Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend. Trade moderate with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $147.20/cwt on 417 head.

Average price

$147.20

417 head · 716 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,054

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$41

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$38.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.59

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	711	148.02	1,053	408
Large 1	920	110.00	1,012	9thin

One grade step is worth $38.02/cwt here — about $41 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale417 hd

147.20

—

IA average5 barns · 1,611 hd

134.61

+12.59

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

17 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	613	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	148.50/cwt	147.00–150.50	928	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	427	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	628	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	474	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	154.39/cwt	148.00–158.50	838	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	767	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	765	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	937	136.35/cwt	136.35–136.35	1,278	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	857	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	137.10/cwt	131.00–138.50	651	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	803	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,192	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	590	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	148.77/cwt	145.00–151.50	1,137	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	143.57/cwt	143.00–144.00	1,025	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	134.66/cwt	131.00–139.00	692	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	161.29/cwt	159.00–163.00	706	19
Steers	Large 1	—	920	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,012	9

How this sale compares

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 Oct 7, 2019

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

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No trend. Trade moderate with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	438	140.00	140.00
8	—	362	131.00	131.00
8	—	569	134.50	134.50
14	—	475	131.00–138.50	137.10
33	—	514	131.00–139.00	134.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	625	147.00–150.50	148.50
43	—	543	148.00–158.50	154.39
4	—	475	161.50	161.50
61	—	937	136.35	136.35
5	—	587	146.00	146.00
72	—	803	148.50	148.50
12	—	378	156.00	156.00
126	—	764	145.00–151.50	148.77
16	—	714	143.00–144.00	143.57
19	—	438	159.00–163.00	161.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	427	147.00	147.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	920	110.00	110.00

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.

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