Sale reports / Iowa / Sigourney Livestock Auction / 2025-01-13

Sigourney Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Sigourney, Iowa · Mon, Jan 13
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2152
Receipts
1,704 head
▼ 176 vs last sale 1,880▼ 73 vs year ago 1,777 · −4.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous Monday steer calves 350-600 lbs. 15.00-20.00 higher, over 600 lbs. 5.00-10.00 higher, heifer calves 350-650 lbs. 10.00-20.00 higher, 0ver 650 lbs. firm with a stronger undertone. Trade was active with good demand for the moderate offerings.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $328.47/cwt on 143 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −92.70 against this barn's trailing median of $421.17.
Average price
$328.47
143 head · 571 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,874
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$228
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1
$18.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.76
vs IA average
−13.98 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1572329.111,882138
Medium 1532311.001,6555thin
One grade step is worth $18.11/cwt here — about $228 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 sale143 hd
328.47
—
IA average10 barns · 2,332 hd
339.23
−10.76
National average190 barns · 32,836 hd
342.45
−13.98
This barn, trailing median5 sales
421.17
−92.70
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

37 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1386362.83/cwt357.00–371.001,40111
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423360.69/cwt355.00–366.001,52617
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475353.52/cwt340.50–362.501,67936
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy492366.50/cwt366.50–366.501,80313
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519357.98/cwt346.00–364.501,85822
Steers500–550Medium 1532311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,6555
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1582323.63/cwt305.00–336.501,884116
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy613320.88/cwt320.00–321.751,96732
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1632306.50/cwt290.00–314.001,937106
Steers600–650Medium 1647280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8128
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy671303.25/cwt303.25–303.252,03516
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1683290.68/cwt276.50–296.501,98568
Steers700–750Medium 1719274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,97010
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1724283.85/cwt278.25–299.252,055157
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1759276.86/cwt266.25–284.502,10173
Steers750–800Medium 1782260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,0335
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1825261.55/cwt252.50–265.502,15878
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1866264.75/cwt264.75–264.752,29323
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed901242.00/cwt242.00–242.002,1806
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1321355.38/cwt355.00–356.001,1418
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370326.80/cwt317.00–338.001,20913
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy372377.00/cwt377.00–377.001,4024
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426337.98/cwt336.00–339.001,4409
Heifers450–500Medium 1469300.76/cwt300.00–301.001,4118
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474317.05/cwt297.00–329.001,50340
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518319.52/cwt312.00–327.501,65563
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1583313.94/cwt290.00–320.001,830120
Heifers550–600Medium 1591279.46/cwt274.00–289.001,65211
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1622303.87/cwt294.00–310.501,89056
Heifers600–650Medium 1622270.50/cwt269.00–274.001,68373
Heifers650–700Medium 1661258.28/cwt255.00–266.001,70738
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673283.28/cwt264.00–293.501,90682
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Replacement707272.31/cwt268.00–274.001,92525
Heifers700–750Medium 1730240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7525
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1735248.57/cwt245.50–250.001,82737
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Replacement766262.18/cwt259.00–267.002,00830
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1767248.03/cwt230.00–252.501,90256

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.