Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2026-02-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale a week ago, steers sold mostly 8.00 to 18.00 higher. Heifers also sold higher, mostly 7.00 to 17.00 higher. Demand was very good today. Supply was heavy and comprised of nearly 700 head from two consignors and included several load lots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $480.02/cwt on 347 head, up $14.55 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 15 comparable sales and sits −6.87 against this barn's trailing median of $486.89.

Average price

$480.02

▲ 14.55 vs prior sale

347 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,700

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$180

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

$38.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.95

vs IA average

−3.01 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	493.05	2,761	229
Medium and Large 1-2	568	454.72	2,581	118

One grade step is worth $38.32/cwt here — about $180 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale347 hd

480.02

—

IA average7 barns · 1,066 hd

475.07

+4.95

National average143 barns · 13,122 hd

483.03

−3.01

This barn, trailing median15 sales

486.89

−6.87

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

56 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	700–750	717	404.38/cwt	385.00–423.00	2,899	346
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	427.59/cwt	417.50–449.00	2,933	260
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	479.38/cwt	469.00–505.00	2,771	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	527.84/cwt	512.50–550.00	2,523	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	336.24/cwt	319.00–342.00	2,602	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	635.44/cwt	620.00–650.00	2,396	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	531.56/cwt	512.00–540.00	2,727	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	909	334.70/cwt	334.00–334.75	3,042	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	362.70/cwt	349.00–371.00	2,974	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	581.04/cwt	550.00–595.00	2,516	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	421.42/cwt	411.00–427.50	2,389	114
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,619	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	319.11/cwt	292.50–329.50	2,783	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	385.85/cwt	374.00–403.00	2,608	229
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	570.91/cwt	550.00–580.00	2,158	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	499.24/cwt	490.00–512.50	2,127	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	464.51/cwt	445.00–478.00	2,192	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	436.67/cwt	427.00–455.00	2,301	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	352.75/cwt	340.00–360.75	3,087	191
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	403.16/cwt	385.00–414.00	2,552	322
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,823	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	321.50/cwt	321.50–321.50	2,672	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	791	359.50/cwt	359.50–359.50	2,844	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	582	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,546	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	831	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,734	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	452	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,576	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	730	390.58/cwt	390.00–394.00	2,851	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	760	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,903	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,775	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,116	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	470.22/cwt	450.00–497.50	2,464	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	380.66/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,786	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,869	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,079	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,851	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	814	308.94/cwt	297.50–327.50	2,515	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	389.04/cwt	372.00–397.50	2,669	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	666	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,771	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,567	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	377.57/cwt	366.00–382.00	2,379	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,288	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	497.14/cwt	465.00–510.00	2,347	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	800–850	836	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,675	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	462.00/cwt	440.00–475.00	2,851	361
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	542.50/cwt	525.00–575.00	2,029	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	448.19/cwt	429.00–463.00	2,626	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	421.04/cwt	390.00–433.00	2,610	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,888	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	600	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,610	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	685.73/cwt	680.00–700.00	2,318	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	613	380.97/cwt	372.00–388.00	2,335	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	527	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,227	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	385.20/cwt	361.00–399.75	2,951	243
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	471	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,379	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	956	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	3,107	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	352.61/cwt	342.00–368.00	2,514	42

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
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	338	680.00–700.00	685.73
28	350–400	377	620.00–650.00	635.44
13	400–450	433	550.00–595.00	581.04
55	450–500	478	512.50–550.00	527.84
64	500–550	513	512.00–540.00	531.56
160	550–600	578	469.00–505.00	479.38
361	600–650	617	440.00–475.00	462.00
260	650–700	686	417.50–449.00	427.59
346	700–750	717	385.00–423.00	404.38
243	750–800	766	361.00–399.75	385.20
107	800–850	820	349.00–371.00	362.70
191	850–900	875	340.00–360.75	352.75
60	900–950	909	334.00–334.75	334.70
11	950–1000	956	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	582	437.50	437.50
18	750–800	791	359.50	359.50
4	800–850	831	329.00	329.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	452	570.00	570.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	374	525.00–575.00	542.50
37	450–500	472	465.00–510.00	497.14
35	500–550	524	450.00–497.50	470.22
83	550–600	586	429.00–463.00	448.19
56	600–650	620	390.00–433.00	421.04
38	650–700	686	372.00–397.50	389.04
44	700–750	732	380.00–385.00	380.66
25	750–800	778	330.00	330.00
8	800–850	814	297.50–327.50	308.94
5	850–900	875	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	471	505.00	505.00
5	600–650	600	435.00	435.00
14	650–700	666	416.00	416.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	350–400	378	550.00–580.00	570.91
20	400–450	426	490.00–512.50	499.24
75	450–500	472	445.00–478.00	464.51
182	500–550	527	427.00–455.00	436.67
114	550–600	567	411.00–427.50	421.42
322	600–650	633	385.00–414.00	403.16
229	650–700	676	374.00–403.00	385.85
42	700–750	713	342.00–368.00	352.61
91	750–800	774	319.00–342.00	336.24
19	800–850	831	321.50	321.50
28	850–900	872	292.50–329.50	319.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
122	700–750	730	390.00–394.00	390.58
12	750–800	760	382.00	382.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	370	505.00	505.00
5	400–450	433	410.00	410.00
7	450–500	481	440.00	440.00
4	500–550	540	385.00	385.00
5	550–600	572	400.00	400.00
23	600–650	630	366.00–382.00	377.57
5	750–800	768	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	527	422.50	422.50
14	600–650	613	372.00–388.00	380.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	609	430.00	430.00
7	750–800	765	369.00	369.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	800–850	836	320.00	320.00

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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