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Sigourney Livestock Auction

Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-30

Feeder Cattle · Sigourney, Iowa · Mon, Sep 30

● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2152

← Aug 26Sep 30Nov 4 →

Receipts

1,045 head

▼ 570 vs last sale 1,615▲ 200 vs year ago 845 · +23.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report to compare to. Trade moderate with moderate demand for the moderate 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 $289.31/cwt on 157 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −131.86 against this barn's trailing median of $421.17.

Average price

$289.31

157 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,592

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$115

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$7.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.09

vs IA average

+2.49 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	290.35	1,609	134
Medium 1	527	283.24	1,494	23

One grade step is worth $7.11/cwt here — about $115 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale157 hd

289.31

—

IA average2 barns · 275 hd

294.39

−5.09

National average167 barns · 15,497 hd

286.82

+2.49

This barn, trailing median5 sales

421.17

−131.86

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

50 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	376.24/cwt	350.00–387.50	1,253	6
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	337	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,297	6
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	349	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,091	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	370	379.81/cwt	370.00–387.50	1,405	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,392	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	369.72/cwt	350.00–378.00	1,523	28
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	432	323.62/cwt	313.00–335.00	1,398	16
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	449	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,423	2
Steers	450–500	Small and Medium 1	451	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,222	4
Steers	450–500	Medium 1	469	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,360	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	470	323.24/cwt	304.00–330.50	1,519	63
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	318.67/cwt	300.00–333.00	1,514	27
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	313.15/cwt	311.00–315.00	1,635	37
Steers	500–550	Medium 1	525	285.98/cwt	284.50–290.00	1,501	20
Steers	500–550	Medium 1Unweaned	543	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,439	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	545	288.50/cwt	288.50–288.50	1,572	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	565	284.15/cwt	277.00–290.00	1,605	27
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	278.56/cwt	275.00–284.00	1,596	55
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	261.58/cwt	258.00–266.00	1,630	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	626	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,753	32
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	250.03/cwt	243.50–255.00	1,695	41
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	714	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,756	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	716	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,625	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,984	24
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	855	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,962	5
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	910	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,175	46
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	955	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,197	37
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,043	215.25/cwt	215.25–215.25	2,245	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	301	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	948	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	314.82/cwt	295.00–329.00	992	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	379	303.20/cwt	271.00–309.00	1,149	21
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	310.03/cwt	306.00–316.00	1,178	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	301.33/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,248	24
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	439	289.54/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,271	40
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1	440	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,135	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	277.64/cwt	270.50–281.00	1,305	47
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	474	272.39/cwt	260.00–283.00	1,291	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	493	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,237	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	269.73/cwt	265.00–272.50	1,370	22
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	529	259.04/cwt	257.00–261.25	1,370	27
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,296	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	258.08/cwt	246.00–266.50	1,489	62
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	258.56/cwt	250.50–264.50	1,590	24
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	1,594	21
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	667	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	1,691	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	817	225.23/cwt	218.00–228.25	1,840	25
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	882	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,932	6
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	921	186.64/cwt	186.50–187.00	1,719	7
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,000	194.50/cwt	194.50–194.50	1,945	13
Heifers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,180	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	2,106	3

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

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Receipts 1,045Last week 1,615Year ago 845

No trend as no recent report to compare to. Trade moderate with moderate demand for the moderate offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	1000–1050	1,000	194.50	194.50
3	1150–1200	1,180	178.50	178.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	440	258.00	258.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	315	295.00–329.00	314.82
5	350–400	380	306.00–316.00	310.03
24	400–450	414	295.00–305.00	301.33
47	450–500	470	270.50–281.00	277.64
22	500–550	508	265.00–272.50	269.73
62	550–600	577	246.00–266.50	258.08
24	600–650	615	250.50–264.50	258.56
21	650–700	660	241.50	241.50
25	800–850	817	218.00–228.25	225.23
6	850–900	882	219.00	219.00
7	900–950	921	186.50–187.00	186.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	667	253.50	253.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	301	315.00	315.00
21	350–400	379	271.00–309.00	303.20
40	400–450	439	280.00–290.00	289.54
15	450–500	474	260.00–283.00	272.39
27	500–550	529	257.00–261.25	259.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	493	251.00	251.00
5	500–550	529	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	337	385.00	385.00
5	350–400	370	370.00–387.50	379.81
3	400–450	400	348.00	348.00
63	450–500	470	304.00–330.50	323.24
15	500–550	545	288.50	288.50
27	550–600	565	277.00–290.00	284.15
5	700–750	716	227.00	227.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
32	600–650	626	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	543	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	349	312.50	312.50
2	400–450	449	317.00	317.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	451	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	333	350.00–387.50	376.24
28	400–450	412	350.00–378.00	369.72
27	450–500	475	300.00–333.00	318.67
37	500–550	522	311.00–315.00	313.15
55	550–600	573	275.00–284.00	278.56
11	600–650	623	258.00–266.00	261.58
41	650–700	678	243.50–255.00	250.03
5	700–750	714	246.00	246.00
24	750–800	769	258.00	258.00
5	850–900	855	229.50	229.50
46	900–950	910	239.00	239.00
37	950–1000	955	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	469	290.00	290.00
20	500–550	525	284.50–290.00	285.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,043	215.25	215.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	432	313.00–335.00	323.62

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.