Sale reports / Iowa / Sigourney Livestock Auction / 2025-11-03

Sigourney Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Sigourney, Iowa · Mon, Nov 3
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2152
Receipts
686 head
▼ 469 vs last sale 1,155▲ 126 vs year ago 560 · +22.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report to compare with. Trade was active with moderate demand for the light offerings.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $419.05/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 2 of 4 comparable sales and sits −32.70 against this barn's trailing median of $451.76.
Average price
$419.05
52 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,362
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−4.02
vs IA average
−0.05 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1564419.052,36252
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 sale52 hd
419.05
—
IA average7 barns · 1,218 hd
423.07
−4.02
National average195 barns · 36,957 hd
419.10
−0.05
This barn, trailing median4 sales
451.76
−32.70
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
507468428389median 451.7603/2304/1308/3109/2109/21
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

31 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1329486.12/cwt450.00–500.001,5997
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned375393.11/cwt390.00–400.001,4743
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1377506.37/cwt492.50–520.001,90910
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy413500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,0655
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1426454.91/cwt445.00–462.501,93817
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned469396.10/cwt392.50–400.001,8584
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1472439.20/cwt430.00–468.002,07323
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy507451.00/cwt451.00–451.002,2876
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523408.40/cwt401.00–420.002,1368
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1581416.25/cwt403.00–436.002,41838
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1616385.68/cwt377.00–392.502,37634
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,44220
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned679330.50/cwt330.50–330.502,2448
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1722343.42/cwt329.00–348.002,47921
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1786348.48/cwt346.25–355.002,73997
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1822337.22/cwt332.00–341.502,77211
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1892325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,89919
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1932302.16/cwt300.00–303.002,81618
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,7492
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned378378.19/cwt358.00–419.001,4309
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1392452.50/cwt452.50–452.501,7748
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1429407.56/cwt391.00–425.001,7486
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned444387.51/cwt385.00–390.001,7216
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476400.02/cwt392.00–401.001,90421
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524381.14/cwt351.00–395.001,99722
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1577370.70/cwt356.00–382.002,13943
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1609355.95/cwt330.00–365.002,1688
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1656367.02/cwt359.00–370.002,40822
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1781325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,5384
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1818271.00/cwt271.00–271.002,2172
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1981268.00/cwt268.00–268.002,6295

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.