Sale reports / Iowa / Sigourney Livestock Auction / 2023-02-06

Sigourney Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Sigourney, Iowa · Mon, Feb 6
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2152
Receipts
1,236 head
▲ 187 vs last sale 1,049▼ 157 vs year ago 1,393 · −11.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $197.22/cwt on 524 head.
Average price
$197.22
524 head · 639 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,260
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$651
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2
$65.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.71
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1645199.481,287487
Medium and Large 1-2594181.581,07826
Medium 2474134.0063511thin
One grade step is worth $65.48/cwt here — about $651 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 sale524 hd
197.22
—
IA average9 barns · 8,825 hd
196.51
+0.71
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

49 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1195208.50/cwt208.50–208.5040712
Steers—Medium and Large 1309218.00/cwt218.00–218.006744
Steers—Medium and Large 1374221.36/cwt211.00–231.008289
Steers—Medium and Large 1412218.28/cwt212.50–221.008998
Steers—Medium 2474134.00/cwt134.00–134.0063511
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475200.00/cwt200.00–200.009504
Steers—Medium and Large 1480223.70/cwt214.00–235.001,07470
Steers—Medium and Large 1514217.05/cwt206.00–229.001,11614
Steers—Medium and Large 1561219.99/cwt210.00–223.501,23447
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2584180.21/cwt173.00–186.001,05215
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy610225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3739
Steers—Medium and Large 1620206.58/cwt195.50–211.001,28160
Steers—Medium and Large 1662197.45/cwt191.00–199.001,30730
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2682174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,1877
Steers—Medium and Large 1724181.39/cwt174.25–188.501,313108
Steers—Medium and Large 1779181.04/cwt180.00–182.001,41031
Steers—Medium and Large 1821181.14/cwt179.00–184.001,48740
Steers—Medium and Large 1850185.64/cwt185.00–187.501,57835
Steers—Medium and Large 1922171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,57710
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1285185.80/cwt185.00–187.505303
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325180.08/cwt176.00–185.005853
Heifers—Medium and Large 1379181.41/cwt160.00–191.0068811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425175.73/cwt172.00–183.0074717
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474173.21/cwt163.50–180.0082156
Heifers—Medium and Large 1521172.45/cwt166.00–175.0089842
Heifers—Medium 1526161.72/cwt160.00–164.0085116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580180.92/cwt174.00–183.501,04940
Heifers—Medium 1582166.41/cwt160.00–168.5096918
Heifers—Medium 1600160.00/cwt160.00–160.0096011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy611183.50/cwt183.50–183.501,1218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1616177.87/cwt176.00–179.001,09652
Heifers—Medium and Large 1668159.85/cwt157.00–167.001,06824
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2675149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,0095
Heifers—Medium and Large 1711166.03/cwt160.00–168.751,18046
Heifers—Medium 1Fleshy718152.25/cwt152.25–152.251,09312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy738184.50/cwt184.50–184.501,36213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2763155.75/cwt155.75–155.751,18811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1766172.30/cwt171.50–174.001,32029
Heifers—Medium and Large 1820150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,23011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy828172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,42420
Heifers—Medium and Large 1883162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,43517
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1307188.00/cwt188.00–188.005773
Bulls—Medium and Large 1363198.99/cwt191.00–210.007225
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned375200.00/cwt200.00–200.007502
Bulls—Medium and Large 1462196.00/cwt196.00–196.009063
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned488189.00/cwt189.00–189.009223
Bulls—Medium and Large 1607170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0327
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned611155.00/cwt155.00–155.009475
Bulls—Medium and Large 1690149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,0283

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.