Sale reports / Iowa / Sigourney Livestock Auction / 2022-01-10

Sigourney Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Sigourney, Iowa · Mon, Jan 10
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2152
Receipts
2,558 head
▲ 1,208 vs last sale 1,350▲ 137 vs year ago 2,421 · +5.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday steer calves 250-550 lbs. 5.00-10.00 higher, 550-750 lbs. 3.00-8.00 lower, 750-900 lbs. firm. Heifer calves 300-550 lbs. 15.00-20.00 higher, 550-750 lbs. 5.00 higher. Trade active with good demand for the rather large offerings.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $171.75/cwt on 1,355 head.
Average price
$171.75
1,355 head · 652 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,120
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$269
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 1
$35.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.38
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2420187.5578812thin
Medium and Large 1651172.891,1261,262
Medium 1696151.731,05781
One grade step is worth $35.82/cwt here — about −$269 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 sale1,355 hd
171.75
—
IA average13 barns · 17,323 hd
170.38
+1.38
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

43 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 1268205.02/cwt198.00–212.005493
Steers—Medium and Large 1320199.10/cwt190.00–208.0063711
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2332186.90/cwt184.00–192.506213
Steers—Medium and Large 1367217.93/cwt214.00–227.0080012
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2390196.00/cwt196.00–196.007643
Steers—Medium and Large 1429209.81/cwt198.50–217.0090072
Steers—Medium and Large 1477208.41/cwt199.00–213.0099440
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2479183.66/cwt181.00–189.008806
Steers—Medium and Large 1524198.13/cwt190.50–204.001,03861
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy565195.23/cwt192.50–198.001,10343
Steers—Medium and Large 1576181.35/cwt170.00–193.001,045144
Steers—Medium 1620154.88/cwt150.00–164.0096022
Steers—Medium and Large 1625174.35/cwt165.50–182.001,090168
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned642148.50/cwt148.50–148.509536
Steers—Medium and Large 1678168.61/cwt157.20–173.751,143213
Steers—Medium 1683157.43/cwt153.00–158.751,07535
Steers—Medium and Large 1723159.67/cwt150.00–170.001,154226
Steers—Medium 1767141.48/cwt136.50–145.501,08519
Steers—Medium and Large 1768154.58/cwt147.00–159.001,187182
Steers—Medium and Large 1808152.31/cwt148.00–156.251,23135
Steers—Medium and Large 1856153.97/cwt153.25–154.251,31846
Steers—Medium 1857137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,1745
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1249162.50/cwt162.50–162.504057
Heifers—Medium and Large 1336169.67/cwt160.00–189.0057024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1386170.39/cwt170.00–174.0065828
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425168.54/cwt161.00–178.0071642
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy431181.00/cwt181.00–181.007809
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned469156.00/cwt156.00–156.007326
Heifers—Medium and Large 1477166.77/cwt160.00–177.00795116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2481152.98/cwt151.00–154.007366
Heifers—Medium and Large 1516171.50/cwt166.75–176.0088564
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2517144.55/cwt136.00–149.0074719
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565161.72/cwt152.25–168.00914188
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2578141.63/cwt135.00–147.0081920
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy604162.75/cwt162.75–162.7598312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627151.13/cwt141.00–158.25948216
Heifers—Medium 1632137.75/cwt133.50–142.0087120
Heifers—Medium 1665132.59/cwt131.00–134.508829
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement675158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,06725
Heifers—Medium and Large 1676146.42/cwt137.25–153.25990119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1730144.45/cwt134.75–151.751,054105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1798131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,0453
Heifers—Medium and Large 1882132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,1695

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.