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Sigourney Livestock Auction

Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-13

Feeder Cattle · Sigourney, Iowa · Mon, Apr 13

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2152

← Mar 23Apr 13Aug 31 →

Receipts

646 head

▼ 1,589 vs last sale 2,235▼ 77 vs year ago 723 · −10.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report to compare with and this was mostly a calf sale. Trade was active with good demand for the moderate offerings.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $492.86/cwt on 87 head, up $8.64 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 5 comparable sales and sits +71.69 against this barn's trailing median of $421.17.

Average price

$492.86

▲ 8.64 vs prior sale

87 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,749

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−11.33

vs IA average

+4.51 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	492.86	2,749	87

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 sale87 hd

492.86

—

IA average7 barns · 1,478 hd

504.19

−11.33

National average180 barns · 13,019 hd

488.35

+4.51

This barn, trailing median5 sales

421.17

+71.69

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

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	327	603.44/cwt	590.00–630.00	1,973	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	599.04/cwt	585.00–620.00	2,240	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	580.06/cwt	565.00–590.00	2,523	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	440	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	2,772	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	568.86/cwt	535.00–590.00	2,713	42
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	519.16/cwt	505.00–565.00	2,736	20
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	485.01/cwt	471.00–490.00	2,750	67
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	436.06/cwt	416.00–465.00	2,743	35
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	684	390.20/cwt	375.00–406.00	2,669	28
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	372.90/cwt	364.00–377.00	2,704	13
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	377.11/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,941	10
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	861	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	3,031	12
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	910	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	3,058	2
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,060	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	3,085	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	329	563.55/cwt	540.00–615.00	1,854	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	523.34/cwt	495.00–542.50	1,989	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	526.53/cwt	505.00–545.00	2,243	32
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	487.48/cwt	482.50–490.00	2,306	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	509	462.49/cwt	436.00–471.00	2,354	66
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	435.63/cwt	417.50–475.00	2,487	25
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	386.69/cwt	376.00–394.00	2,444	15
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	407.17/cwt	385.00–415.00	2,761	19
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	357.14/cwt	344.00–360.00	2,579	20
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	859	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,835	12

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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Keoco Feeder Cattle Auction - Sigourney, IA

Mon Apr 13, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Receipts 646Last week 2,235Year ago 723

No trend as no recent report to compare with and this was mostly a calf sale. Trade was active with good demand for the moderate offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1050–1100	1,060	291.00	291.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	440	630.00	630.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	327	590.00–630.00	603.44
6	350–400	374	585.00–620.00	599.04
12	400–450	435	565.00–590.00	580.06
42	450–500	477	535.00–590.00	568.86
20	500–550	527	505.00–565.00	519.16
67	550–600	567	471.00–490.00	485.01
35	600–650	629	416.00–465.00	436.06
28	650–700	684	375.00–406.00	390.20
13	700–750	725	364.00–377.00	372.90
10	750–800	780	370.00–380.00	377.11
12	850–900	861	352.00	352.00
2	900–950	910	336.00	336.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	329	540.00–615.00	563.55
14	350–400	380	495.00–542.50	523.34
32	400–450	426	505.00–545.00	526.53
10	450–500	473	482.50–490.00	487.48
66	500–550	509	436.00–471.00	462.49
25	550–600	571	417.50–475.00	435.63
15	600–650	632	376.00–394.00	386.69
19	650–700	678	385.00–415.00	407.17
20	700–750	722	344.00–360.00	357.14
12	850–900	859	330.00	330.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.