Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2026-01-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Colder temperatures continued today. Compared to the sale a week ago, steers sold mostly 4.00 to 13.00 higher. Heifers also sold higher, mostly 3.00 to sharply higher. Demand was good today, despite the cold weather. Supply was moderate and comprised of nearly 230 head from one consignor and included only a few load lots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $465.46/cwt on 160 head, up $9.49 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 15 comparable sales and sits −21.43 against this barn's trailing median of $486.89.

Average price

$465.46

▲ 9.49 vs prior sale

160 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,615

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

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

$52.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.57

vs IA average

−18.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	480.68	2,641	114
Medium and Large 1-2	592	427.74	2,532	46

One grade step is worth $52.94/cwt here — about $109 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 sale160 hd

465.46

—

IA average7 barns · 961 hd

470.03

−4.57

National average63 barns · 7,974 hd

484.10

−18.64

This barn, trailing median15 sales

486.89

−21.43

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	326	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	2,282	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	428	582.50/cwt	582.50–582.50	2,493	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	661	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,941	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	737	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,469	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	818	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,667	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,147	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	394.85/cwt	391.00–399.00	2,464	224
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	496.00/cwt	480.00–512.50	2,574	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	981	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,688	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	466.90/cwt	459.00–480.00	2,694	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	326.85/cwt	310.00–331.00	2,984	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	354.34/cwt	353.00–355.00	2,519	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	352.18/cwt	345.00–353.50	2,916	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	516.46/cwt	515.00–518.00	2,495	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	484.19/cwt	465.00–501.00	2,082	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	404.90/cwt	395.00–412.50	2,340	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	378.79/cwt	363.00–399.00	2,576	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	396.56/cwt	381.00–408.00	2,859	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	660	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,442	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	626	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,554	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,922	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	327.61/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,532	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	342.25/cwt	342.25–342.25	3,032	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	369.50/cwt	349.00–374.50	2,871	249
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,457	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	360.99/cwt	345.00–370.00	2,574	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	444.09/cwt	420.00–463.00	2,771	197
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	428.62/cwt	415.00–436.00	2,255	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	412.08/cwt	400.00–419.50	2,819	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	603	383.32/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,311	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	416.54/cwt	390.00–430.00	2,004	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	383.52/cwt	372.00–389.00	2,071	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	768	335.29/cwt	335.00–337.50	2,575	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	716	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,452	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	465.26/cwt	457.50–480.00	1,801	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	375.99/cwt	375.00–377.00	2,403	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	365.17/cwt	350.00–380.00	2,421	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,162	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	427.74/cwt	420.00–431.00	2,532	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,940	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

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

Receipts 2,000Last week 4,812Year ago 3,746

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	326	700.00	700.00
5	400–450	428	582.50	582.50
39	650–700	661	445.00	445.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	800–850	818	326.00	326.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	483	515.00–518.00	516.46
54	500–550	519	480.00–512.50	496.00
60	550–600	577	459.00–480.00	466.90
197	600–650	624	420.00–463.00	444.09
144	650–700	684	400.00–419.50	412.08
161	700–750	721	381.00–408.00	396.56
249	750–800	777	349.00–374.50	369.50
33	800–850	828	345.00–353.50	352.18
44	850–900	886	342.25	342.25
21	900–950	913	310.00–331.00	326.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	626	408.00	408.00
4	650–700	660	370.00	370.00
26	750–800	768	335.00–337.50	335.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	460	470.00	470.00
46	550–600	592	420.00–431.00	427.74
10	600–650	634	387.50	387.50
6	650–700	663	350.00–380.00	365.17
17	700–750	713	345.00–370.00	360.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	737	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	366	525.00	525.00
45	400–450	430	465.00–501.00	484.19
5	450–500	452	475.00	475.00
108	500–550	526	415.00–436.00	428.62
78	550–600	578	395.00–412.50	404.90
224	600–650	624	391.00–399.00	394.85
113	650–700	680	363.00–399.00	378.79
30	700–750	711	353.00–355.00	354.34
36	750–800	773	320.00–335.00	327.61
12	950–1000	981	274.00	274.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	600–650	603	380.00–385.00	383.32
18	700–750	716	342.50	342.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	387	457.50–480.00	465.26
3	400–450	431	450.00	450.00
9	450–500	481	390.00–430.00	416.54
9	500–550	540	372.00–389.00	383.52
20	600–650	639	375.00–377.00	375.99

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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