Sale reports / Iowa / Sigourney Livestock Auction / 2021-05-10

Sigourney Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Sigourney, Iowa · Mon, May 10
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2152
Receipts
473 head
▼ 98 vs last sale 571▲ 473 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend. Trade light with moderate demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.64/cwt on 221 head.
Average price
$129.64
221 head · 630 lb average
Value per head Derived
$817
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$102
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$25.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.91
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1628131.26824203
Medium and Large 1-2607122.017406thin
Large 1681106.0072212thin
One grade step is worth $25.26/cwt here — about $102 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 sale221 hd
129.64
—
IA average9 barns · 3,929 hd
130.55
−0.91
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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1318188.00/cwt188.00–188.005983
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2320170.00/cwt170.00–170.005441
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2386165.76/cwt159.00–169.006403
Steers—Medium and Large 1393180.10/cwt178.00–185.5070814
Steers—Medium and Large 1431170.00/cwt170.00–170.007335
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2446161.00/cwt161.00–161.007186
Steers—Medium and Large 1490171.61/cwt170.00–173.5084131
Steers—Medium and Large 1509159.85/cwt152.50–166.0081412
Steers—Medium and Large 1559152.00/cwt152.00–152.008508
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2592136.00/cwt136.00–136.008053
Steers—Medium and Large 1612152.10/cwt142.00–157.0093176
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2629122.32/cwt115.00–130.007699
Steers—Medium and Large 1678130.89/cwt128.00–133.008877
Steers—Medium and Large 1722123.79/cwt122.50–125.508947
Steers—Large 1764118.25/cwt118.25–118.2590310
Steers—Large 1897114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,0235
Steers—Medium and Large 1916115.25/cwt115.25–115.251,05611
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1305154.00/cwt154.00–154.004702
Heifers—Medium and Large 1379151.56/cwt150.00–161.0057416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435143.94/cwt142.00–144.506269
Heifers—Medium and Large 1485138.31/cwt138.00–140.0067125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529132.20/cwt127.75–139.5069915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2535122.02/cwt120.00–126.006533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1591126.09/cwt120.00–131.0074511
Heifers—Large 1644104.00/cwt104.00–104.006706
Heifers—Medium and Large 1646127.00/cwt127.00–127.008207
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2678122.00/cwt122.00–122.008273
Heifers—Medium and Large 1694133.00/cwt133.00–133.0092375
Heifers—Large 1718108.00/cwt108.00–108.007756
Heifers—Medium and Large 1770114.82/cwt113.50–116.5088431
Heifers—Medium and Large 1821113.83/cwt113.50–114.0093512

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.