Sale reports / Iowa / Sigourney Livestock Auction / 2020-09-28

Sigourney Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Sigourney, Iowa · Mon, Sep 28
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2152
Receipts
769 head
▼ 576 vs last sale 1,345▲ 769 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test so no trend. Trade active with moderate demand on limited offerings.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $157.45/cwt on 437 head.
Average price
$157.45
437 head · 682 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,075
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$360
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$22.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.58
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1690157.841,089413
Medium and Large 1-2564154.8787419thin
Large 1540135.007295thin
One grade step is worth $22.84/cwt here — about $360 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 sale437 hd
157.45
—
IA average11 barns · 5,915 hd
143.88
+13.58
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

34 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1280201.00/cwt201.00–201.005632
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2320180.00/cwt180.00–180.005761
Steers—Medium and Large 1326199.61/cwt193.00–204.006518
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned356201.00/cwt201.00–201.007167
Steers—Medium and Large 1379195.00/cwt195.00–195.007396
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2385176.00/cwt176.00–176.006781
Steers—Medium and Large 1431177.36/cwt175.00–185.0076420
Steers—Medium and Large 1476181.19/cwt175.00–187.0086236
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned491185.00/cwt185.00–185.009089
Steers—Medium and Large 1537178.90/cwt173.00–185.0096151
Steers—Large 1540135.00/cwt135.00–135.007295
Steers—Medium and Large 1570170.00/cwt170.00–170.009693
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned586169.00/cwt169.00–169.009908
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2589152.15/cwt150.00–154.0089617
Steers—Medium and Large 1615152.82/cwt146.00–154.5094029
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned646139.00/cwt139.00–139.0089810
Steers—Medium and Large 1728148.44/cwt139.00–151.001,08124
Steers—Medium and Large 1770147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,13223
Steers—Medium and Large 1821144.82/cwt136.00–147.501,18934
Steers—Medium and Large 1873142.75/cwt140.10–145.601,246122
Steers—Medium and Large 1906132.75/cwt132.75–132.751,20321
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned323169.96/cwt169.00–171.005492
Heifers—Medium and Large 1421157.55/cwt156.50–158.5066333
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned452155.00/cwt155.00–155.007017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480151.33/cwt150.00–159.0072629
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526150.08/cwt138.00–153.0078947
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned538146.00/cwt146.00–146.007858
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572138.79/cwt137.50–141.0079410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned588134.00/cwt134.00–134.0078810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1630136.43/cwt135.25–138.0086026
Heifers—Medium and Large 1674130.55/cwt130.00–134.0088029
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy676123.50/cwt123.50–123.508358
Heifers—Medium and Large 1786133.67/cwt127.00–134.251,05171
Heifers—Medium and Large 1928112.25/cwt112.25–112.251,0425

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.