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Sigourney Livestock Auction

Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-13

Feeder Cattle · Sigourney, Iowa · Mon, Jan 13

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2152

← Jan 6Jan 13Jan 20 →

Receipts

1,389 head

▲ 55 vs last sale 1,334▲ 1,389 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago steer calves 350-550 lbs. steady, 550-750 lbs. 6.00-15.00 higher . Heifer calves 350-450 lbs. steady, 450-750 lbs. 4.00-10.00 higher. Nice offering of good quality cattle with active trade and good 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 $157.70/cwt on 725 head.

Average price

$157.70

725 head · 640 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,009

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$58

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

$16.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.86

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	638	158.50	1,012	689
Medium and Large 1-2	670	142.40	954	36

One grade step is worth $16.10/cwt here — about $58 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 sale725 hd

157.70

—

IA average13 barns · 13,570 hd

154.84

+2.86

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

Every lot

27 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	370	176.59/cwt	172.00–182.00	653	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	418	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	690	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	173.28/cwt	169.00–177.00	735	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	441	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	803	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	472	170.79/cwt	165.00–178.00	806	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	172.79/cwt	164.00–176.00	914	53
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	169.77/cwt	157.50–177.00	961	139
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	597	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	896	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	632	155.45/cwt	151.00–163.00	982	71
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	644	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	956	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	157.71/cwt	150.00–161.00	1,065	165
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	684	139.89/cwt	131.00–145.00	957	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	722	148.47/cwt	140.50–154.25	1,072	69
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	771	140.72/cwt	136.00–144.75	1,085	81
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	865	134.03/cwt	133.25–135.00	1,159	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	898	125.75/cwt	125.75–125.75	1,129	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	908	132.65/cwt	129.50–136.25	1,204	15
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	331	157.22/cwt	149.00–165.00	520	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	377	158.21/cwt	152.00–169.00	596	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	434	145.08/cwt	140.00–147.25	630	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	486	144.56/cwt	136.00–149.00	703	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	144.77/cwt	135.00–149.00	753	75
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	582	144.84/cwt	132.00–148.25	843	85
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	616	138.79/cwt	129.00–146.75	855	108
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	670	135.64/cwt	127.00–141.75	909	70
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	709	135.04/cwt	132.25–139.00	957	80
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	912	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,167	4

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 Jan 13, 2020

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

Receipts 1,389Last week 1,334Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	441	182.00	182.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	644	148.50	148.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	529	164.00–176.00	172.79
139	—	566	157.50–177.00	169.77
165	—	675	150.00–161.00	157.71
15	—	908	129.50–136.25	132.65
34	—	472	165.00–178.00	170.79
81	—	771	136.00–144.75	140.72
13	—	370	172.00–182.00	176.59
14	—	424	169.00–177.00	173.28
14	—	865	133.25–135.00	134.03
69	—	722	140.50–154.25	148.47
71	—	632	151.00–163.00	155.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	684	131.00–145.00	139.89
4	—	418	165.00	165.00
5	—	898	125.75	125.75
6	—	597	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	912	128.00	128.00
12	—	331	149.00–165.00	157.22
14	—	377	152.00–169.00	158.21
22	—	434	140.00–147.25	145.08
40	—	486	136.00–149.00	144.56
70	—	670	127.00–141.75	135.64
75	—	520	135.00–149.00	144.77
80	—	709	132.25–139.00	135.04
85	—	582	132.00–148.25	144.84
108	—	616	129.00–146.75	138.79

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.