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Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2026-04-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-13

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Apr 13

● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159

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Receipts

3,520 head

▲ 2,242 vs last sale 1,278▲ 3,520 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Feeder Calf / Yearling Auction - - No comparison stated today as the previous USDA reported auction was in mid - March. Available today were many packages and load lots of quality, home-raised, green, LTW'd and double vaccinated feeder calves and heavier yearling cattle. Demand was very good for today's moderate supply. Trade was very active.

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 $512.91/cwt on 490 head, up $28.06 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 14 comparable sales and sits +36.32 against this barn's trailing median of $476.59.

Average price

$512.91

▲ 28.06 vs prior sale

490 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,792

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$175

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

$31.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.72

vs IA average

+24.56 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	518.80	2,825	397
Medium and Large 1-2	543	487.75	2,650	93

One grade step is worth $31.06/cwt here — about $175 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 sale490 hd

512.91

—

IA average7 barns · 1,478 hd

504.19

+8.72

National average180 barns · 13,019 hd

488.35

+24.56

This barn, trailing median14 sales

476.59

+36.32

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

61 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	316	755.00/cwt	755.00–755.00	2,386	8
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	327	655.00/cwt	655.00–655.00	2,142	14
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	334	710.20/cwt	705.00–717.00	2,372	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	358	730.00/cwt	730.00–730.00	2,613	18
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	2,484	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	375	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	2,625	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	631.62/cwt	620.00–642.50	2,710	22
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	430	634.16/cwt	620.00–640.00	2,727	44
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	432	643.00/cwt	643.00–643.00	2,778	15
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	440	617.50/cwt	617.50–617.50	2,717	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	592.54/cwt	575.00–600.00	2,726	49
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	470	583.57/cwt	572.50–597.50	2,743	28
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	535.39/cwt	500.00–556.00	2,565	45
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	517	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,352	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	539.12/cwt	525.00–550.00	2,820	83
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	496.68/cwt	480.00–512.50	2,662	72
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	538	510.57/cwt	503.00–534.00	2,747	142
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	557	521.00/cwt	521.00–521.00	2,902	104
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	509.23/cwt	495.00–520.00	2,872	54
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	570	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,864	14
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	457.62/cwt	412.50–487.00	2,654	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	625	436.55/cwt	410.00–442.00	2,728	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	637	468.20/cwt	447.50–476.00	2,982	185
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	642	460.50/cwt	460.50–460.50	2,956	79
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	449.00/cwt	435.00–458.00	2,986	72
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	418.40/cwt	403.00–427.00	2,950	14
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	714	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,935	11
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	776	396.84/cwt	381.00–406.00	3,079	109
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	791	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,863	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	835	375.63/cwt	362.00–380.00	3,137	63
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	879	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	3,208	19
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	913	358.01/cwt	357.25–358.75	3,269	125
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1Fancy	1,047	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	3,361	55
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	327	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	2,044	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	555.59/cwt	515.00–630.00	1,850	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	364	568.36/cwt	545.00–575.00	2,069	32
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	367	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,092	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	519.76/cwt	510.00–537.50	2,193	60
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	429	504.56/cwt	499.00–525.00	2,165	44
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	435	501.00/cwt	501.00–501.00	2,179	36
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	437	466.77/cwt	455.00–477.50	2,040	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	455	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,207	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	489.24/cwt	477.50–501.00	2,334	25
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	478	469.07/cwt	465.00–480.00	2,242	28
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	466.88/cwt	455.00–470.00	2,264	34
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	515	466.05/cwt	447.50–475.00	2,400	82
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	466.34/cwt	450.00–483.00	2,430	81
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	529	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,513	82
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	538	441.77/cwt	440.00–442.50	2,377	24
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	542	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,358	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	557	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	2,501	33
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	431.09/cwt	420.00–445.00	2,492	132
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	594	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,424	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	604	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,446	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	418.75/cwt	387.50–430.00	2,584	49
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	643	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,733	87
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	385.26/cwt	374.00–393.00	2,589	32
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	685	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,569	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	737	357.80/cwt	356.00–366.00	2,637	27
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	372.54/cwt	369.00–376.00	2,857	56
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	969	314.99/cwt	300.00–320.00	3,052	24

This sale against other markets

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 Apr 13, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Receipts 3,520Last week 1,278Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	334	705.00–717.00	710.20
4	350–400	360	690.00	690.00
22	400–450	429	620.00–642.50	631.62
49	450–500	460	575.00–600.00	592.54
83	500–550	523	525.00–550.00	539.12
54	550–600	564	495.00–520.00	509.23
185	600–650	637	447.50–476.00	468.20
72	650–700	665	435.00–458.00	449.00
14	700–750	705	403.00–427.00	418.40
109	750–800	776	381.00–406.00	396.84
63	800–850	835	362.00–380.00	375.63
19	850–900	879	365.00	365.00
125	900–950	913	357.25–358.75	358.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	316	755.00	755.00
8	350–400	375	700.00	700.00
44	400–450	430	620.00–640.00	634.16
28	450–500	470	572.50–597.50	583.57
142	500–550	538	503.00–534.00	510.57
14	550–600	570	502.50	502.50
17	600–650	625	410.00–442.00	436.55
11	700–750	714	411.00	411.00
3	750–800	791	362.00	362.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	358	730.00	730.00
15	400–450	432	643.00	643.00
104	550–600	557	521.00	521.00
79	600–650	642	460.50	460.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
55	1000–1050	1,047	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	327	655.00	655.00
45	450–500	479	500.00–556.00	535.39
72	500–550	536	480.00–512.50	496.68
17	550–600	580	412.50–487.00	457.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	440	617.50	617.50
4	500–550	517	455.00	455.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	327	625.00	625.00
4	350–400	367	570.00	570.00
44	400–450	429	499.00–525.00	504.56
28	450–500	478	465.00–480.00	469.07
82	500–550	515	447.50–475.00	466.05
12	600–650	604	405.00	405.00
3	650–700	685	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	333	515.00–630.00	555.59
32	350–400	364	545.00–575.00	568.36
60	400–450	422	510.00–537.50	519.76
25	450–500	477	477.50–501.00	489.24
81	500–550	521	450.00–483.00	466.34
132	550–600	578	420.00–445.00	431.09
49	600–650	617	387.50–430.00	418.75
32	650–700	672	374.00–393.00	385.26
27	700–750	737	356.00–366.00	357.80
56	750–800	767	369.00–376.00	372.54
24	950–1000	969	300.00–320.00	314.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	400–450	435	501.00	501.00
15	450–500	455	485.00	485.00
82	500–550	529	475.00	475.00
33	550–600	557	449.00	449.00
87	600–650	643	425.00	425.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	437	455.00–477.50	466.77
34	450–500	485	455.00–470.00	466.88
24	500–550	538	440.00–442.50	441.77
6	550–600	594	408.00	408.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	542	435.00	435.00

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.