Sale reports / Iowa / Sigourney Livestock Auction / 2026-01-19

Sigourney Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Sigourney, Iowa · Mon, Jan 19
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2152
Receipts
1,055 head
▼ 580 vs last sale 1,635▼ 8 vs year ago 1,063 · −0.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers weaker, feeder heifers firm. Trade 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 $462.55/cwt on 70 head. That ranks 4 of 5 comparable sales and sits +41.37 against this barn's trailing median of $421.17.
Average price
$462.55
70 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,520
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$309
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$54.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.61
vs IA average
−2.78 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545471.072,56959
Medium and Large 1-2542416.872,25911thin
One grade step is worth $54.20/cwt here — about $309 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 sale70 hd
462.55
—
IA average9 barns · 1,568 hd
468.16
−5.61
National average169 barns · 18,411 hd
465.33
−2.78
This barn, trailing median5 sales
421.17
+41.37
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

32 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 1325570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,8532
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1398542.50/cwt542.50–542.502,1592
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420520.89/cwt500.00–530.002,18812
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned430430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,8493
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1467490.96/cwt470.00–501.002,29322
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned475475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,2564
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2518432.22/cwt395.00–440.002,2397
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1527487.80/cwt471.00–505.002,57137
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1576442.92/cwt415.00–460.002,55122
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2584390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,2784
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1627421.68/cwt393.00–433.002,64456
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1674383.14/cwt367.00–400.002,582122
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720375.49/cwt349.50–385.002,704119
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fancy751371.25/cwt371.25–371.252,78820
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1787349.03/cwt341.00–350.502,74742
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1821308.22/cwt300.00–325.002,5309
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fancy828347.07/cwt343.00–353.002,87448
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1874311.34/cwt298.00–333.502,72129
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1273500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,3653
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1319471.27/cwt460.00–485.001,5037
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2352300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0563
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned362400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4484
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,6883
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1436427.47/cwt402.50–452.501,86417
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463415.46/cwt380.00–427.501,92424
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1527382.17/cwt373.00–386.002,01424
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1577381.84/cwt367.00–405.502,20352
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620372.49/cwt366.00–396.002,309106
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1680354.77/cwt340.00–366.502,41275
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1710343.10/cwt324.00–353.002,43668
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Replacement782365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,85421
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1809340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,75112

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.