Sale reports / Iowa / Sigourney Livestock Auction / 2021-08-30

Sigourney Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Sigourney, Iowa · Mon, Aug 30
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2152
Receipts
1,635 head
▲ 1,162 vs last sale 473▲ 290 vs year ago 1,345 · +21.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Trend, no recent report. Customer Appreciation Sale. Trade active with good demand for the moderate offering.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $173.37/cwt on 811 head.
Average price
$173.37
811 head · 653 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,133
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$150
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$42.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+15.35
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1646176.501,139706
Medium and Large 1-2663155.421,03190
Large 1964133.801,29015thin
One grade step is worth $42.70/cwt here — about −$150 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 sale811 hd
173.37
—
IA average6 barns · 3,588 hd
158.02
+15.35
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

51 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1329207.84/cwt200.00–216.006846
Steers—Medium and Large 1390210.62/cwt205.00–219.0082117
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2431175.00/cwt175.00–175.007546
Steers—Medium and Large 1442206.17/cwt202.00–212.0091130
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned463207.00/cwt207.00–207.009585
Steers—Medium and Large 1465198.22/cwt198.00–199.0092214
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2485174.00/cwt174.00–174.008443
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned524170.00/cwt170.00–170.008917
Steers—Medium and Large 1526190.69/cwt184.00–196.251,003181
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2527174.28/cwt164.00–180.0091823
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned540187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,01313
Steers—Medium and Large 1580176.91/cwt171.00–189.001,02625
Steers—Medium and Large 1615166.41/cwt164.00–171.001,02337
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2619154.26/cwt150.00–158.0095515
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2667151.45/cwt150.00–156.001,0109
Steers—Medium and Large 1680161.64/cwt154.00–166.251,09967
Steers—Medium and Large 1728169.01/cwt160.00–171.351,230115
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy765170.35/cwt170.35–170.351,30370
Steers—Large 1766150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1495
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2784136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,0665
Steers—Medium and Large 1785159.01/cwt157.50–161.501,24835
Steers—Medium and Large 1805164.57/cwt159.25–165.001,32570
Steers—Medium and Large 1890139.23/cwt136.50–144.001,2396
Steers—Medium and Large 1905142.75/cwt139.50–143.251,29215
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2939130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,22122
Steers—Large 11,049129.50/cwt129.50–129.501,3586
Steers—Large 11,084120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,3014
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1340170.00/cwt170.00–170.005784
Heifers—Medium and Large 1374171.58/cwt170.00–175.0064212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1413161.62/cwt160.00–163.5066711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed415180.00/cwt180.00–180.007477
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472169.47/cwt161.00–176.0080068
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2489153.79/cwt151.00–156.0075218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513167.21/cwt161.00–169.0085832
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned518162.00/cwt162.00–162.008396
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2538154.42/cwt150.00–155.5083126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1583155.14/cwt149.00–157.0090449
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2585134.49/cwt134.00–135.007874
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2621143.49/cwt137.00–150.008919
Heifers—Medium and Large 1640159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,01827
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2662131.73/cwt126.00–140.008725
Heifers—Medium and Large 1668148.34/cwt144.00–155.2599145
Heifers—Medium and Large 1716143.66/cwt139.00–150.501,02943
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2726134.01/cwt131.50–138.5097322
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2765137.63/cwt129.50–140.001,05341
Heifers—Medium and Large 1772143.42/cwt142.50–144.501,10712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1819135.45/cwt133.00–141.501,10924
Heifers—Medium and Large 1871144.94/cwt143.60–146.251,262127
Heifers—Medium and Large 1932130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,21229
Heifers—Medium and Large 1962136.59/cwt136.10–137.101,314113
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,021130.11/cwt126.50–131.001,32819

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.