Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2026-06-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison stated today as the previous reported auction was three weeks ago. Demand was very good today, especially for cattle under 400 lbs.. Supply was moderate and included mostly smaller packages, although two consignors did provide nearly 300 head total.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $500.57/cwt on 148 head, up $11.31 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 15 comparable sales and sits +13.68 against this barn's trailing median of $486.89.

Average price

$500.57

▲ 11.31 vs prior sale

148 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,835

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$246

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

$39.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.90

vs IA average

+32.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	513.88	2,918	98
Medium and Large 1-2	563	474.47	2,672	50

One grade step is worth $39.42/cwt here — about $246 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale148 hd

500.57

—

IA average4 barns · 277 hd

493.67

+6.90

National average150 barns · 8,917 hd

468.46

+32.11

This barn, trailing median15 sales

486.89

+13.68

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,367	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	379.55/cwt	372.50–404.00	2,748	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	425.65/cwt	420.00–430.00	2,814	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	695.00/cwt	695.00–695.00	2,398	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	549	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,278	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	562.96/cwt	552.50–580.00	2,488	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	481.84/cwt	455.00–492.00	2,997	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	904	365.78/cwt	364.00–367.50	3,307	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	458.23/cwt	437.50–477.50	2,671	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	423.92/cwt	420.00–430.00	2,480	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	505.71/cwt	490.00–525.00	2,953	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	3,115	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	642.54/cwt	630.00–690.00	2,487	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	475.16/cwt	466.00–503.00	2,523	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	500.96/cwt	494.00–517.50	2,660	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	441.52/cwt	430.00–452.50	2,812	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	2,753	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,914	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	2,432	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	447.70/cwt	428.00–461.00	3,017	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	3,119	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	581.03/cwt	557.50–610.00	2,702	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,708	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	518.44/cwt	510.00–526.00	2,431	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,100	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	3,190	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	422.84/cwt	412.50–437.50	2,651	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	537.75/cwt	527.50–550.00	2,802	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	3,125	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,741	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	450.90/cwt	446.00–463.00	2,629	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	365.19/cwt	348.00–380.00	3,137	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	989	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,858	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,794	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	396.21/cwt	387.50–406.00	2,659	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	555.27/cwt	540.00–567.50	2,432	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,549	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,042	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,678	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,590	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	863	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	3,064	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	333	770.00/cwt	770.00–770.00	2,564	9

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
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	549	415.00	415.00
25	550–600	585	420.00–430.00	423.92
4	600–650	623	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	386	630.00	630.00
37	400–450	438	540.00–567.50	555.27
50	450–500	469	510.00–526.00	518.44
113	500–550	531	466.00–503.00	475.16
76	550–600	583	446.00–463.00	450.90
106	600–650	627	412.50–437.50	422.84
31	650–700	671	387.50–406.00	396.21
4	700–750	737	367.50	367.50
24	750–800	770	356.00	356.00
4	850–900	880	317.50	317.50
6	900–950	928	314.00	314.00
8	950–1000	989	289.00	289.00
6	1100–1150	1,100	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	442	552.50–580.00	562.96
19	500–550	531	494.00–517.50	500.96
31	550–600	583	437.50–477.50	458.23
16	600–650	637	430.00–452.50	441.52
14	650–700	661	420.00–430.00	425.65
26	700–750	724	372.50–404.00	379.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	345	695.00	695.00
14	350–400	387	630.00–690.00	642.54
7	400–450	437	630.00	630.00
120	450–500	465	557.50–610.00	581.03
25	500–550	521	527.50–550.00	537.75
73	550–600	584	490.00–525.00	505.71
125	600–650	622	455.00–492.00	481.84
69	650–700	674	428.00–461.00	447.70
6	700–750	739	422.00	422.00
9	750–800	753	415.00	415.00
22	800–850	809	385.00	385.00
25	850–900	859	348.00–380.00	365.19
124	900–950	904	364.00–367.50	365.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	850–900	863	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	333	770.00	770.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	557	465.00	465.00
7	700–750	708	360.00	360.00
6	1000–1050	1,042	257.00	257.00

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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