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Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2026-10-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-12

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Oct 12

● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159

← Sep 28Oct 12Oct 26 →

Receipts

1,955 head

▼ 136 vs last sale 2,091▲ 1,955 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction two weeks ago steers under 600 lbs. sold even to 9.00 lower, while those cattle over 600 lbs. sold uneven; 600 lbs. to 650 lbs. and 750 lbs. to 850 lbs. sold 13.00 to 19.00 higher and all others were lower. Heifers under 700 lbs. sold mostly 6.00 to sharply higher and heifers over 700 lbs. sold 8.00 to 26.00 higher. There were several load lots in the offering today. A large supply of seven- and eight-weight steers were offered today. Demand was very good today.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $437.68/cwt on 241 head, up $3.39 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 14 comparable sales and sits −38.91 against this barn's trailing median of $476.59.

Average price

$437.68

▲ 3.39 vs prior sale

241 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,376

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$248

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

$28.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.96

vs IA average

+5.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	441.85	2,413	206
Medium and Large 1-2	524	413.09	2,165	35

One grade step is worth $28.76/cwt here — about $248 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale241 hd

437.68

—

IA average5 barns · 1,188 hd

431.72

+5.96

National average190 barns · 30,929 hd

432.29

+5.39

This barn, trailing median14 sales

476.59

−38.91

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $512.91, low $402.35, median $476.59 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

53 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	360	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,476	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	364	506.00/cwt	506.00–506.00	1,842	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	392	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,195	25
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	419	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	1,980	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	421	466.47/cwt	447.50–492.50	1,964	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	514.39/cwt	504.00–530.00	2,253	48
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	499.16/cwt	487.50–510.00	2,316	73
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	497	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	2,207	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	455.13/cwt	436.00–474.00	2,385	114
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	413.09/cwt	360.00–425.00	2,165	35
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	535	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,284	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	2,458	32
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	588	415.39/cwt	386.00–427.50	2,442	54
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	607	417.44/cwt	384.00–425.00	2,534	51
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	407.30/cwt	388.00–419.00	2,542	43
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	671	388.00/cwt	380.00–396.00	2,603	57
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	361.74/cwt	351.00–369.00	2,449	25
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	690	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,367	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	742	362.22/cwt	343.00–365.00	2,688	36
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	767	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,378	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	354.03/cwt	345.75–366.00	2,733	195
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	810	348.67/cwt	341.25–354.00	2,824	121
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	885	333.89/cwt	329.00–336.00	2,955	88
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	290	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,421	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	360	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,512	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	478.38/cwt	450.00–483.00	1,780	47
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	383	423.00/cwt	407.50–432.50	1,620	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	420	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,113	24
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	435	407.85/cwt	406.00–413.00	1,774	31
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	411.14/cwt	405.00–412.00	1,809	52
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	469	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,881	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	414.41/cwt	389.00–419.00	1,948	80
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	385.72/cwt	368.00–390.00	2,044	54
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	531	352.42/cwt	347.50–355.00	1,871	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	569	368.14/cwt	358.00–371.00	2,095	28
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	370.19/cwt	362.00–381.00	2,129	31
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	613	335.58/cwt	334.00–340.00	2,057	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	341.27/cwt	339.00–342.50	2,123	18
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	677	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,319	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	696	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,304	26
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	710	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,265	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	712	341.94/cwt	338.00–352.00	2,435	29
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	334.68/cwt	333.00–340.00	2,557	76
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	784	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,305	11
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	802	321.50/cwt	321.50–321.50	2,578	55
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	325.50/cwt	325.50–325.50	2,832	13
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	883	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,675	4
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	925	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,720	12
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	988	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,687	10
Heifers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,198	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,827	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	493	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,243	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	568	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,187	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,156	6

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 →

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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
8	350–400	364	506.00	506.00
13	400–450	419	472.50	472.50
35	500–550	524	360.00–425.00	413.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	350–400	392	560.00	560.00
48	400–450	438	504.00–530.00	514.39
73	450–500	464	487.50–510.00	499.16
114	500–550	524	436.00–474.00	455.13
32	550–600	556	442.00	442.00
43	600–650	624	388.00–419.00	407.30
25	650–700	677	351.00–369.00	361.74
36	700–750	742	343.00–365.00	362.22
195	750–800	772	345.75–366.00	354.03
121	800–850	810	341.25–354.00	348.67
88	850–900	885	329.00–336.00	333.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	421	447.50–492.50	466.47
7	450–500	497	444.00	444.00
6	500–550	535	427.00	427.00
54	550–600	588	386.00–427.50	415.39
51	600–650	607	384.00–425.00	417.44
57	650–700	671	380.00–396.00	388.00
5	750–800	767	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	360	410.00	410.00
6	650–700	690	343.00	343.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	360	420.00	420.00
52	400–450	440	405.00–412.00	411.14
5	700–750	710	319.00	319.00
11	750–800	784	294.00	294.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1150–1200	1,198	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	850–900	883	303.00	303.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	383	407.50–432.50	423.00
31	400–450	435	406.00–413.00	407.85
9	450–500	469	401.00	401.00
9	500–550	531	347.50–355.00	352.42
28	550–600	569	358.00–371.00	368.14
15	600–650	613	334.00–340.00	335.58
5	650–700	677	342.50	342.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	290	490.00	490.00
47	350–400	372	450.00–483.00	478.38
80	450–500	470	389.00–419.00	414.41
54	500–550	530	368.00–390.00	385.72
31	550–600	575	362.00–381.00	370.19
18	600–650	622	339.00–342.50	341.27
26	650–700	696	331.00	331.00
29	700–750	712	338.00–352.00	341.94
76	750–800	764	333.00–340.00	334.68
55	800–850	802	321.50	321.50
13	850–900	870	325.50	325.50
12	900–950	925	294.00	294.00
10	950–1000	988	272.00	272.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	400–450	420	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	575	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	493	455.00	455.00
4	550–600	568	385.00	385.00

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.