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Sigourney Livestock Auction

Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-08

Feeder Cattle · Sigourney, Iowa · Mon, Apr 8

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2152

← Mar 18Apr 8May 6 →

Receipts

716 head

▼ 1,247 vs last sale 1,963▲ 281 vs year ago 435 · +64.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report to compare to. Supply was attractive, weaned mostly calves. Trade was moderate with good demand.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $249.87/cwt on 76 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −120.89 against this barn's trailing median of $370.76.

Average price

$249.87

76 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,432

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$51

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$19.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−32.95

vs IA average

−14.09 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	255.17	1,445	55
Medium and Large 1-2	591	236.00	1,395	21

One grade step is worth $19.17/cwt here — about $51 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale76 hd

249.87

—

IA average5 barns · 776 hd

282.82

−32.95

National average181 barns · 13,137 hd

263.96

−14.09

This barn, trailing median5 sales

370.76

−120.89

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

5 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $455.11, low $354.02, median $370.76 across 5 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

31 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	304	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,210	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,459	33
Steers	350–400	Medium 2	374	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,122	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	386	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,448	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	381.39/cwt	362.50–405.00	1,659	46
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	354.72/cwt	350.00–357.50	1,671	34
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	337.00/cwt	333.00–342.50	1,796	34
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	326.41/cwt	321.00–330.00	1,815	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	306.30/cwt	296.00–308.75	1,914	20
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	280.69/cwt	276.00–285.00	1,844	14
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	702	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,544	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,706	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,139	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	408	345.01/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,408	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	469	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,806	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	313.02/cwt	300.00–340.00	1,490	62
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,524	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	252.24/cwt	242.50–264.00	1,438	51
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	591	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,395	21
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	603	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,483	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	232.53/cwt	228.00–245.00	1,586	38
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	686	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,468	14
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	702	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,523	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,714	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,725	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	816	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,860	12
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	212.64/cwt	210.00–215.50	1,850	17
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	550–600	Large 3	575	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,058	8
Beef/Dairy Heifers	700–750	Large 3	748	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,376	10
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	550–600	Large 3	568	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	988	13
Beef/Dairy Steers	700–750	Large 3	744	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,369	13

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 Apr 8, 2024

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

Receipts 716Last week 1,963Year ago 435

No trend as no recent report to compare to. Supply was attractive, weaned mostly calves. Trade was moderate with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	575	184.00	184.00
10	700–750	748	184.00	184.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	568	174.00	174.00
13	700–750	744	184.00	184.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	374	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	350–400	374	390.00	390.00
46	400–450	435	362.50–405.00	381.39
34	450–500	471	350.00–357.50	354.72
34	500–550	533	333.00–342.50	337.00
15	550–600	556	321.00–330.00	326.41
20	600–650	625	296.00–308.75	306.30
14	650–700	657	276.00–285.00	280.69
9	700–750	717	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	386	375.00	375.00
7	700–750	702	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	304	398.00	398.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	345	330.00	330.00
6	400–450	408	340.00–350.00	345.01
62	450–500	476	300.00–340.00	313.02
4	500–550	521	292.50	292.50
51	550–600	570	242.50–264.00	252.24
3	600–650	603	246.00	246.00
38	650–700	682	228.00–245.00	232.53
7	700–750	745	230.00	230.00
4	750–800	750	230.00	230.00
12	800–850	816	228.00	228.00
17	850–900	870	210.00–215.50	212.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	469	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	550–600	591	236.00	236.00
14	650–700	686	214.00	214.00
6	700–750	702	217.00	217.00

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.