Sale reports / Iowa / Sigourney Livestock Auction / 2023-01-02

Sigourney Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Sigourney, Iowa · Mon, Jan 2
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2152
Receipts
1,990 head
▲ 1,224 vs last sale 766▲ 640 vs year ago 1,350 · +47.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report. Trading 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 $185.80/cwt on 1,034 head.
Average price
$185.80
1,034 head · 619 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,150
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$138
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$13.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.88
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1621186.111,1551,009
Medium and Large 1-2517174.0090013thin
Large 1590172.501,01812thin
One grade step is worth $13.61/cwt here — about $138 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 sale1,034 hd
185.80
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IA average4 barns · 6,427 hd
191.68
−5.88
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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1279189.22/cwt187.00–190.005284
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned332209.00/cwt209.00–209.006943
Steers—Medium and Large 1334199.38/cwt195.50–204.0066610
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned360193.39/cwt191.17–198.006963
Steers—Medium and Large 1393220.34/cwt203.00–230.008668
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy407229.50/cwt229.50–229.509345
Steers—Medium and Large 1424219.62/cwt209.00–226.5093143
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned441196.00/cwt192.50–199.5086412
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned451192.50/cwt192.50–192.508684
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy465218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,0142
Steers—Medium and Large 1487206.26/cwt199.00–216.001,00476
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2488171.99/cwt170.00–176.008396
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2502190.00/cwt190.00–190.009543
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy515211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,08720
Steers—Medium and Large 1525199.31/cwt190.00–205.001,04666
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned538174.23/cwt165.50–186.0093723
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned552199.50/cwt199.50–199.501,1016
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy554204.53/cwt202.00–209.001,13361
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned572165.01/cwt164.00–166.009444
Steers—Medium and Large 1580183.96/cwt172.00–193.001,06764
Steers—Large 1590172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,01812
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy624201.98/cwt199.50–203.251,26040
Steers—Medium and Large 1632178.16/cwt162.00–189.501,126166
Steers—Medium and Large 1669174.38/cwt160.00–182.001,167111
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned677141.50/cwt141.50–141.5095813
Steers—Medium and Large 1725177.82/cwt173.50–180.001,289102
Steers—Medium and Large 1776172.29/cwt166.50–178.251,33791
Steers—Medium and Large 1811167.19/cwt163.00–171.501,35661
Steers—Medium and Large 1858169.98/cwt168.00–171.751,45815
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1274170.87/cwt150.00–182.0046816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1339176.34/cwt164.00–183.0059812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1367165.60/cwt160.00–171.0060810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned387164.27/cwt150.00–169.0063614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2419157.98/cwt151.00–165.006624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1421175.04/cwt167.00–182.5073733
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475184.92/cwt175.00–195.0087874
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy475166.52/cwt162.00–170.0079119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2479166.23/cwt160.00–170.007967
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned488154.36/cwt154.00–154.507537
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy525192.02/cwt185.00–195.001,00856
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525158.02/cwt153.00–164.0083043
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530182.24/cwt170.50–188.0096649
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned538153.10/cwt150.50–166.008246
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned567143.80/cwt142.00–144.2581521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573167.70/cwt156.50–171.00961145
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620164.85/cwt156.50–173.001,022172
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2624143.98/cwt143.00–145.008984
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy635156.92/cwt155.00–159.0099627
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678152.67/cwt146.00–164.001,03517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1718141.87/cwt133.00–145.251,01977
Heifers—Medium and Large 1778139.73/cwt133.00–144.501,08715

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.