Sale reports / Iowa / Sigourney Livestock Auction / 2025-03-17

Sigourney Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Sigourney, Iowa · Mon, Mar 17
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2152
Receipts
1,785 head
▲ 1,031 vs last sale 754▼ 178 vs year ago 1,963 · −9.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report to compare to but a stronger market seemed to be felt . Trade active with moderate demand for higher number of offerings.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $328.22/cwt on 248 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −42.54 against this barn's trailing median of $370.76.
Average price
$328.22
248 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,798
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+2.59
vs IA average
+13.64 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548328.221,798248
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale248 hd
328.22
—
IA average5 barns · 511 hd
325.63
+2.59
National average174 barns · 12,680 hd
314.58
+13.64
This barn, trailing median5 sales
370.76
−42.54
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

47 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273524.58/cwt505.00–535.001,4327
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1316494.52/cwt470.00–505.001,5634
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned335450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,5083
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1377479.71/cwt445.00–491.001,80949
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed403488.00/cwt488.00–488.001,9673
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned416441.12/cwt420.00–447.501,83517
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1437454.27/cwt438.00–475.001,98544
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1471418.93/cwt397.00–450.001,973122
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1521403.08/cwt379.00–415.002,10085
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned525357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,87713
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1571364.01/cwt335.00–394.002,07898
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574334.60/cwt334.00–335.001,92110
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1627338.37/cwt310.00–350.002,12259
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1678323.23/cwt312.50–333.002,19193
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1721299.12/cwt277.00–310.002,15782
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775284.12/cwt281.00–286.002,20213
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1825272.92/cwt259.00–278.002,25281
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1875264.57/cwt263.00–266.002,31517
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1910266.50/cwt266.50–266.502,42513
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1956256.75/cwt256.75–256.752,45542
Steers1000–1050Large 11,025217.86/cwt215.00–219.502,23311
Steers1050–1100Large 11,069212.00/cwt212.00–212.002,2666
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1324397.13/cwt370.00–425.001,2878
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372415.75/cwt380.00–435.001,54746
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned376385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,4488
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428386.59/cwt381.00–402.501,65536
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned440367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,61710
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465369.61/cwt332.00–388.001,71996
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528336.21/cwt322.50–358.001,775122
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned554317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,75944
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1574322.09/cwt303.00–338.001,84982
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1624314.23/cwt279.00–326.501,961173
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1672296.60/cwt275.00–304.001,99372
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fancy719289.00/cwt289.00–289.002,0788
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1730263.93/cwt261.00–268.001,9277
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1783265.00/cwt249.50–271.002,075108
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1828227.71/cwt224.00–230.001,88515
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fancy845256.00/cwt256.00–256.002,1633
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1879213.16/cwt210.00–215.001,87411
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Fancy888242.25/cwt242.25–242.252,15116
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1981214.01/cwt213.00–216.002,0999
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned402375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,5082
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1438365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,5992
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1535310.60/cwt310.00–312.501,6624
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1575305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,7541
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned620274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,6991
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1738256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,8893

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.