Sale reports / Iowa / Sigourney Livestock Auction / 2025-09-29

Sigourney Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Sigourney, Iowa · Mon, Sep 29
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2152
Receipts
1,155 head
▼ 108 vs last sale 1,263▲ 110 vs year ago 1,045 · +10.5%
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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 classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $435.88/cwt on 227 head. That ranks 4 of 5 comparable sales and sits +14.71 against this barn's trailing median of $421.17.
Average price
$435.88
227 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,373
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$328
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$42.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.06
vs IA average
+13.23 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545437.572,386218
Medium and Large 1-2521395.072,0589thin
One grade step is worth $42.50/cwt here — about $328 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 sale227 hd
435.88
—
IA average2 barns · 436 hd
440.95
−5.06
National average177 barns · 15,324 hd
422.65
+13.23
This barn, trailing median5 sales
421.17
+14.71
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

41 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 1280623.28/cwt600.00–640.001,7455
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned309615.00/cwt615.00–615.001,9003
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1376515.22/cwt500.00–542.501,93714
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned385515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,9834
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned411487.06/cwt447.50–500.002,00225
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1438486.80/cwt450.00–515.002,13240
Steers450–500Medium 1455422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,9226
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1481451.41/cwt445.00–462.502,17149
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned489441.12/cwt427.50–445.002,15745
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2521395.07/cwt367.50–412.002,0589
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1529446.29/cwt427.50–462.002,361111
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned530440.57/cwt414.00–445.002,33526
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy536470.50/cwt470.50–470.502,5228
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy553448.50/cwt448.50–448.502,48012
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned566435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,46210
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1584409.82/cwt400.00–417.502,39351
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1613415.68/cwt390.00–437.502,54843
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675350.05/cwt330.00–360.002,3636
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1711365.50/cwt365.50–365.502,59923
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1781340.86/cwt338.00–345.502,66225
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1857340.88/cwt328.75–343.002,92169
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1902320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,88662
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1272504.52/cwt500.00–525.001,3728
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned323490.55/cwt480.00–525.001,5844
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1337497.79/cwt470.00–520.001,67813
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned365497.57/cwt495.00–500.001,8168
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1394508.13/cwt490.00–520.002,00216
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy401500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,0059
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned410495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,03013
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430467.22/cwt437.50–487.502,00944
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy459470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,1577
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned481406.49/cwt401.00–420.001,95530
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1485431.72/cwt420.00–444.002,09489
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2488408.80/cwt400.00–412.501,99510
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1531410.42/cwt395.00–425.002,17968
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535363.61/cwt340.00–371.001,9454
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1577395.25/cwt361.00–420.002,28125
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned578375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,16810
Heifers550–600Small and Medium 2590337.66/cwt335.00–341.001,99225
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1612358.11/cwt358.00–359.002,19254
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1721350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,52411

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.