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Sigourney Livestock Auction

Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-17

Feeder Cattle · Sigourney, Iowa · Mon, Feb 17

● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2152

← Jan 20Feb 17Mar 17 →

Receipts

754 head

▼ 309 vs last sale 1,063▼ 487 vs year ago 1,241 · −39.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report to compare with. Active trade with good demand for the moderate offerings.

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 $295.74/cwt on 170 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −75.02 against this barn's trailing median of $370.76.

Average price

$295.74

170 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,587

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$64

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$11.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.64

vs IA average

−2.09 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	296.06	1,589	165
Medium and Large 1-2	535	285.00	1,525	5thin

One grade step is worth $11.06/cwt here — about $64 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 sale170 hd

295.74

—

IA average6 barns · 1,013 hd

306.37

−10.64

National average119 barns · 5,510 hd

297.83

−2.09

This barn, trailing median5 sales

370.76

−75.02

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

38 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	263	438.27/cwt	420.00–455.00	1,153	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	370.97/cwt	350.00–387.50	1,436	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	369.96/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,595	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	371.39/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,734	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	340.48/cwt	340.00–341.00	1,607	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	333.90/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,733	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	559	347.83/cwt	347.00–348.50	1,944	25
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	329.65/cwt	325.00–337.50	1,882	18
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	584	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,635	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	648	311.50/cwt	311.50–311.50	2,019	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	308.22/cwt	295.50–315.75	2,050	36
Steers	650–700	Medium 1	699	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,999	7
Steers	700–750	Medium 1	706	237.19/cwt	236.00–238.00	1,675	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	712	281.70/cwt	278.00–291.00	2,006	26
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	275.36/cwt	271.50–278.50	2,118	25
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	835	258.81/cwt	240.00–265.00	2,161	70
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	914	235.25/cwt	234.00–235.50	2,150	12
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	985	216.35/cwt	214.00–220.00	2,131	15
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	334	341.11/cwt	330.00–375.00	1,139	8
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	342	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	923	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	335.23/cwt	325.00–352.50	1,421	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	345.06/cwt	340.00–347.50	1,608	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	300.51/cwt	295.00–307.00	1,587	142
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,525	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	591	268.61/cwt	260.00–296.00	1,587	23
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	274.81/cwt	263.00–286.50	1,729	62
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	270.48/cwt	264.00–278.00	1,780	22
Heifers	700–750	Medium 1	700	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,593	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	253.20/cwt	245.00–257.50	1,823	59
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	730	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	2,084	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	752	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,812	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	761	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	2,135	13
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	802	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,149	9
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Replacement	857	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,108	7
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	879	218.62/cwt	211.00–224.00	1,922	27
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	405	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,377	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	453	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,518	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,742	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

Mon Feb 17, 2025

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

Receipts 754Last week 1,063Year ago 1,241

No trend as no recent report to compare with. Active trade with good demand for the moderate offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	334	330.00–375.00	341.11
8	400–450	424	325.00–352.50	335.23
6	450–500	466	340.00–347.50	345.06
142	500–550	528	295.00–307.00	300.51
23	550–600	591	260.00–296.00	268.61
62	600–650	629	263.00–286.50	274.81
22	650–700	658	264.00–278.00	270.48
59	700–750	720	245.00–257.50	253.20
3	750–800	752	241.00	241.00
27	850–900	879	211.00–224.00	218.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	700	227.50	227.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	730	285.50	285.50
13	750–800	761	280.50	280.50
9	800–850	802	268.00	268.00
7	850–900	857	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	342	270.00	270.00
5	500–550	535	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	340.00	340.00
3	450–500	453	335.00	335.00
3	650–700	670	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	263	420.00–455.00	438.27
5	350–400	387	350.00–387.50	370.97
8	400–450	431	365.00–375.00	369.96
7	450–500	467	370.00–375.00	371.39
10	500–550	519	330.00–340.00	333.90
18	550–600	571	325.00–337.50	329.65
17	600–650	648	311.50	311.50
36	650–700	665	295.50–315.75	308.22
26	700–750	712	278.00–291.00	281.70
25	750–800	769	271.50–278.50	275.36
70	800–850	835	240.00–265.00	258.81
12	900–950	914	234.00–235.50	235.25
15	950–1000	985	214.00–220.00	216.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	472	340.00–341.00	340.48
5	550–600	584	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	550–600	559	347.00–348.50	347.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	699	286.00	286.00
5	700–750	706	236.00–238.00	237.19

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.