Sale reports / Iowa / Sigourney Livestock Auction / 2022-11-07

Sigourney Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Sigourney, Iowa · Mon, Nov 7
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2152
Receipts
740 head
▲ 740 vs last sale 0▼ 196 vs year ago 936 · −20.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report to compare to. Trade active with good demand for the moderate offerings.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $183.85/cwt on 332 head.
Average price
$183.85
332 head · 634 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,165
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$195
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$35.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.71
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1628184.591,159325
Large 1906149.501,3547thin
One grade step is worth $35.09/cwt here — about −$195 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 sale332 hd
183.85
—
IA average11 barns · 4,808 hd
180.14
+3.71
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

26 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1310223.94/cwt220.00–228.006942
Steers—Medium and Large 1359211.07/cwt204.00–214.007584
Steers—Medium and Large 1437202.39/cwt197.00–211.0088425
Steers—Medium and Large 1484214.99/cwt209.00–217.001,04112
Steers—Medium and Large 1517200.57/cwt190.00–216.001,03734
Steers—Medium and Large 1573196.20/cwt189.00–202.501,12451
Steers—Medium and Large 1639183.58/cwt177.00–187.501,17345
Steers—Medium and Large 1672172.58/cwt164.00–177.751,16062
Steers—Medium and Large 1715169.38/cwt165.75–174.501,21159
Steers—Medium and Large 1780175.50/cwt175.50–175.501,36912
Steers—Medium and Large 1869167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,45119
Steers—Large 1906149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,3547
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1322210.88/cwt207.50–217.006796
Heifers—Medium and Large 1372184.96/cwt180.00–190.0068817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424180.65/cwt177.00–183.007667
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481180.71/cwt171.50–185.0086961
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529167.67/cwt165.50–178.5088735
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575156.17/cwt148.00–164.0089832
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy611168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,02615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620158.46/cwt150.00–163.7598234
Heifers—Medium and Large 1683160.73/cwt155.50–166.501,09861
Heifers—Medium and Large 1781150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,17213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1805153.24/cwt152.00–154.501,23414
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1379201.00/cwt201.00–201.007624
Bulls—Medium and Large 1460186.00/cwt186.00–186.008563
Bulls—Medium and Large 1638145.00/cwt145.00–145.009253

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.