwt	620.00–665.00	2,464	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,818	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,499	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	796	382.53/cwt	377.00–389.00	3,045	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	338.02/cwt	330.00–357.00	2,444	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	417.41/cwt	395.00–423.75	3,060	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	594.74/cwt	590.00–625.00	2,236	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	347	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,082	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	367.05/cwt	364.00–370.75	3,160	192
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	485.43/cwt	473.00–513.00	2,806	207
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,682	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,698	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	707.18/cwt	665.00–720.00	1,980	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	288	629.26/cwt	610.00–670.00	1,812	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	338.50/cwt	338.50–338.50	3,250	61
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,349	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	335.17/cwt	332.25–339.00	2,765	215
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	393.46/cwt	372.50–412.50	2,455	233
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	384.56/cwt	350.00–396.00	2,573	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	737	334.56/cwt	330.00–334.75	2,466	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	636	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,274	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	410	646.91/cwt	632.50–655.00	2,652	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	756	380.71/cwt	364.00–396.00	2,878	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	584	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	2,610	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	704	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,591	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	561.60/cwt	495.00–575.00	2,162	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	447.76/cwt	412.50–465.00	2,615	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	771	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,448	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	402.69/cwt	365.00–407.50	2,352	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	499.51/cwt	482.50–545.00	2,118	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,613	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	485.99/cwt	481.00–496.00	2,585	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	501.02/cwt	457.50–520.00	2,435	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	296	560.12/cwt	550.00–570.00	1,658	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	586.54/cwt	565.00–600.00	2,182	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	469.99/cwt	457.50–495.00	2,298	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,950	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	355.61/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,279	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	431.64/cwt	372.50–441.00	2,750	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	364	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,966	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,426	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	415	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,013	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,440	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	332	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,660	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	528	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,059	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	280	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,680	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	315.74/cwt	285.00–339.00	2,141	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	657	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,727	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	435.28/cwt	427.50–440.00	2,359	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	478	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,223	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	374.16/cwt	373.00–377.50	3,053	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	392	564.04/cwt	535.00–570.00	2,211	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	698	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,687	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	706	375.20/cwt	370.00–392.50	2,649	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	490	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,352	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	2,414	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	407	576.20/cwt	575.00–582.50	2,345	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	615	433.57/cwt	420.00–455.00	2,666	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	569	411.89/cwt	400.00–427.50	2,344	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	638	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,217	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	575	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,559	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	685	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,517	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.

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	250–300	288	610.00–670.00	629.26
4	300–350	347	600.00	600.00
33	350–400	376	590.00–625.00	594.74
68	400–450	403	540.00–587.00	574.41
230	450–500	472	488.00–527.50	499.64
368	500–550	511	442.00–481.00	468.73
172	550–600	575	410.00–433.00	422.53
233	600–650	624	372.50–412.50	393.46
146	650–700	669	350.00–396.00	384.56
10	700–750	723	330.00–357.00	338.02
19	750–800	773	349.00	349.00
215	800–850	825	332.25–339.00	335.17
30	900–950	921	306.00	306.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	340	570.00	570.00
17	350–400	392	535.00–570.00	564.04
12	450–500	478	465.00	465.00
5	500–550	528	390.00	390.00
39	550–600	569	400.00–427.50	411.89
6	600–650	638	347.50	347.50
3	650–700	685	367.50	367.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	636	357.50	357.50
73	700–750	737	330.00–334.75	334.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	550–600	584	447.00	447.00
20	700–750	704	368.00	368.00
46	750–800	756	364.00–396.00	380.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	296	550.00–570.00	560.12
23	350–400	385	495.00–575.00	561.60
35	400–450	424	482.50–545.00	499.51
51	450–500	489	457.50–495.00	469.99
30	500–550	542	427.50–440.00	435.28
67	550–600	584	365.00–407.50	402.69
9	600–650	641	350.00–360.00	355.61
7	650–700	678	285.00–339.00	315.74
3	750–800	771	317.50	317.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	332	500.00	500.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	250–300	280	665.00–720.00	707.18
4	300–350	340	710.00	710.00
20	350–400	382	620.00–665.00	645.06
66	400–450	441	582.50–605.00	598.06
197	450–500	472	532.50–580.00	554.68
232	500–550	514	505.00–539.00	528.67
207	550–600	578	473.00–513.00	485.43
188	600–650	616	446.00–485.00	462.82
186	650–700	668	421.00–454.50	443.95
177	700–750	733	395.00–423.75	417.41
13	750–800	796	377.00–389.00	382.53
77	800–850	816	373.00–377.50	374.16
192	850–900	861	364.00–370.75	367.05
61	950–1000	960	338.50	338.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	280	600.00	600.00
40	400–450	407	575.00–582.50	576.20
8	450–500	470	475.00–525.00	506.23
6	550–600	575	445.00	445.00
25	600–650	615	420.00–455.00	433.57
10	650–700	657	415.00	415.00
13	700–750	706	370.00–392.50	375.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	400–450	410	632.50–655.00	646.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	372	565.00–600.00	586.54
4	400–450	428	570.00	570.00
54	450–500	486	457.50–520.00	501.02
60	500–550	532	481.00–496.00	485.99
54	550–600	584	412.50–465.00	447.76
51	600–650	637	372.50–441.00	431.64
3	650–700	698	385.00	385.00
28	700–750	712	367.00	367.00
6	750–800	770	315.00	315.00
5	850–900	850	347.00	347.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	364	540.00	540.00
5	400–450	415	485.00	485.00
3	450–500	490	480.00	480.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	525	447.50	447.50
7	650–700	662	377.50	377.50
3	750–800	783	342.50	342.50

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