Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2026-02-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers 550 lbs. and under sold sharply lower, while steers over 550 lbs. sold mostly steady to 10.00 higher. Heifers sold 12.00 to 21.00 higher, except 650 to 700 lb. heifers which sold 2.00 lower. Demand was very good today. Supply was heavy and included several load lots. Six consignors brought 1,600 head today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $492.04/cwt on 453 head, up $12.03 from the prior sale. That ranks 11 of 15 comparable sales and sits +5.15 against this barn's trailing median of $486.89.

Average price

$492.04

▲ 12.03 vs prior sale

453 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,735

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$251

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

$22.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.85

vs IA average

+4.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	497.00	2,791	354
Medium and Large 1-2	535	474.32	2,539	99

One grade step is worth $22.68/cwt here — about $251 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 sale453 hd

492.04

—

IA average9 barns · 1,470 hd

488.20

+3.85

National average178 barns · 13,390 hd

487.35

+4.69

This barn, trailing median15 sales

486.89

+5.15

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

54 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 1-2	800–850	846	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,834	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	496	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,232	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	407.08/cwt	402.50–409.00	2,365	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	378.34/cwt	358.00–393.00	2,410	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	408	567.50/cwt	567.50–567.50	2,315	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	810	389.75/cwt	389.75–389.75	3,157	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	532	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,846	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	699	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,901	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	887	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	3,255	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	520	511.73/cwt	482.00–532.50	2,661	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,508	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	537.23/cwt	530.00–562.50	2,197	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	758	405.01/cwt	396.00–424.00	3,070	63
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,702	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,800	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	696	358.90/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,498	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	2,070	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	424.02/cwt	410.00–451.00	2,442	239
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	513.68/cwt	492.50–528.00	2,728	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	549.24/cwt	545.00–560.00	2,213	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	383.51/cwt	367.00–398.00	2,581	290
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,036	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,901	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	330.63/cwt	318.00–342.00	2,748	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	353.66/cwt	334.00–373.00	2,730	292
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	402.66/cwt	387.50–415.00	2,525	551
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	384.21/cwt	369.00–392.00	2,981	401
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	485.47/cwt	465.00–515.00	2,306	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	364.95/cwt	352.50–371.00	2,628	159
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	449.99/cwt	435.00–466.00	2,340	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	596.15/cwt	587.50–625.00	2,164	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	512.67/cwt	490.00–532.50	2,451	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	369.47/cwt	353.00–386.00	3,041	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	350.69/cwt	348.50–364.00	3,069	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	483.07/cwt	464.50–497.00	2,811	211
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	461.36/cwt	449.00–473.50	2,925	308
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	986	319.19/cwt	313.00–319.50	3,147	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	342.38/cwt	331.00–345.00	3,143	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	483	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,258	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	499	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,196	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	437.63/cwt	421.00–466.00	2,958	519
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	404.60/cwt	387.00–424.00	2,941	552
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,819	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,854	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	479.79/cwt	470.00–488.00	2,514	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	435.39/cwt	410.00–447.00	2,726	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	455.16/cwt	430.00–467.50	2,617	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	408.00/cwt	365.00–415.00	2,766	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,200	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	337	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,634	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	381.40/cwt	380.00–382.00	2,822	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	427.05/cwt	412.50–445.00	2,276	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,923	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	466.75/cwt	457.50–480.00	2,208	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	347.48/cwt	337.50–375.00	2,314	21

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 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	340	535.00	535.00
7	450–500	496	450.00	450.00
77	500–550	524	470.00–488.00	479.79
22	550–600	575	430.00–467.50	455.16
145	600–650	626	410.00–447.00	435.39
48	650–700	678	365.00–415.00	408.00
10	700–750	740	380.00–382.00	381.40
15	750–800	782	365.00	365.00
9	800–850	846	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	500–550	532	535.00	535.00
78	800–850	810	389.75	389.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	350–400	363	587.50–625.00	596.15
16	400–450	403	545.00–560.00	549.24
62	450–500	478	490.00–532.50	512.67
117	500–550	531	492.50–528.00	513.68
211	550–600	582	464.50–497.00	483.07
308	600–650	634	449.00–473.50	461.36
519	650–700	676	421.00–466.00	437.63
552	700–750	727	387.00–424.00	404.60
401	750–800	776	369.00–392.00	384.21
186	800–850	823	353.00–386.00	369.47
201	850–900	875	348.50–364.00	350.69
84	900–950	918	331.00–345.00	342.38
63	950–1000	986	313.00–319.50	319.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	483	467.50	467.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	337	485.00	485.00
7	350–400	377	510.00	510.00
4	400–450	440	500.00	500.00
18	450–500	473	457.50–480.00	466.75
80	500–550	533	412.50–445.00	427.05
53	550–600	581	402.50–409.00	407.08
42	600–650	637	358.00–393.00	378.34
21	650–700	666	337.50–375.00	347.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	408	567.50	567.50
26	500–550	520	482.00–532.50	511.73
8	650–700	699	415.00	415.00
63	750–800	758	396.00–424.00	405.01
16	850–900	887	367.00	367.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	400–450	409	530.00–562.50	537.23
68	450–500	475	465.00–515.00	485.47
187	500–550	520	435.00–466.00	449.99
239	550–600	576	410.00–451.00	424.02
551	600–650	627	387.50–415.00	402.66
290	650–700	673	367.00–398.00	383.51
159	700–750	720	352.50–371.00	364.95
292	750–800	772	334.00–373.00	353.66
17	800–850	831	318.00–342.00	330.63
4	1000–1050	1,036	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	450–500	499	440.00	440.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	375	480.00	480.00
13	400–450	400	517.50	517.50
17	600–650	627	400.00	400.00
9	650–700	696	350.00–370.00	358.90
5	950–1000	965	280.00	280.00

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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