Sale reports / Iowa / Sigourney Livestock Auction / 2026-02-09

Sigourney Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Sigourney, Iowa · Mon, Feb 9
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2152
Receipts
673 head
▼ 382 vs last sale 1,055▲ 673 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report for a true comparison. Trade active with good demand for a moderate offering.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $477.44/cwt on 58 head. That ranks 4 of 5 comparable sales and sits +56.27 against this barn's trailing median of $421.17.
Average price
$477.44
58 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,683
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−3.62
vs IA average
−0.95 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1562477.442,68358
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 sale58 hd
477.44
—
IA average3 barns · 425 hd
481.06
−3.62
National average184 barns · 16,706 hd
478.39
−0.95
This barn, trailing median5 sales
421.17
+56.27
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

24 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365561.58/cwt540.00–585.002,0502
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418517.50/cwt517.50–517.502,1633
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1458541.23/cwt537.50–545.002,4796
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Full474507.50/cwt507.50–507.502,4064
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526503.63/cwt494.00–534.002,64929
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1598451.26/cwt449.50–452.502,69929
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1614422.05/cwt398.00–437.502,59135
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1653398.87/cwt391.00–415.502,60561
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1717377.45/cwt369.00–380.502,70635
Steers700–750Large 1743356.50/cwt356.50–356.502,6495
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1763381.25/cwt381.25–381.252,90960
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1835358.75/cwt358.75–358.752,99636
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1940330.38/cwt325.00–331.103,10665
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1305480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,4641
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1376493.69/cwt467.50–515.001,8568
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1435476.57/cwt460.00–515.002,07323
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,1622
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520446.43/cwt430.00–456.002,32152
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1569424.44/cwt420.00–458.002,41517
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1616399.18/cwt389.00–410.002,45960
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1664374.13/cwt372.00–379.002,48419
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned691360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,4887
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1742309.00/cwt309.00–309.002,2936
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1783332.52/cwt319.00–336.002,60424

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.