Sale reports / Iowa / Sigourney Livestock Auction / 2019-08-26

Sigourney Livestock Auction

Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-26

Feeder Cattle · Sigourney, Iowa · Mon, Aug 26

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2152

← earliestAug 26Oct 7 →

Receipts

936 head

▲ 936 vs last sale 0▲ 936 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as this sale had not been reported for some time. Trade was active with moderate demand.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $148.29/cwt on 495 head.

Average price

$148.29

495 head · 701 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,039

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$183

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$23.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.17

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	701	148.84	1,043	480
Medium and Large 1-2	717	137.14	984	7thin
Medium 1	688	125.00	860	8thin

One grade step is worth $23.84/cwt here — about $183 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale495 hd

148.29

—

IA average4 barns · 812 hd

132.12

+16.17

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

Every lot

31 lots · USDA AMS · Keoco Feeder Cattle Auction - Sigourney, 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	389	173.83/cwt	164.50–181.50	676	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	725	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	156.40/cwt	150.00–161.00	816	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	587	144.24/cwt	144.00–145.00	847	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	618	154.05/cwt	151.50–155.50	952	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	156.10/cwt	146.75–157.85	1,043	86
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	675	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	945	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	681	136.62/cwt	135.00–139.50	930	8
Steers	—	Medium 1Fleshy	688	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	860	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	731	147.67/cwt	147.60–147.75	1,079	152
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	749	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,011	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	765	144.85/cwt	144.85–144.85	1,108	70
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	819	136.54/cwt	135.50–137.75	1,118	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	854	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,166	21
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	323	145.17/cwt	140.00–153.00	469	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	374	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	606	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	390	148.88/cwt	141.00–150.50	581	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	490	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	642	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	656	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	561	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	735	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	562	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	674	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	604	130.59/cwt	129.00–131.00	789	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	645	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	897	4
Heifers	—	Medium 1Fleshy	684	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	787	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	687	136.75/cwt	136.75–136.75	939	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	708	127.25/cwt	127.25–127.25	901	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	765	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	983	40
Heifers	—	Medium 1Fleshy	806	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	947	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	819	132.60/cwt	132.60–132.60	1,086	60
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	860	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,109	59
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	914	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	1,083	8

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 →

Keoco Feeder Cattle Auction - Sigourney, IA

Mon Aug 26, 2019

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

Receipts 936Last week 0Year ago 0

No trend as this sale had not been reported for some time. Trade was active with moderate demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	708	127.25	127.25
6	—	561	131.00	131.00
60	—	819	132.60	132.60
5	—	687	136.75	136.75
59	—	860	129.00	129.00
4	—	645	139.00	139.00
40	—	765	128.50	128.50
11	—	374	162.00	162.00
8	—	914	118.50	118.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	490	131.00	131.00
34	—	604	129.00–131.00	130.59
11	—	390	141.00–150.50	148.88
7	—	525	125.00	125.00
6	—	323	140.00–153.00	145.17
3	—	562	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	806	117.50	117.50
8	—	684	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	688	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	522	150.00–161.00	156.40
21	—	854	136.50	136.50
152	—	731	147.60–147.75	147.67
12	—	587	144.00–145.00	144.24
86	—	668	146.75–157.85	156.10
10	—	389	164.50–181.50	173.83
70	—	765	144.85	144.85
4	—	425	170.50	170.50
44	—	819	135.50–137.75	136.54
43	—	618	151.50–155.50	154.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	675	140.00	140.00
4	—	749	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	681	135.00–139.50	136.62

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.