Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2026-01-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale a week ago, steers sold mostly 3.00 to 7.00 lower, except for the 650 to 750 lb. steers which sold 6.00 to 7.00 higher. Heifers sold mostly steady to 11.00 lower. Demand was very good today. Supply was heavy and included 1,200 head from 5 consigners and many load lots of reputation cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $465.07/cwt on 542 head, down $21.82 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 15 comparable sales and sits −21.82 against this barn's trailing median of $486.89.

Average price

$465.07

▼ 21.82 vs prior sale

542 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,597

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$187

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

$30.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.34

vs IA average

−6.91 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	474.94	2,658	366
Medium and Large 1-2	556	444.56	2,471	176

One grade step is worth $30.38/cwt here — about $187 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale542 hd

465.07

—

IA average10 barns · 2,043 hd

466.42

−1.34

National average187 barns · 29,067 hd

471.98

−6.91

This barn, trailing median15 sales

486.89

−21.82

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

53 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 1Unweaned	500–550	542	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,100	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	755	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,295	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	608.85/cwt	580.00–620.00	1,967	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	319.42/cwt	315.00–321.00	2,575	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	3,065	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	505.44/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,946	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	594.68/cwt	580.00–610.00	2,224	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	374.61/cwt	365.00–380.00	2,952	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	391.19/cwt	384.00–399.00	2,437	326
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	506.52/cwt	480.00–520.00	2,614	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	341.65/cwt	334.00–356.00	2,477	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	507.29/cwt	475.00–520.50	2,181	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	341.94/cwt	325.00–346.75	3,036	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	361.61/cwt	345.00–375.00	2,994	329
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	467.37/cwt	455.00–490.00	2,145	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	334.48/cwt	334.00–339.00	2,592	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	798	353.50/cwt	353.50–353.50	2,821	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	815	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,641	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	401.29/cwt	383.00–420.00	2,307	187
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	370.93/cwt	357.50–384.00	2,467	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	550	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	2,404	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	370	645.00/cwt	645.00–645.00	2,387	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	487	569.00/cwt	569.00–569.00	2,771	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	561	486.00/cwt	486.00–486.00	2,726	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	641	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,590	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	513	467.00/cwt	467.00–467.00	2,396	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	360.70/cwt	357.50–367.50	2,240	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,417	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	366.75/cwt	335.00–377.50	2,648	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	402.63/cwt	395.00–412.50	2,082	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	464.22/cwt	440.00–471.00	2,470	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	529.00/cwt	529.00–529.00	2,248	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	761	328.64/cwt	320.00–337.50	2,501	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	338.46/cwt	331.00–348.00	2,281	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	389.47/cwt	365.00–393.00	2,687	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	422.55/cwt	410.00–438.00	2,493	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	438.44/cwt	420.00–449.00	2,109	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	370.30/cwt	360.00–377.50	2,148	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	421.14/cwt	396.00–436.00	2,860	396
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	406.02/cwt	390.00–417.50	2,590	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	537.50/cwt	537.50–537.50	2,338	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	480.15/cwt	472.50–507.00	2,300	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,510	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	450.69/cwt	425.00–457.50	1,884	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	433.19/cwt	420.00–451.00	2,729	566
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	536	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,077	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	459.87/cwt	440.00–482.00	2,663	239
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	905	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,760	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	336.71/cwt	334.00–338.00	2,744	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	800–850	827	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,522	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	438.75/cwt	425.00–446.75	2,352	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	524.80/cwt	510.00–537.50	2,545	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	405.07/cwt	388.00–420.00	2,941	527

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 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	542	387.50	387.50
5	750–800	755	304.00	304.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	323	580.00–620.00	608.85
17	350–400	385	500.00–520.00	505.44
76	400–450	430	475.00–520.50	507.29
46	450–500	459	455.00–490.00	467.37
140	500–550	536	425.00–446.75	438.75
187	550–600	575	383.00–420.00	401.29
326	600–650	623	384.00–399.00	391.19
131	650–700	665	357.50–384.00	370.93
124	700–750	725	334.00–356.00	341.65
61	750–800	775	334.00–339.00	334.48
31	800–850	806	315.00–321.00	319.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	513	467.00	467.00
56	550–600	550	437.00	437.00
56	600–650	641	404.00	404.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	400–450	418	425.00–457.50	450.69
67	450–500	481	420.00–449.00	438.44
85	500–550	517	395.00–412.50	402.63
75	550–600	580	360.00–377.50	370.30
20	600–650	621	357.50–367.50	360.70
43	650–700	674	331.00–348.00	338.46
8	700–750	717	350.00	350.00
7	750–800	790	306.00	306.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	374	580.00–610.00	594.68
11	400–450	435	537.50	537.50
49	450–500	485	510.00–537.50	524.80
107	500–550	516	480.00–520.00	506.52
239	550–600	579	440.00–482.00	459.87
566	600–650	630	420.00–451.00	433.19
396	650–700	679	396.00–436.00	421.14
527	700–750	726	388.00–420.00	405.07
155	750–800	788	365.00–380.00	374.61
329	800–850	828	345.00–375.00	361.61
89	850–900	888	325.00–346.75	341.94
61	900–950	915	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
38	750–800	798	353.50	353.50
4	800–850	815	324.00	324.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	370	645.00	645.00
32	450–500	487	569.00	569.00
20	550–600	561	486.00	486.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	425	529.00	529.00
51	450–500	479	472.50–507.00	480.15
98	500–550	532	440.00–471.00	464.22
72	550–600	590	410.00–438.00	422.55
120	600–650	638	390.00–417.50	406.02
54	650–700	690	365.00–393.00	389.47
33	700–750	722	335.00–377.50	366.75
8	750–800	761	320.00–337.50	328.64
33	800–850	815	334.00–338.00	336.71
7	900–950	905	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	536	387.50	387.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	800–850	827	305.00	305.00

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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