Sale reports / Iowa / Sigourney Livestock Auction / 2021-01-18

Sigourney Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Sigourney, Iowa · Mon, Jan 18
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2152
Receipts
1,297 head
▼ 1,124 vs last sale 2,421▲ 567 vs year ago 730 · +77.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Last Monday was a precondition sale so no trend but compared to two weeks ago steer calves 400-700 lbs. 5.00 10.00 lower, 700-850 lbs. 3.00-5.00 lower. Heifer calves 300-400 lbs. 15.00 higher, 400-600 lbs. 2.00-5.00 lower, 600-750 lbs. 4.00 lower. Trade was active with moderate demand for the moderate offerings.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $138.25/cwt on 688 head.
Average price
$138.25
688 head · 686 lb average
Value per head Derived
$948
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−0.16
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1686138.25948688
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale688 hd
138.25
—
IA average13 barns · 13,489 hd
138.41
−0.16
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

36 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1322186.12/cwt172.50–191.005995
Steers—Medium and Large 1352200.59/cwt200.00–202.507066
Steers—Medium and Large 1427177.15/cwt175.50–181.0075630
Steers—Medium and Large 1461172.67/cwt170.00–175.0079612
Steers—Medium and Large 1512157.17/cwt150.00–166.0080527
Steers—Medium and Large 1575153.53/cwt146.75–160.0088388
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy586145.00/cwt145.00–145.0085012
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy628130.00/cwt130.00–130.008164
Steers—Medium and Large 1635139.95/cwt131.00–142.0088935
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy656149.00/cwt149.00–149.0097726
Steers—Medium and Large 1675138.00/cwt129.25–145.0093288
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy683124.18/cwt121.00–127.2584817
Steers—Medium and Large 1718130.98/cwt124.25–134.29940131
Steers—Medium and Large 1758123.96/cwt120.00–126.2594044
Steers—Medium and Large 1811126.23/cwt125.00–127.001,02497
Steers—Medium and Large 1887116.11/cwt114.75–123.001,03041
Steers—Medium and Large 1921117.45/cwt113.75–120.501,08225
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1295169.00/cwt169.00–169.004993
Heifers—Medium and Large 1345170.51/cwt169.00–172.005884
Heifers—Medium and Large 1376175.25/cwt172.00–177.006599
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426154.15/cwt149.00–160.0065718
Heifers—Medium and Large 1482147.25/cwt145.00–153.5071032
Heifers—Medium and Large 1514147.48/cwt142.00–153.0075843
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy549135.00/cwt135.00–135.0074115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed566146.00/cwt146.00–146.008267
Heifers—Medium and Large 1581129.36/cwt122.00–139.0075265
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy606132.28/cwt131.00–132.7580215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628125.19/cwt119.00–129.00786116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy639117.00/cwt117.00–117.0074816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy658113.00/cwt113.00–113.007445
Heifers—Medium and Large 1667121.98/cwt117.00–123.2581431
Heifers—Medium and Large 1719118.11/cwt115.00–118.7584951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1765124.50/cwt124.50–124.5095225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2782107.00/cwt107.00–107.0083710
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed79890.00/cwt90.00–90.0071810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1815111.50/cwt111.50–111.509094

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.