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Sigourney Livestock Auction

Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-06

Feeder Cattle · Sigourney, Iowa · Mon, May 6

● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2152

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Receipts

535 head

▼ 181 vs last sale 716▼ 224 vs year ago 759 · −29.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report for a comparison. Trade was light with a moderate demand for the mostly small groups of offerings.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $305.15/cwt on 86 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −116.02 against this barn's trailing median of $421.17.

Average price

$305.15

86 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,676

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$20

per head · Large 1 over Medium and Large 1

$7.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.41

vs IA average

−4.56 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	531	312.00	1,657	6thin
Medium and Large 1	551	304.64	1,677	80

One grade step is worth $7.37/cwt here — about −$20 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale86 hd

305.15

—

IA average4 barns · 423 hd

322.56

−17.41

National average167 barns · 10,730 hd

309.71

−4.56

This barn, trailing median5 sales

421.17

−116.02

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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $492.86, low $403.30, median $421.17 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

42 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	347	405.99/cwt	400.00–409.00	1,409	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	397	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,509	3
Steers	400–450	Large 1	405	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,407	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	370.81/cwt	369.00–372.50	1,598	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	431	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,556	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	331.38/cwt	328.00–337.00	1,597	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	502	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,576	17
Steers	500–550	Large 1	531	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,657	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	327.07/cwt	315.00–339.00	1,740	29
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	295.07/cwt	285.00–309.00	1,691	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	599	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,641	23
Steers	600–650	Large 1	615	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,759	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Gaunt	622	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,717	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	290.47/cwt	289.75–292.00	1,818	30
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	631	254.83/cwt	250.00–258.00	1,608	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	238.96/cwt	230.00–256.00	1,618	19
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	715	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,594	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	738	258.15/cwt	257.00–267.00	1,905	25
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	313	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,033	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	336	289.11/cwt	285.00–295.00	971	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	323.45/cwt	316.00–341.00	1,203	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	372	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,097	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	306.53/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,315	9
Heifers	400–450	Large 1	442	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,273	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	305.68/cwt	297.00–307.00	1,409	29
Heifers	500–550	Large 1	520	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,352	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	277.15/cwt	267.00–291.00	1,480	28
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	261.95/cwt	258.00–266.00	1,477	37
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	240.53/cwt	239.00–242.00	1,527	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	1,540	13
Heifers	650–700	Large 1	688	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	1,558	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	692	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,419	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	749	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,798	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	213.05/cwt	207.00–218.00	1,634	9
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	776	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,606	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	815	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,630	4
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Replacement	855	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,958	7
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	927	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,669	3
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	990	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,386	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	600–650	Large 1	630	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,607	3
Bulls	650–700	Large 1	652	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,630	3
Bulls	800–850	Large 1	844	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,519	4

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 May 6, 2024

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

Receipts 535Last week 716Year ago 759

No trend as no recent report for a comparison. Trade was light with a moderate demand for the mostly small groups of offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	313	330.00	330.00
11	350–400	372	316.00–341.00	323.45
9	400–450	429	300.00–310.00	306.53
29	450–500	461	297.00–307.00	305.68
28	500–550	534	267.00–291.00	277.15
37	550–600	564	258.00–266.00	261.95
13	600–650	635	239.00–242.00	240.53
13	650–700	674	228.50	228.50
9	750–800	767	207.00–218.00	213.05
3	900–950	927	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	336	285.00–295.00	289.11
2	350–400	372	295.00	295.00
4	650–700	692	205.00	205.00
4	750–800	776	207.00	207.00
4	800–850	815	200.00	200.00
4	950–1000	990	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	749	240.00	240.00
7	850–900	855	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	442	288.00	288.00
4	500–550	520	260.00	260.00
3	650–700	688	226.50	226.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	622	276.00	276.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	405	347.50	347.50
6	500–550	531	312.00	312.00
8	600–650	615	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	631	250.00–258.00	254.83
5	700–750	715	223.00	223.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	431	361.00	361.00
17	500–550	502	314.00	314.00
23	550–600	599	274.00	274.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	347	400.00–409.00	405.99
3	350–400	397	380.00	380.00
14	400–450	431	369.00–372.50	370.81
7	450–500	482	328.00–337.00	331.38
29	500–550	532	315.00–339.00	327.07
11	550–600	573	285.00–309.00	295.07
30	600–650	626	289.75–292.00	290.47
19	650–700	677	230.00–256.00	238.96
25	700–750	738	257.00–267.00	258.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	630	255.00	255.00
3	650–700	652	250.00	250.00
4	800–850	844	180.00	180.00

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.