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Sigourney Livestock Auction

Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-06

Feeder Cattle · Sigourney, Iowa · Mon, Jan 6

● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2152

← Dec 2Jan 6Jan 13 →

Receipts

1,880 head

▲ 160 vs last sale 1,720▲ 103 vs year ago 1,777 · +5.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as last reported sale was Dec. 2, 2024. Trade was active with good demand. Offerings were mostly long time weaned and having at least one shot.

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 $289.40/cwt on 185 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −81.36 against this barn's trailing median of $370.76.

Average price

$289.40

185 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,591

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$286

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$55.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.92

vs IA average

−15.84 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	296.07	1,624	159
Medium and Large 1-2	558	260.86	1,457	10thin
Large 1	555	241.00	1,338	16thin

One grade step is worth $55.07/cwt here — about $286 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 sale185 hd

289.40

—

IA average8 barns · 1,960 hd

298.33

−8.92

National average163 barns · 22,771 hd

305.24

−15.84

This barn, trailing median5 sales

370.76

−81.36

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

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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	349.24/cwt	325.00–390.00	1,268	23
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	368	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,398	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	354.16/cwt	340.00–372.50	1,512	32
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	438	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,507	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	333.08/cwt	300.00–349.50	1,599	35
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	337.46/cwt	316.00–346.50	1,799	70
Steers	550–600	Large 1	564	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,438	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	322.25/cwt	302.50–343.00	1,846	55
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	576	319.50/cwt	319.50–319.50	1,840	11
Steers	600–650	Medium 1	629	266.28/cwt	265.00–272.00	1,675	41
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	646	295.06/cwt	280.00–298.00	1,906	24
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	647	317.25/cwt	317.25–317.25	2,053	11
Steers	650–700	Large 1	667	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,534	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	295.26/cwt	281.00–299.75	2,008	126
Steers	650–700	Medium 1	685	255.93/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,753	26
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	277.94/cwt	268.00–281.75	2,007	50
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	269.27/cwt	263.50–276.50	2,073	135
Steers	750–800	Medium 1	782	253.95/cwt	244.00–258.00	1,986	39
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	810	256.90/cwt	250.25–259.50	2,081	25
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fancy	826	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,280	7
Steers	800–850	Medium 1	842	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,054	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	866	250.61/cwt	242.00–253.00	2,170	42
Steers	950–1000	Large 1	998	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	2,250	4
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,006	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,238	9
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,053	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	2,364	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	307	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,075	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	322	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,124	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	346	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,116	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	352	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,003	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	313.16/cwt	302.50–327.50	1,137	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	422	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,372	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	423	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,239	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	316.99/cwt	311.00–321.00	1,363	60
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	299.43/cwt	292.00–311.00	1,440	66
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	495	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,386	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	501	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,433	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	295.98/cwt	281.00–303.50	1,560	64
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	544	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,458	4
Heifers	550–600	Large 1	555	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,338	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	568	256.10/cwt	252.00–260.00	1,455	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	297.59/cwt	284.00–309.50	1,702	83
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	293.22/cwt	279.75–298.00	1,833	114
Heifers	600–650	Large 1	642	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,412	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	643	277.80/cwt	271.00–279.75	1,786	63
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	277.27/cwt	265.00–280.25	1,819	93
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	672	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	1,690	16
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	242.47/cwt	238.50–253.50	1,763	145
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,919	4
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	855	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,941	7
Heifers	950–1000	Large 1	985	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,970	11

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 Jan 6, 2025

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

Receipts 1,880Last week 1,720Year ago 1,777

No trend as last reported sale was Dec. 2, 2024. Trade was active with good demand. Offerings were mostly long time weaned and having at least one shot.

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	307	350.00	350.00
9	350–400	363	302.50–327.50	313.16
60	400–450	430	311.00–321.00	316.99
66	450–500	481	292.00–311.00	299.43
64	500–550	527	281.00–303.50	295.98
83	550–600	572	284.00–309.50	297.59
114	600–650	625	279.75–298.00	293.22
93	650–700	656	265.00–280.25	277.27
145	700–750	727	238.50–253.50	242.47
4	750–800	785	244.50	244.50
7	850–900	855	227.00	227.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	550–600	555	241.00	241.00
7	600–650	642	220.00	220.00
11	950–1000	985	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	346	322.50	322.50
4	350–400	352	285.00	285.00
8	400–450	423	293.00	293.00
14	450–500	495	280.00	280.00
4	500–550	544	268.00	268.00
6	550–600	568	252.00–260.00	256.10
63	600–650	643	271.00–279.75	277.80
16	650–700	672	251.50	251.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	322	349.00	349.00
7	400–450	422	325.00	325.00
12	500–550	501	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	647	317.25	317.25
7	800–850	826	276.00	276.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	350–400	363	325.00–390.00	349.24
32	400–450	427	340.00–372.50	354.16
35	450–500	480	300.00–349.50	333.08
70	500–550	533	316.00–346.50	337.46
55	550–600	573	302.50–343.00	322.25
24	600–650	646	280.00–298.00	295.06
126	650–700	680	281.00–299.75	295.26
50	700–750	722	268.00–281.75	277.94
135	750–800	770	263.50–276.50	269.27
25	800–850	810	250.25–259.50	256.90
42	850–900	866	242.00–253.00	250.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	564	255.00	255.00
14	650–700	667	230.00	230.00
4	950–1000	998	225.50	225.50
9	1000–1050	1,006	222.50	222.50
10	1050–1100	1,053	224.50	224.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	380.00	380.00
7	400–450	438	344.00	344.00
11	550–600	576	319.50	319.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	600–650	629	265.00–272.00	266.28
26	650–700	685	250.00–260.00	255.93
39	750–800	782	244.00–258.00	253.95
4	800–850	842	244.00	244.00

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.