Sale reports / Iowa / Sigourney Livestock Auction / 2023-01-09

Sigourney Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Sigourney, Iowa · Mon, Jan 9
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2152
Receipts
2,428 head
▲ 438 vs last sale 1,990▼ 130 vs year ago 2,558 · −5.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as this was a Special Precondition Sale. 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 $182.13/cwt on 1,250 head.
Average price
$182.13
1,250 head · 672 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,224
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$200
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1
$7.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.86
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1685182.981,2541,099
Medium and Large 1-2532177.3694450
Medium 1601175.191,053101
One grade step is worth $7.79/cwt here — about $200 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 sale1,250 hd
182.13
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IA average15 barns · 18,735 hd
189.99
−7.86
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

41 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 1290218.00/cwt218.00–218.006322
Steers—Medium and Large 1334215.56/cwt213.00–219.007207
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2363197.75/cwt190.00–201.007185
Steers—Medium and Large 1385210.40/cwt205.00–220.0081011
Steers—Medium and Large 1428220.35/cwt219.00–221.509439
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2438200.84/cwt200.00–201.008806
Steers—Medium and Large 1474203.92/cwt201.50–211.0096738
Steers—Medium 1477186.74/cwt185.00–191.0089117
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2484168.80/cwt160.00–174.0081714
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy517215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1127
Steers—Medium and Large 1523198.60/cwt190.00–204.001,03912
Steers—Medium and Large 1574195.32/cwt184.00–202.001,121114
Steers—Medium 1574178.23/cwt177.00–181.001,02324
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2616172.44/cwt165.00–176.001,06225
Steers—Medium 1619172.76/cwt170.00–177.501,06932
Steers—Medium and Large 1628192.98/cwt183.75–203.251,212187
Steers—Medium and Large 1670180.22/cwt170.75–188.001,207155
Steers—Medium 1680168.35/cwt161.00–170.751,14528
Steers—Medium and Large 1729174.04/cwt167.75–179.251,269308
Steers—Medium and Large 1768172.93/cwt167.00–178.251,328113
Steers—Medium and Large 1841176.68/cwt170.00–179.751,48678
Steers—Medium and Large 1868172.50/cwt170.00–175.001,49758
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1291177.50/cwt177.50–177.505174
Heifers—Medium and Large 1336171.20/cwt160.00–175.005756
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy340195.00/cwt195.00–195.006632
Heifers—Medium and Large 1387176.81/cwt170.00–180.0068418
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422170.94/cwt161.00–179.5072162
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2467161.36/cwt160.00–170.0075418
Heifers—Medium and Large 1487178.46/cwt175.00–189.0086941
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy496197.00/cwt197.00–197.0097713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy505185.27/cwt181.00–187.0093631
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532169.47/cwt162.00–176.0090265
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563175.38/cwt172.00–181.00987127
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2583161.88/cwt158.00–170.0094417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626167.81/cwt160.00–177.501,050285
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy655172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,12724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1670159.48/cwt153.00–168.001,069199
Heifers—Medium and Large 1726160.22/cwt151.00–168.501,16395
Heifers—Medium 1774140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,08410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1777158.01/cwt153.00–160.001,22849
Heifers—Medium and Large 1816140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,14224

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.