Sale reports / Iowa / Sigourney Livestock Auction / 2024-06-03

Sigourney Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Sigourney, Iowa · Mon, Jun 3
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2152
Receipts
373 head
▼ 162 vs last sale 535▼ 386 vs year ago 759 · −50.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report. Trade was active with good demand for the limited offering.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $336.00/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −85.17 against this barn's trailing median of $421.17.
Average price
$336.00
22 head · 508 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,707
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+3.66
vs IA average
+26.84 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1508336.001,70722
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale22 hd
336.00
—
IA average3 barns · 397 hd
332.34
+3.66
National average164 barns · 13,053 hd
309.16
+26.84
This barn, trailing median5 sales
421.17
−85.17
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
507468428389median 421.1703/2304/1308/3109/2111/02
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

18 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned298400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1923
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned406391.10/cwt370.00–399.501,5887
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned508336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,70722
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1632314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,9843
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned678269.50/cwt269.50–269.501,8278
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1758244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,85010
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1919238.00/cwt235.00–241.002,187118
Steers900–950Large 1928213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,97728
Steers1050–1100Large 11,085208.00/cwt208.00–208.002,25752
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned327340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,1127
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,4514
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned456327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,49117
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1494313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,5467
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1501314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,5738
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned528315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6636
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned581297.13/cwt291.00–302.001,72620
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5127
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1753215.32/cwt215.00–215.501,62114

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.