Sale reports / Iowa / Sigourney Livestock Auction / 2022-01-03

Sigourney Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Sigourney, Iowa · Mon, Jan 3
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2152
Receipts
1,350 head
▲ 603 vs last sale 747▼ 50 vs year ago 1,400 · −3.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report. Trade active with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $168.77/cwt on 681 head.
Average price
$168.77
681 head · 687 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,160
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$103
per head · Medium 1 over Small and Medium 1
$20.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.95
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1557174.0096912thin
Medium and Large 1689170.401,174600
Small and Medium 1698153.681,07269
One grade step is worth $20.32/cwt here — about −$103 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 sale681 hd
168.77
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IA average7 barns · 5,941 hd
171.72
−2.95
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

40 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1273202.62/cwt202.50–203.005534
Steers—Medium and Large 1394204.68/cwt201.00–206.0080611
Steers—Medium and Large 1473204.12/cwt189.00–211.5096520
Steers—Medium and Large 1518181.71/cwt177.00–189.0094110
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed521195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,0166
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned521164.00/cwt164.00–164.008547
Steers—Medium 1557174.00/cwt174.00–174.0096912
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned563168.44/cwt160.50–178.5094821
Steers—Medium and Large 1571189.68/cwt182.00–192.001,08353
Steers—Small and Medium 1574153.92/cwt153.00–155.0088411
Steers—Small and Medium 1605160.00/cwt160.00–160.009684
Steers—Medium and Large 1620178.22/cwt173.00–183.501,10569
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned634150.08/cwt146.00–153.5095220
Steers—Medium and Large 1672174.80/cwt162.50–179.501,175103
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned715141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,0085
Steers—Medium and Large 1720170.66/cwt164.75–176.751,22993
Steers—Small and Medium 1730153.16/cwt145.00–155.501,11854
Steers—Medium and Large 1782154.51/cwt144.00–158.001,20861
Steers—Medium and Large 1816153.26/cwt149.75–157.501,25124
Steers—Medium and Large 1861157.32/cwt154.00–158.001,35579
Steers—Medium and Large 1988140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,38314
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned300142.00/cwt142.00–142.004263
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330154.80/cwt153.00–156.005115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1390147.97/cwt141.00–152.005778
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424149.93/cwt145.00–152.0063611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472149.96/cwt146.00–157.0070824
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned475144.26/cwt142.00–147.006859
Heifers—Medium and Large 1506157.40/cwt153.00–160.0079624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned522140.00/cwt140.00–140.007312
Heifers—Small and Medium 1538146.99/cwt143.00–148.5079111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567156.44/cwt149.00–160.0088760
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned602133.32/cwt130.00–135.0080333
Heifers—Medium and Large 1631147.99/cwt130.00–154.00934149
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement646161.50/cwt161.50–161.501,04322
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned666130.00/cwt130.00–130.008666
Heifers—Medium and Large 1672143.68/cwt137.50–148.7596681
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy721155.25/cwt155.25–155.251,1197
Heifers—Medium and Large 1721137.90/cwt135.50–144.2599419
Heifers—Medium and Large 1782143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,1229
Heifers—Medium and Large 1830148.54/cwt148.50–149.001,23365

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.