Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2026-06-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers mostly sold 13.00 to 19.00 lower. Heifers under 450 lbs. sold 3.00 to 15.00 higher, while heifers heavier than 450 lbs. sold 11.00 to 25.00 lower. Demand was good today. Supply was moderate and included a few load lots of reputation steer cattle. Three consignors brought nearly 550 head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $489.25/cwt on 178 head, down $8.04 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 15 comparable sales and sits +2.36 against this barn's trailing median of $486.89.

Average price

$489.25

▼ 8.04 vs prior sale

178 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,782

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$238

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

$30.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs IA average

+30.06 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	572	495.95	2,835	139
Medium and Large 1-2	558	465.38	2,597	39

One grade step is worth $30.57/cwt here — about $238 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale178 hd

489.25

—

IA average1 barns · 178 hd

489.25

+0.00

National average164 barns · 12,433 hd

459.19

+30.06

This barn, trailing median15 sales

486.89

+2.36

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

45 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 1-2	250–300	296	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,776	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	398	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,129	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	489	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,641	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	449.98/cwt	439.00–455.00	2,362	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	482.07/cwt	475.00–505.00	2,338	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	436.17/cwt	420.00–441.00	2,438	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	257	681.68/cwt	675.00–690.00	1,752	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	359.50/cwt	359.50–359.50	3,200	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,595	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	566	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,270	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	447	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,302	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	606.46/cwt	570.00–625.00	2,220	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	621	431.63/cwt	425.00–435.00	2,680	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	345	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,846	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	378.50/cwt	378.50–378.50	3,130	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	407.57/cwt	390.00–417.00	2,906	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	451.73/cwt	432.00–460.00	2,765	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	417.72/cwt	409.00–432.50	2,782	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	528.78/cwt	515.00–555.00	2,300	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	601.00/cwt	577.50–613.00	2,476	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	912	353.83/cwt	333.00–357.00	3,227	194
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	405.28/cwt	404.00–410.00	2,533	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	373.60/cwt	354.50–382.00	2,914	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	746	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,779	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,327	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	482.23/cwt	480.00–485.00	2,565	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	495.19/cwt	475.00–500.00	2,842	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,769	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,123	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,909	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,995	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	499	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,495	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	427.51/cwt	415.00–438.00	2,223	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	461	547.50/cwt	547.50–547.50	2,524	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	421	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	2,137	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	505.80/cwt	500.00–520.00	2,736	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	654	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,609	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,279	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	418.23/cwt	412.50–422.50	2,610	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	540	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,268	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	381.63/cwt	362.50–404.00	2,557	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	2,118	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	547.77/cwt	540.00–550.00	2,366	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	453.66/cwt	430.00–469.00	2,613	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	370.57/cwt	364.00–385.00	2,361	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	520.60/cwt	510.00–537.50	2,520	56

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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Receipts 1,654Last week 3,994Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	296	600.00	600.00
7	350–400	393	580.00	580.00
13	400–450	432	540.00–550.00	547.77
6	450–500	499	500.00	500.00
16	500–550	532	480.00–485.00	482.23
23	550–600	576	430.00–469.00	453.66
21	600–650	624	412.50–422.50	418.23
6	650–700	654	399.00	399.00
4	700–750	746	372.50	372.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	489	540.00	540.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	257	675.00–690.00	681.68
3	300–350	331	640.00	640.00
46	400–450	412	577.50–613.00	601.00
56	450–500	484	510.00–537.50	520.60
10	500–550	541	500.00–520.00	505.80
129	550–600	574	475.00–500.00	495.19
90	600–650	612	432.00–460.00	451.73
20	650–700	666	409.00–432.50	417.72
76	700–750	713	390.00–417.00	407.57
60	750–800	780	354.50–382.00	373.60
67	800–850	827	378.50	378.50
59	850–900	890	359.50	359.50
194	900–950	912	333.00–357.00	353.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	447	515.00	515.00
6	450–500	461	547.50	547.50
26	600–650	621	425.00–435.00	431.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	398	535.00	535.00
20	450–500	464	430.00	430.00
17	500–550	520	415.00–438.00	427.51
6	550–600	564	412.50	412.50
17	600–650	637	364.00–385.00	370.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	350–400	366	570.00–625.00	606.46
26	400–450	435	515.00–555.00	528.78
61	450–500	485	475.00–505.00	482.07
55	500–550	525	439.00–455.00	449.98
80	550–600	559	420.00–441.00	436.17
41	600–650	625	404.00–410.00	405.28
87	650–700	670	362.50–404.00	381.63
9	700–750	729	356.00	356.00
3	900–950	923	300.00	300.00
4	1100–1150	1,123	259.00	259.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	345	535.00	535.00
7	400–450	421	507.50	507.50
4	500–550	540	420.00	420.00
17	550–600	566	401.00	401.00

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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