Sale reports / Iowa / Sigourney Livestock Auction / 2025-11-17

Sigourney Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Sigourney, Iowa · Mon, Nov 17
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2152
Receipts
1,689 head
▲ 1,003 vs last sale 686▼ 91 vs year ago 1,780 · −5.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report two weeks ago (11/3) steer calves 300-500 lbs. 20.00-35.00 higher, 500-750 lbs. firm, 750-850 lbs. 15.00 lower. Heifer calves 15.00-30.00 lower. Trade active with good demand with a large crowd . Supply was large with something for everyone.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $413.41/cwt on 213 head. That ranks 2 of 5 comparable sales and sits −7.76 against this barn's trailing median of $421.17.
Average price
$413.41
213 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,337
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$420
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$80.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.06
vs IA average
+3.33 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1565417.592,358202
Medium and Large 1-2576336.681,93911thin
One grade step is worth $80.91/cwt here — about $420 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale213 hd
413.41
—
IA average5 barns · 1,129 hd
418.47
−5.06
National average185 barns · 23,076 hd
410.08
+3.33
This barn, trailing median5 sales
421.17
−7.76
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

52 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1238445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,0592
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1271467.31/cwt465.00–470.001,2664
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2314405.97/cwt405.00–410.001,2755
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330500.62/cwt477.50–515.001,6525
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1361506.18/cwt445.00–550.001,82720
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned367492.50/cwt492.50–492.501,8073
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2422423.51/cwt370.00–460.001,7876
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1436487.37/cwt455.00–530.002,12533
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned455477.50/cwt477.50–477.502,1735
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2471415.32/cwt381.00–445.001,95616
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1483481.43/cwt465.00–500.002,32559
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy506481.00/cwt481.00–481.002,43416
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8552
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1531434.97/cwt397.00–446.002,31022
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575410.11/cwt375.00–432.502,358151
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned575397.02/cwt388.00–408.002,28313
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2586333.72/cwt324.00–337.001,9569
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy607397.64/cwt397.00–398.002,41417
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2615351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,1595
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630371.03/cwt356.00–388.502,33774
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned639369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,35824
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1672369.54/cwt350.00–385.002,483105
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2683323.86/cwt310.00–335.002,21212
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1717356.28/cwt346.00–365.502,555108
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2721319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,30013
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1776321.62/cwt300.00–333.002,49676
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1840310.21/cwt301.00–313.502,60670
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1245500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,2254
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy316450.86/cwt447.50–455.001,4259
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1331384.57/cwt352.50–400.001,2739
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1381423.40/cwt375.00–455.001,61334
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned383383.00/cwt383.00–383.001,4671
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2385341.39/cwt332.50–352.501,31411
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1429365.11/cwt340.00–400.001,56613
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned437401.00/cwt401.00–401.001,7526
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1469387.94/cwt369.00–399.501,81973
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned471369.72/cwt360.00–385.001,7415
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473339.35/cwt320.00–349.001,60522
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2507305.53/cwt291.00–322.501,54918
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1527367.56/cwt340.00–384.001,93776
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned536350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,87611
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned554340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8844
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570337.68/cwt310.00–355.001,92576
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned613325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,99216
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2613279.65/cwt272.00–287.001,7142
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1617321.10/cwt293.00–333.501,981125
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1679304.08/cwt278.00–323.002,06556
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned682301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,0533
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1726305.75/cwt274.00–330.002,22040
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned435400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7403
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned597351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,0959
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned764310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,3685

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.