Sale reports / Iowa / Sigourney Livestock Auction / 2021-02-22

Sigourney Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Sigourney, Iowa · Mon, Feb 22
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2152
Receipts
979 head
▲ 524 vs last sale 455▲ 979 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report two weeks ago (2/8) feeder steers 5.00-8.00 higher, feeder heifers 300-500 lbs. to few two weeks ago for a trend, 500-800 lbs. mostly steady. Trade active with moderate demand for 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 $139.20/cwt on 593 head.
Average price
$139.20
593 head · 750 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,044
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$109
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 1
$14.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.12
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2577140.6481137
Medium and Large 1762139.351,062546
Medium 1732125.7092010thin
One grade step is worth $14.94/cwt here — about −$109 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 sale593 hd
139.20
—
IA average11 barns · 9,020 hd
146.31
−7.12
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

37 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1337175.00/cwt170.00–179.005906
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2340165.00/cwt165.00–165.005612
Steers—Medium and Large 1388187.21/cwt186.50–191.007266
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2421168.26/cwt165.00–170.007083
Steers—Medium and Large 1428177.30/cwt175.00–182.007598
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2453146.00/cwt146.00–146.006616
Steers—Medium and Large 1464168.08/cwt161.00–176.0078014
Steers—Medium and Large 1517168.34/cwt166.50–172.2587014
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2536149.44/cwt145.00–150.008019
Steers—Medium and Large 1576161.92/cwt158.00–165.7593324
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2588142.15/cwt140.00–148.508364
Steers—Medium and Large 1628150.97/cwt141.50–155.0094835
Steers—Medium and Large 1672144.87/cwt142.00–148.0097451
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2674124.90/cwt120.00–130.008428
Steers—Medium 1732125.70/cwt124.50–127.5092010
Steers—Medium and Large 1736137.33/cwt135.00–140.001,01152
Steers—Medium and Large 1762135.84/cwt130.00–137.001,03580
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2821116.00/cwt116.00–116.009525
Steers—Medium and Large 1835129.58/cwt122.00–133.001,08255
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy838136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,14070
Steers—Medium and Large 1890125.56/cwt124.00–126.251,11726
Steers—Medium and Large 1930126.71/cwt125.25–127.751,178105
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1322151.52/cwt151.00–152.004888
Heifers—Medium and Large 1371153.64/cwt149.00–155.0057010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2389141.47/cwt140.00–146.005504
Heifers—Medium and Large 1416147.45/cwt141.00–151.0061315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1466143.55/cwt140.00–145.0066912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2483131.59/cwt129.00–136.006365
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523136.44/cwt133.00–140.0071413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2555124.99/cwt124.00–126.006944
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570136.10/cwt131.00–141.0077630
Heifers—Medium and Large 1633128.44/cwt120.00–133.0081337
Heifers—Medium and Large 1674127.01/cwt122.00–129.0085655
Heifers—Medium and Large 1740124.31/cwt120.00–126.0092021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1767123.21/cwt117.50–127.0094564
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2794110.00/cwt110.00–110.008735
Heifers—Medium and Large 1858123.50/cwt123.50–123.501,06020

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.