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Sigourney Livestock Auction

Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-05

Feeder Cattle · Sigourney, Iowa · Mon, May 5

● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2152

← Apr 14May 5Aug 25 →

Receipts

930 head

▲ 207 vs last sale 723▲ 395 vs year ago 535 · +73.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report for a comparison. Active trade with moderate demand for the moderate offerings.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $369.26/cwt on 74 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −51.91 against this barn's trailing median of $421.17.

Average price

$369.26

74 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,993

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$290

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

$59.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.52

vs IA average

−9.53 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	372.48	2,008	70
Medium and Large 1-2	549	313.00	1,718	4thin

One grade step is worth $59.48/cwt here — about $290 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale74 hd

369.26

—

IA average6 barns · 1,448 hd

388.78

−19.52

National average168 barns · 13,508 hd

378.79

−9.53

This barn, trailing median5 sales

421.17

−51.91

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

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

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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	242	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	1,038	7
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	334	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,620	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	491.93/cwt	485.00–505.00	1,648	18
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	467.79/cwt	445.00–500.00	1,796	21
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	405	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,772	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	416	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,862	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	462.91/cwt	454.00–471.00	1,949	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	415.04/cwt	400.00–444.00	1,913	62
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	522	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,010	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	376.72/cwt	350.00–401.00	1,989	29
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	538	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,614	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	560	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,826	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	359.54/cwt	347.00–376.00	2,024	25
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	346.46/cwt	334.00–355.00	2,172	46
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	334.77/cwt	310.00–346.00	2,250	56
Steers	650–700	Medium 1	685	297.51/cwt	297.00–299.00	2,038	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	694	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,950	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	738	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,162	67
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	788	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,285	19
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	835	286.94/cwt	278.00–287.50	2,396	67
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	851	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	2,387	16
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	988	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,539	19
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	239	490.03/cwt	485.00–500.00	1,171	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	476.13/cwt	475.00–480.00	1,581	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	352	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,637	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	449.70/cwt	432.50–465.00	1,655	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	407.61/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,736	17
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	435	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,762	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	367.69/cwt	350.00–407.00	1,776	34
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	339.25/cwt	337.00–344.00	1,784	72
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	538	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,781	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	320.15/cwt	310.00–331.00	1,831	27
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	306.92/cwt	296.00–313.00	1,897	21
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	286.69/cwt	280.00–294.00	1,958	14
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	741	273.56/cwt	272.25–282.50	2,027	52
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	762	251.71/cwt	248.00–259.00	1,918	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	824	252.52/cwt	251.00–254.00	2,081	4
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	856	267.00/cwt	258.00–268.50	2,286	77

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 May 5, 2025

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

Receipts 930Last week 723Year ago 535

No trend as no recent report for a comparison. Active trade with moderate demand for the moderate offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	650–700	685	297.00–299.00	297.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	335	485.00–505.00	491.93
21	350–400	384	445.00–500.00	467.79
8	400–450	421	454.00–471.00	462.91
62	450–500	461	400.00–444.00	415.04
29	500–550	528	350.00–401.00	376.72
25	550–600	563	347.00–376.00	359.54
46	600–650	627	334.00–355.00	346.46
56	650–700	672	310.00–346.00	334.77
67	700–750	738	293.00	293.00
19	750–800	788	290.00	290.00
67	800–850	835	278.00–287.50	286.94
16	850–900	851	280.50	280.50
19	950–1000	988	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	334	485.00	485.00
11	400–450	416	447.50	447.50
16	500–550	522	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	405	437.50	437.50
2	500–550	538	300.00	300.00
2	550–600	560	326.00	326.00
10	650–700	694	281.00	281.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	242	429.00	429.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	239	485.00–500.00	490.03
4	300–350	332	475.00–480.00	476.13
9	350–400	368	432.50–465.00	449.70
17	400–450	426	400.00–420.00	407.61
34	450–500	483	350.00–407.00	367.69
72	500–550	526	337.00–344.00	339.25
27	550–600	572	310.00–331.00	320.15
21	600–650	618	296.00–313.00	306.92
14	650–700	683	280.00–294.00	286.69
52	700–750	741	272.25–282.50	273.56
6	750–800	762	248.00–259.00	251.71
4	800–850	824	251.00–254.00	252.52
77	850–900	856	258.00–268.50	267.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	352	465.00	465.00
16	400–450	435	405.00	405.00
9	500–550	538	331.00	331.00

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.