Russell Livestock  - ( Russell, IA )  - April 27, 2026

Des Moines, IA Mon Apr, 27 2026 Russell Livestock Feeder Cattle - Russell, IA Weighted Average Report for 4/27/2026 Receipts: 4343 Last Week: 3520 Last Year: 0 Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers sold mostly 5.00 to 33.00 lower. Heifers under 550 lbs. were mostly 2.00 to 26.00 higher, while heifers over 550 lbs. sold 9.00 to 25.00 lower. Demand was good today. Supply was heavy and included several load lots. Four consignors brought more than 900 head. Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 18 251-293 280 665.00-720.00 707.18 3 280 280 600.00 600.00 Unweaned 4 340 340 710.00 710.00 20 369-391 382 620.00-665.00 645.06 40 402-436 407 575.00-582.50 576.20 Unweaned 20 404-421 410 632.50-655.00 646.91 Fancy 66 428-448 441 582.50-605.00 598.06 8 470-471 470 475.00-525.00 506.23 Unweaned 197 450-498 472 532.50-580.00 554.68 232 501-546 514 505.00-539.00 528.67 6 575 575 445.00 445.00 Unweaned 207 552-599 578 473.00-513.00 485.43 25 600-630 615 420.00-455.00 433.57 Unweaned 188 603-641 616 446.00-485.00 462.82 10 657 657 415.00 415.00 Unweaned 186 655-691 668 421.00-454.50 443.95 13 700-711 706 370.00-392.50 375.20 Unweaned 177 717-747 733 395.00-423.75 417.41 13 794-797 796 377.00-389.00 382.53 77 801-821 816 373.00-377.50 374.16 192 852-871 861 364.00-370.75 367.05 61 960 960 338.50 338.50 Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 8 364 364 540.00 540.00 Unweaned 8 366-381 372 565.00-600.00 586.54 5 415 415 485.00 485.00 Unweaned 4 428 428 570.00 570.00 54 473-499 486 457.50-520.00 501.02 3 490 490 480.00 480.00 Unweaned 60 506-546 532 481.00-496.00 485.99 54 563-597 584 412.50-465.00 447.76 51 618-642 637 372.50-441.00 431.64 3 698 698 385.00 385.00 28 712 712 367.00 367.00 6 770 770 315.00 315.00 5 850 850 347.00 347.00 Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 12 277-293 288 610.00-670.00 629.26 7 340 340 570.00 570.00 Unweaned 4 347 347 600.00 600.00 33 355-385 376 590.00-625.00 594.74 17 378-395 392 535.00-570.00 564.04 Unweaned 68 400-423 403 540.00-587.00 574.41 230 454-487 472 488.00-527.50 499.64 12 478 478 465.00 465.00 Unweaned 368 503-540 511 442.00-481.00 468.73 5 528 528 390.00 390.00 Unweaned 39 561-581 569 400.00-427.50 411.89 Unweaned 172 550-595 575 410.00-433.00 422.53 29 584 584 447.00 447.00 Fancy 233 602-646 624 372.50-412.50 393.46 5 636 636 357.50 357.50 Fleshy 6 638 638 347.50 347.50 Unweaned 146 656-695 669 350.00-396.00 384.56 3 685 685 367.50 367.50 Unweaned 20 704 704 368.00 368.00 Fancy 10 716-726 723 330.00-357.00 338.02 73 716-738 737 330.00-334.75 334.56 Fleshy 46 755-756 756 364.00-396.00 380.71 Fancy 19 773 773 349.00 349.00 215 814-845 825 332.25-339.00 335.17 30 921 921 306.00 306.00 Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 10 292-299 296 550.00-570.00 560.12 11 332 332 500.00 500.00 Unweaned 23 363-392 385 495.00-575.00 561.60 35 401-448 424 482.50-545.00 499.51 51 471-499 489 457.50-495.00 469.99 30 530-544 542 427.50-440.00 435.28 67 576-596 584 365.00-407.50 402.69 9 633-648 641 350.00-360.00 355.61 7 675-681 678 285.00-339.00 315.74 3 771 771 317.50 317.50 Bulls Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 525 525 447.50 447.50 7 662 662 377.50 377.50 3 783 783 342.50 342.50