Sale reports / Iowa / Sigourney Livestock Auction / 2024-11-04

Sigourney Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Sigourney, Iowa · Mon, Nov 4
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2152
Receipts
560 head
▼ 485 vs last sale 1,045▼ 614 vs year ago 1,174 · −52.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report to compare with. Trade active with good demand for the short offerings of desirable feeders.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $255.53/cwt on 111 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −115.23 against this barn's trailing median of $370.76.
Average price
$255.53
111 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,418
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$74
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$22.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.45
vs IA average
−2.86 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554256.551,421106
Medium and Large 1-2576233.851,3475thin
One grade step is worth $22.70/cwt here — about $74 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale111 hd
255.53
—
IA average5 barns · 490 hd
260.98
−5.45
National average194 barns · 18,518 hd
258.39
−2.86
This barn, trailing median5 sales
370.76
−115.23
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
469426383340median 370.7603/2304/1308/3109/2111/02
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

28 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2366271.00/cwt271.00–271.009926
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1431317.25/cwt309.00–322.501,36713
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470307.76/cwt301.00–320.001,44628
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1532305.89/cwt291.00–317.001,62738
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2534272.26/cwt269.00–279.001,4546
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1577280.95/cwt270.00–286.001,62130
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1612274.12/cwt265.00–280.501,67840
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1667279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,8616
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1726254.86/cwt250.00–260.501,85053
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1813242.72/cwt239.00–245.501,97317
Steers1150–1200Large 11,156193.50/cwt193.50–193.502,2374
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1333312.90/cwt300.00–326.001,0422
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1393299.24/cwt276.00–318.001,17613
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1432300.73/cwt295.00–304.001,29918
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2462256.22/cwt254.00–265.001,1845
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1479286.90/cwt286.00–289.001,37423
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1531259.90/cwt251.00–268.001,38049
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned538248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,3342
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575253.88/cwt246.00–260.501,46055
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576233.85/cwt230.00–240.001,3475
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy618268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,65612
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1626251.11/cwt247.50–254.751,57230
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned628220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3824
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1680239.24/cwt237.50–240.751,62746
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1713234.50/cwt234.50–234.501,6726
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned715219.50/cwt219.50–219.501,5693
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1772190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4672
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1951178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,6934

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.