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Sigourney Livestock Auction

Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-19

Feeder Cattle · Sigourney, Iowa · Mon, Feb 19

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2152

← Jan 22Feb 19Mar 18 →

Receipts

1,241 head

▼ 214 vs last sale 1,455▲ 806 vs year ago 435 · +185.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report. Trade and demand moderate for the moderate offerings. Quality was uniform with very few less desirable kinds.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $261.59/cwt on 638 head.

Average price

$261.59

638 head · 676 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,768

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$56

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$48.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.43

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	672	263.78	1,773	587
Medium and Large 1-2	597	255.16	1,523	27
Large 1	850	215.17	1,829	24

One grade step is worth $48.61/cwt here — about −$56 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 sale638 hd

261.59

—

IA average9 barns · 9,209 hd

267.02

−5.43

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

36 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	248	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	756	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	280	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	865	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	333	299.72/cwt	285.00–314.00	998	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	387	316.08/cwt	315.00–317.50	1,223	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	410	318.78/cwt	310.00–336.00	1,307	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	468	314.38/cwt	304.00–324.00	1,471	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	272.56/cwt	271.00–274.00	1,281	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	290.69/cwt	280.00–307.50	1,529	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	288.97/cwt	280.00–294.00	1,647	64
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	574	267.51/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,536	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	615	280.19/cwt	270.00–291.00	1,723	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	639	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,661	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	676	263.58/cwt	250.00–276.25	1,782	88
Steers	—	Large 1	681	236.41/cwt	225.50–243.00	1,610	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	721	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,565	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	247.19/cwt	231.50–258.50	1,792	114
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	792	232.51/cwt	226.00–242.50	1,841	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	811	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,882	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	856	229.55/cwt	216.00–232.50	1,965	105
Steers	—	Large 1	894	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,860	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	963	208.59/cwt	204.50–211.00	2,009	8
Steers	—	Large 1	1,029	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,996	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	290	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	876	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	325	296.90/cwt	287.00–300.00	965	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	383	285.39/cwt	275.00–294.00	1,093	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	443	284.02/cwt	270.00–288.50	1,258	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	489	273.15/cwt	261.00–279.50	1,336	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	263.54/cwt	249.00–271.50	1,384	68
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	582	253.12/cwt	245.00–259.00	1,473	70
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	612	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,426	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	618	248.08/cwt	234.00–254.00	1,533	59
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	666	232.32/cwt	221.50–237.50	1,547	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	713	226.41/cwt	224.50–230.50	1,614	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	770	226.75/cwt	222.00–228.50	1,746	66
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	822	215.48/cwt	206.00–222.00	1,771	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	857	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,774	15

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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Keoco Feeder Cattle Auction - Sigourney, IA

Mon Feb 19, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Receipts 1,241Last week 1,455Year ago 435

No trend as no recent report. Trade and demand moderate for the moderate offerings. Quality was uniform with very few less desirable kinds.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	302.00	302.00
4	—	325	287.00–300.00	296.90
12	—	822	206.00–222.00	215.48
70	—	582	245.00–259.00	253.12
32	—	489	261.00–279.50	273.15
34	—	443	270.00–288.50	284.02
68	—	525	249.00–271.50	263.54
50	—	666	221.50–237.50	232.32
15	—	857	207.00	207.00
25	—	383	275.00–294.00	285.39
31	—	713	224.50–230.50	226.41
59	—	618	234.00–254.00	248.08
66	—	770	222.00–228.50	226.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	612	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	280	309.00	309.00
57	—	615	270.00–291.00	280.19
5	—	333	285.00–314.00	299.72
6	—	811	232.00	232.00
105	—	856	216.00–232.50	229.55
8	—	963	204.50–211.00	208.59
9	—	387	315.00–317.50	316.08
9	—	410	310.00–336.00	318.78
32	—	792	226.00–242.50	232.51
39	—	526	280.00–307.50	290.69
45	—	468	304.00–324.00	314.38
64	—	570	280.00–294.00	288.97
88	—	676	250.00–276.25	263.58
2	—	248	305.00	305.00
114	—	725	231.50–258.50	247.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	470	271.00–274.00	272.56
7	—	721	217.00	217.00
16	—	574	265.00–270.00	267.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	639	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	894	208.00	208.00
8	—	1,029	194.00	194.00
10	—	681	225.50–243.00	236.41

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.