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Sigourney Livestock Auction

Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-21

Feeder Cattle · Sigourney, Iowa · Mon, Sep 21

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2152

← Aug 31Sep 21latest

Receipts

938 head

▼ 48 vs last sale 986▲ 938 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder calf and yearling sale today: No comparison due to last sale reported was three weeks ago. Today's sale consisted of unweaned calves right off the cow, weaned calves, and four loads of yearlings. Trade active. Demand good.

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 $419.29/cwt on 71 head, up $15.99 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 4 comparable sales and sits −32.46 against this barn's trailing median of $451.76.

Average price

$419.29

▲ 15.99 vs prior sale

71 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,226

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$98

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

$23.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.32

vs IA average

+13.88 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	431.24	2,275	35
Medium and Large 1-2	534	407.68	2,177	36

One grade step is worth $23.56/cwt here — about $98 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale71 hd

419.29

—

IA average4 barns · 708 hd

426.61

−7.32

National average175 barns · 12,027 hd

405.41

+13.88

This barn, trailing median4 sales

451.76

−32.46

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

4 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $492.86, low $403.30, median $451.76 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

36 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	535.82/cwt	497.50–580.00	2,025	18
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	418	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,923	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	441	507.08/cwt	490.00–525.00	2,236	38
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	483	428.19/cwt	410.00–465.00	2,068	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	484	401.88/cwt	390.00–440.00	1,945	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	466.43/cwt	452.50–469.00	2,276	19
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	436.73/cwt	426.00–442.50	2,262	25
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	519	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	2,252	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	534	407.68/cwt	401.00–411.00	2,177	36
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	584	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,342	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	608	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,164	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	397.14/cwt	363.00–417.00	2,423	40
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	624	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,165	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	374.21/cwt	360.00–381.00	2,470	35
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	358.34/cwt	349.00–366.50	2,576	70
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	812	337.75/cwt	337.75–337.75	2,743	71
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	820	319.70/cwt	319.00–320.00	2,622	13
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	884	326.01/cwt	324.00–328.00	2,882	133
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	904	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,848	60
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	308	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	1,609	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	368	476.92/cwt	470.00–480.00	1,755	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	502.85/cwt	500.00–505.00	1,861	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	416	451.86/cwt	432.50–459.00	1,880	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	463.59/cwt	448.00–480.00	1,980	50
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	415.71/cwt	402.50–425.00	1,941	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	477	393.28/cwt	393.00–394.00	1,876	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	371.39/cwt	361.00–375.00	1,987	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	536	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,876	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	551	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,934	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	344.89/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,949	31
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	609	343.64/cwt	341.00–346.00	2,093	40
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	704	314.71/cwt	313.00–315.00	2,216	21
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	723	291.70/cwt	290.00–295.00	2,109	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	768	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,143	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	808	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,343	2
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	970	237.96/cwt	234.00–250.00	2,308	4

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 Sep 21, 2026

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Receipts 938Last week 986Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	308	522.50	522.50
12	350–400	370	500.00–505.00	502.85
50	400–450	427	448.00–480.00	463.59
5	450–500	467	402.50–425.00	415.71
19	500–550	535	361.00–375.00	371.39
31	550–600	565	340.00–350.00	344.89
40	600–650	609	341.00–346.00	343.64
21	700–750	704	313.00–315.00	314.71
2	800–850	808	290.00	290.00
4	950–1000	970	234.00–250.00	237.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	416	432.50–459.00	451.86
18	450–500	477	393.00–394.00	393.28
5	500–550	536	350.00	350.00
9	550–600	551	351.00	351.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	368	470.00–480.00	476.92
6	700–750	723	290.00–295.00	291.70
2	750–800	768	279.00	279.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	378	497.50–580.00	535.82
38	400–450	441	490.00–525.00	507.08
19	450–500	488	452.50–469.00	466.43
25	500–550	518	426.00–442.50	436.73
5	550–600	584	401.00	401.00
40	600–650	610	363.00–417.00	397.14
35	650–700	660	360.00–381.00	374.21
70	700–750	719	349.00–366.50	358.34
71	800–850	812	337.75	337.75
133	850–900	884	324.00–328.00	326.01
60	900–950	904	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	483	410.00–465.00	428.19
5	500–550	519	434.00	434.00
8	600–650	608	356.00	356.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	418	460.00	460.00
8	450–500	484	390.00–440.00	401.88
36	500–550	534	401.00–411.00	407.68
5	600–650	624	347.00	347.00
13	800–850	820	319.00–320.00	319.70

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.