Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2026-09-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today was the Annual Customer Appreciation BBQ at Russell. Compared to the auction two weeks ago steers mostly sold 5.00 to 19.00 higher. Steers under 500 lbs. sold sharply higher although not well compared. Heifers sold mostly 3.00 to 11.00 higher. There were several load lots in the offering today. A large supply of unweaned calves and yearlings were offered today. Buyers also had many smaller packages of both calves and yearlings to bid on. Demand was very good today. Supply was heavy.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $427.69/cwt on 684 head, up $25.35 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 14 comparable sales and sits −59.36 against this barn's trailing median of $487.05.

Average price

$427.69

▲ 25.35 vs prior sale

684 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,386

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$199

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

$35.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.85

vs IA average

+24.33 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	428.64	2,391	666
Medium and Large 1-2	558	392.78	2,192	18thin

One grade step is worth $35.86/cwt here — about $199 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

14 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $512.91, low $402.35, median $487.05 across 14 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 sale684 hd

427.69

—

IA average4 barns · 1,192 hd

424.84

+2.85

National average167 barns · 12,243 hd

403.36

+24.33

This barn, trailing median14 sales

487.05

−59.36

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

65 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	400–450	429	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,188	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	401.00/cwt	381.00–421.00	2,173	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	346.25/cwt	346.25–346.25	2,545	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	467.91/cwt	460.00–485.00	1,825	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	618	403.09/cwt	375.00–420.00	2,491	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	505	416.11/cwt	415.00–417.50	2,101	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	413.05/cwt	365.00–437.50	1,751	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	391	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,642	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	370	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,443	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	432	440.86/cwt	425.00–450.00	1,905	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	462.48/cwt	427.50–472.50	2,234	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,032	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,797	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	519	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,024	7
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,084	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	3,263	52
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,103	302.10/cwt	302.10–302.10	3,332	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	451	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,300	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	585	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,241	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,268	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,754	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	332.10/cwt	319.50–340.50	2,567	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	364.30/cwt	353.00–375.00	2,648	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	396.41/cwt	372.50–402.00	2,216	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,508	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	519.73/cwt	515.00–525.00	1,876	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	343.84/cwt	333.00–355.00	2,331	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,704	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	359.76/cwt	355.00–368.00	2,295	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	450.81/cwt	442.00–470.00	1,934	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	603.06/cwt	590.00–620.00	1,960	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	326.58/cwt	318.50–338.00	2,841	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	423.03/cwt	396.00–439.75	2,424	360
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	373.43/cwt	367.00–387.50	2,551	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	342.42/cwt	323.00–348.25	2,452	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	401.64/cwt	385.00–417.00	2,080	184
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	297	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	1,812	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	364.55/cwt	341.00–369.50	2,811	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	945	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	3,071	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	358	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,951	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	409.57/cwt	397.00–430.00	2,580	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	426.74/cwt	410.00–450.00	2,023	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	477	452.67/cwt	440.00–480.00	2,159	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	444.76/cwt	430.00–455.00	2,379	257
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	630	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,953	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	536.68/cwt	520.00–550.00	2,302	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	616	333.06/cwt	327.50–348.00	2,052	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	521	351.64/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,832	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	482	406.46/cwt	400.00–408.00	1,959	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	571.12/cwt	540.00–577.50	2,107	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	659	377.75/cwt	377.75–377.75	2,489	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	346.11/cwt	337.00–347.25	3,018	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	421	417.91/cwt	410.00–422.50	1,759	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	340.17/cwt	325.00–352.00	2,269	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	322.76/cwt	308.00–330.00	2,508	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	368	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,665	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	673	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,100	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	494.37/cwt	481.00–522.50	2,338	153
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	496	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,800	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	438.62/cwt	437.50–440.00	1,640	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	883	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,746	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	324	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	1,497	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	382.50/cwt	375.00–390.00	2,211	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	578	376.97/cwt	362.50–395.00	2,179	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	382.13/cwt	375.00–384.00	2,442	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,027	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,526	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,183	12

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
23	350–400	390	460.00–485.00	467.91
13	400–450	429	510.00	510.00
56	450–500	483	427.50–472.50	462.48
10	500–550	542	381.00–421.00	401.00
8	550–600	578	375.00–390.00	382.50
23	600–650	639	375.00–384.00	382.13
10	650–700	667	325.00–352.00	340.17
70	700–750	735	346.25	346.25
18	750–800	777	308.00–330.00	322.76
19	850–900	883	311.00	311.00
7	1000–1050	1,032	271.00	271.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
33	450–500	477	440.00–480.00	452.67
9	500–550	505	415.00–417.50	416.11
31	550–600	578	362.50–395.00	376.97
47	600–650	618	375.00–420.00	403.09
28	650–700	659	377.75	377.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	391	420.00	420.00
8	400–450	432	425.00–450.00	440.86
4	650–700	673	312.00	312.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
52	1050–1100	1,084	301.00	301.00
55	1100–1150	1,103	302.10	302.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	585	383.00	383.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	297	610.00	610.00
11	300–350	325	590.00–620.00	603.06
21	350–400	369	540.00–577.50	571.12
125	400–450	429	520.00–550.00	536.68
153	450–500	473	481.00–522.50	494.37
257	500–550	535	430.00–455.00	444.76
360	550–600	573	396.00–439.75	423.03
112	600–650	630	397.00–430.00	409.57
29	650–700	683	367.00–387.50	373.43
89	700–750	727	353.00–375.00	364.30
97	750–800	771	341.00–369.50	364.55
6	800–850	812	333.00	333.00
133	850–900	872	337.00–347.25	346.11
31	900–950	945	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	374	437.50–440.00	438.62
41	400–450	424	365.00–437.50	413.05
12	600–650	644	339.00	339.00
7	1000–1050	1,027	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	370	390.00	390.00
4	450–500	496	363.00	363.00
7	500–550	519	390.00	390.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	451	510.00	510.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	331	530.00	530.00
23	350–400	361	515.00–525.00	519.73
86	400–450	429	442.00–470.00	450.81
169	450–500	474	410.00–450.00	426.74
184	500–550	518	385.00–417.00	401.64
124	550–600	559	372.50–402.00	396.41
70	600–650	638	355.00–368.00	359.76
16	650–700	678	333.00–355.00	343.84
123	700–750	716	323.00–348.25	342.42
115	750–800	773	319.50–340.50	332.10
4	800–850	836	300.00	300.00
39	850–900	870	318.50–338.00	326.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	324	462.00	462.00
5	350–400	368	452.50	452.50
12	400–450	421	410.00–422.50	417.91
47	450–500	482	400.00–408.00	406.46
15	500–550	521	340.00–365.00	351.64
11	600–650	616	327.50–348.00	333.06
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	950–1000	965	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	358	545.00	545.00
6	600–650	630	310.00	310.00

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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