Sale reports / Iowa / Sigourney Livestock Auction / 2025-08-25

Sigourney Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Sigourney, Iowa · Mon, Aug 25
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2152
Receipts
1,263 head
▲ 333 vs last sale 930▼ 352 vs year ago 1,615 · −21.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend. "CUSTOMER APPECIATION" Sale and the first reported sale since May. Trade was active with moderate 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 $452.47/cwt on 108 head. That ranks 4 of 5 comparable sales and sits +31.30 against this barn's trailing median of $421.17.
Average price
$452.47
108 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,426
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$447
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$74.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.90
vs IA average
+43.17 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538460.702,47796
Medium and Large 1-2525386.602,03012thin
One grade step is worth $74.10/cwt here — about $447 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 sale108 hd
452.47
—
IA average4 barns · 347 hd
449.56
+2.90
National average152 barns · 8,476 hd
409.30
+43.17
This barn, trailing median5 sales
421.17
+31.30
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

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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270612.96/cwt595.00–670.001,6555
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1307619.38/cwt605.00–625.001,9017
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned334574.75/cwt522.50–620.001,92018
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned353561.64/cwt555.00–575.001,9836
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1377535.00/cwt535.00–535.002,01714
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned418490.21/cwt470.00–510.002,04930
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1424472.50/cwt472.50–472.502,00310
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1462439.14/cwt425.00–455.002,02925
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy470519.65/cwt518.00–522.002,44254
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned476491.61/cwt475.00–507.502,34034
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned510482.66/cwt465.00–490.002,46247
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2525386.60/cwt367.00–407.002,03012
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1542481.00/cwt481.00–481.002,60717
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned571392.66/cwt375.00–420.002,2425
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1577422.30/cwt410.00–427.002,43727
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1612386.67/cwt380.00–400.002,36632
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1657383.49/cwt382.00–385.002,52010
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy662427.00/cwt427.00–427.002,82712
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1712385.44/cwt380.00–389.752,74479
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2733366.00/cwt366.00–366.002,6833
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1765349.56/cwt337.50–364.002,67441
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1835363.29/cwt348.00–367.753,03382
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1866343.57/cwt332.00–352.752,97536
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1246565.00/cwt565.00–565.001,3904
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1273539.40/cwt475.00–610.001,4732
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned333484.64/cwt455.00–497.501,6146
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1349435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,5181
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2349360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,2564
Heifers350–400Medium 1372413.64/cwt400.00–435.001,53916
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373504.56/cwt497.50–507.501,88217
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned381438.63/cwt370.00–485.001,67112
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned420478.20/cwt475.00–487.502,00831
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426473.22/cwt440.00–480.002,01641
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned474440.78/cwt416.00–457.502,08933
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475419.38/cwt390.00–437.501,99249
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned501424.00/cwt424.00–424.002,12412
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524406.00/cwt406.00–406.002,12714
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528349.00/cwt349.00–349.001,8435
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1582376.22/cwt370.00–385.002,19022
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623373.92/cwt360.00–377.002,33058
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1658367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,4185
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2711297.09/cwt290.00–300.002,1127
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1724349.86/cwt326.00–358.252,53367
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1775330.28/cwt330.00–331.002,56022
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1822311.81/cwt290.00–333.002,56316
Heifers950–1000Large 1986289.50/cwt289.50–289.502,85427
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,013285.72/cwt280.00–287.002,89411

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.