Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2026-05-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers mostly sold steady to 5.00 higher. Heifers sold sharply lower. Demand was good today. Supply was light and included many smaller packages. Unweaned calf prices did not see there usual discounts.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $495.17/cwt on 171 head, down $4.20 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 15 comparable sales and sits +8.28 against this barn's trailing median of $486.89.

Average price

$495.17

▼ 4.20 vs prior sale

171 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,716

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$209

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

$44.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.84

vs IA average

+21.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	501.66	2,746	146
Medium and Large 1-2	555	457.25	2,536	25

One grade step is worth $44.41/cwt here — about $209 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 sale171 hd

495.17

—

IA average4 barns · 862 hd

502.01

−6.84

National average167 barns · 12,191 hd

473.70

+21.47

This barn, trailing median15 sales

486.89

+8.28

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

39 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,522	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	983	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,949	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	367.69/cwt	360.00–382.50	2,305	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	911	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	3,034	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,746	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	557.01/cwt	535.00–590.00	2,144	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	753	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,861	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	529.93/cwt	510.00–539.00	2,756	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	442.44/cwt	430.00–444.00	2,995	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	635	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,461	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	363.57/cwt	341.00–370.00	2,625	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	516.96/cwt	490.00–540.00	2,228	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	3,018	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	438.08/cwt	431.50–468.00	2,344	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	401.22/cwt	385.00–404.00	2,480	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	383.03/cwt	376.00–385.00	3,011	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	424.79/cwt	417.50–430.00	2,205	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	385.29/cwt	375.00–395.00	2,277	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	464.79/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,831	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	2,457	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	379.50/cwt	379.50–379.50	3,070	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	428.24/cwt	410.00–437.50	2,642	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,755	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,401	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	597.98/cwt	597.50–600.00	2,553	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	489.14/cwt	475.00–502.50	2,769	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	581.37/cwt	560.00–593.00	2,727	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,202	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	441.98/cwt	436.00–460.00	2,541	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	471.35/cwt	445.00–487.50	2,526	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	329.23/cwt	322.50–331.00	2,565	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	697	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,788	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	578	425.39/cwt	418.00–430.00	2,459	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	370.28/cwt	360.00–376.00	2,296	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	506.33/cwt	494.00–515.00	2,451	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	411.10/cwt	410.00–413.00	2,738	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	480.79/cwt	472.50–490.00	2,269	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	421.71/cwt	392.50–444.00	2,383	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	381.56/cwt	371.00–387.00	2,595	70

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 May 11, 2026

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	627	360.00–382.50	367.69
4	650–700	668	377.50	377.50
14	900–950	911	333.00	333.00
6	950–1000	983	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	385	535.00–590.00	557.01
36	400–450	431	490.00–540.00	516.96
72	450–500	472	472.50–490.00	480.79
93	500–550	535	431.50–468.00	438.08
56	550–600	565	392.50–444.00	421.71
51	600–650	618	385.00–404.00	401.22
70	650–700	680	371.00–387.00	381.56
22	700–750	722	341.00–370.00	363.57
14	750–800	779	322.50–331.00	329.23
10	850–900	850	323.00	323.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	635	387.50	387.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	390	450.00	450.00
9	450–500	476	462.50	462.50
10	500–550	519	417.50–430.00	424.79
18	550–600	591	375.00–395.00	385.29
25	600–650	620	360.00–376.00	370.28
4	700–750	733	327.50	327.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	578	418.00–430.00	425.39
7	650–700	697	400.00	400.00
6	750–800	753	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	378	650.00	650.00
15	400–450	427	597.50–600.00	597.98
76	450–500	469	560.00–593.00	581.37
62	500–550	520	510.00–539.00	529.93
73	550–600	566	475.00–502.50	489.14
139	600–650	609	450.00–470.00	464.79
68	650–700	677	430.00–444.00	442.44
37	700–750	722	418.00	418.00
38	750–800	786	376.00–385.00	383.03
8	800–850	809	379.50	379.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	484	494.00–515.00	506.33
13	500–550	536	445.00–487.50	471.35
12	550–600	575	436.00–460.00	441.98
26	600–650	617	410.00–437.50	428.24
17	650–700	666	410.00–413.00	411.10

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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