Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2026-08-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No market comparison today as the last auction was three weeks ago. Demand was good today. Supply was moderate and included several load lots of seven- and eight-weight yearling steers. One consignor brought more than 400 head of steers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $412.78/cwt on 9 head, down $55.06 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −74.11 against this barn's trailing median of $486.89.

Average price

$412.78

▼ 55.06 vs prior sale

9 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,201

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$19

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

$50.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.10

vs IA average

−1.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	502	435.00	2,184	5thin
Medium and Large 1-2	572	385.00	2,202	4thin

One grade step is worth $50.00/cwt here — about −$19 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 sale9 hd

412.78

—

IA average3 barns · 51 hd

417.87

−5.10

National average157 barns · 6,223 hd

414.24

−1.46

This barn, trailing median15 sales

486.89

−74.11

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

18 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 1Fancy	700–750	715	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,610	42
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,262	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,125	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,391	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,142	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	415.73/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,833	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	981	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	3,262	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	386.89/cwt	378.00–388.00	2,875	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	381.90/cwt	368.00–388.75	2,895	195
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	341.14/cwt	339.00–346.00	2,449	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	502	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,184	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	496	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,885	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	907	341.50/cwt	341.50–341.50	3,097	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	837	359.74/cwt	354.50–365.00	3,011	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	403.04/cwt	394.00–410.00	2,511	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,652	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,202	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	703	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,250	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

Mon Aug 3, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Receipts 823Last week 898Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
42	700–750	715	365.00	365.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	441	410.00–420.00	415.73
4	500–550	528	402.50	402.50
6	550–600	555	386.00	386.00
5	600–650	648	369.00	369.00
47	700–750	718	339.00–346.00	341.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	496	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	703	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	707	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	623	394.00–410.00	403.04
158	700–750	743	378.00–388.00	386.89
195	750–800	758	368.00–388.75	381.90
131	800–850	837	354.50–365.00	359.74
59	900–950	907	341.50	341.50
54	950–1000	981	332.50	332.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	502	435.00	435.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	572	385.00	385.00
3	700–750	745	356.00	356.00

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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