Sale reports / Iowa / Sigourney Livestock Auction / 2021-11-08

Sigourney Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Sigourney, Iowa · Mon, Nov 8
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2152
Receipts
936 head
▼ 699 vs last sale 1,635▲ 936 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report. Trade moderate with moderate demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $156.80/cwt on 453 head.
Average price
$156.80
453 head · 611 lb average
Value per head Derived
$958
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$143
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$21.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.35
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1616157.72971424
Large 1378152.005746thin
Medium 1515142.5973517thin
Medium and Large 1-2815136.721,1146thin
One grade step is worth $21.00/cwt here — about −$143 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 sale453 hd
156.80
—
IA average8 barns · 3,909 hd
159.15
−2.35
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned275184.00/cwt184.00–184.005062
Steers—Medium and Large 1286194.88/cwt184.00–200.005573
Steers—Medium and Large 1313202.16/cwt194.00–211.006332
Steers—Large 1328140.00/cwt140.00–140.004593
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned348193.00/cwt193.00–193.006722
Steers—Medium and Large 1371180.21/cwt170.00–188.0066918
Steers—Large 1427164.00/cwt164.00–164.007003
Steers—Medium 1428151.00/cwt151.00–151.006464
Steers—Medium and Large 1435170.56/cwt169.00–174.0074246
Steers—Medium and Large 1463173.09/cwt169.00–177.008016
Steers—Medium and Large 1522163.97/cwt160.00–170.0085659
Steers—Medium 1542140.00/cwt140.00–140.0075913
Steers—Medium and Large 1581156.59/cwt150.00–158.009109
Steers—Medium and Large 1637158.67/cwt153.50–167.501,011113
Steers—Medium and Large 1670152.08/cwt144.00–154.001,01934
Steers—Medium and Large 1727143.73/cwt138.00–154.001,04593
Steers—Medium and Large 1755147.48/cwt145.00–148.001,11323
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2815136.72/cwt134.00–139.501,1146
Steers—Medium and Large 1866150.50/cwt150.50–150.501,30310
Steers—Medium and Large 11,094138.50/cwt138.50–138.501,5154
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned267160.48/cwt160.00–161.004288
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2310134.92/cwt130.00–140.004182
Heifers—Medium and Large 1332158.75/cwt150.00–168.005275
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned372166.00/cwt166.00–166.006184
Heifers—Medium and Large 1374157.80/cwt151.00–166.0059017
Heifers—Large 1441144.00/cwt144.00–144.006355
Heifers—Medium and Large 1443156.44/cwt150.00–160.0069317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476144.81/cwt140.00–151.0068930
Heifers—Medium and Large 1534146.77/cwt142.00–149.5078453
Heifers—Medium 1566136.50/cwt136.50–136.507739
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574146.30/cwt141.00–151.0084050
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627151.67/cwt145.00–156.0095170
Heifers—Medium and Large 1669142.62/cwt138.00–145.5095455
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy675155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,04620
Heifers—Medium and Large 1743146.50/cwt146.50–146.501,0883
Heifers—Medium and Large 1762137.87/cwt136.50–141.501,05114

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.