Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent report for a comparison. Trade and demand moderate with good offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.18/cwt on 719 head.

Average price

$149.18

719 head · 586 lb average

Value per head Derived

$875

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$43

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$8.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.71

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	586	149.47	876	695
Medium and Large 1-2	592	140.84	833	24

One grade step is worth $8.64/cwt here — about $43 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 sale719 hd

149.18

—

IA average11 barns · 7,282 hd

148.47

+0.71

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

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	887	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	148.88/cwt	146.75–153.00	789	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	141.83/cwt	135.00–144.00	1,094	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	169.86/cwt	164.75–179.00	637	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	640	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	864	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	570	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	895	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	766	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,157	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	133.16/cwt	128.00–140.00	630	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	125.20/cwt	120.00–130.00	780	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	139.65/cwt	135.00–143.00	461	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	480	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	691	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	141.95/cwt	140.00–143.00	815	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	145.72/cwt	139.00–149.00	909	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	153.85/cwt	150.00–162.50	722	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	141.67/cwt	139.00–145.00	1,020	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,140	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	608	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	952	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	534	122.37/cwt	116.00–125.50	653	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	127.66/cwt	122.50–134.00	737	201
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	137.33/cwt	130.00–141.50	584	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	688	122.30/cwt	120.00–124.00	841	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	571	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	794	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	142.49/cwt	135.00–149.00	949	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	150.89/cwt	147.00–154.00	859	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	160.71/cwt	155.00–168.00	691	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	177.55/cwt	170.00–180.00	570	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	528	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	869	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	398	142.27/cwt	140.00–148.00	566	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	640	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	864	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	131.70/cwt	125.00–136.00	707	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	159.16/cwt	153.00–164.00	600	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	891	5

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 Nov 18, 2019

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

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No recent report for a comparison. Trade and demand moderate with good offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	645	137.50	137.50
18	—	574	140.00–143.00	141.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	530	146.75–153.00	148.88
64	—	771	135.00–144.00	141.83
20	—	375	164.75–179.00	169.86
102	—	624	139.00–149.00	145.72
85	—	469	150.00–162.50	153.85
38	—	720	139.00–145.00	141.67
5	—	829	137.50	137.50
104	—	666	135.00–149.00	142.49
85	—	569	147.00–154.00	150.89
39	—	430	155.00–168.00	160.71
12	—	321	170.00–180.00	177.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	640	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	570	157.00	157.00
13	—	608	156.50	156.50
19	—	528	164.50	164.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	766	151.00	151.00
10	—	640	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
109	—	473	128.00–140.00	133.16
51	—	623	120.00–130.00	125.20
9	—	330	135.00–143.00	139.65
201	—	577	122.50–134.00	127.66
65	—	425	130.00–141.50	137.33
16	—	688	120.00–124.00	122.30
92	—	537	125.00–136.00	131.70
18	—	377	153.00–164.00	159.16
5	—	736	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	480	144.00	144.00
6	—	571	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	534	116.00–125.50	122.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	398	140.00–148.00	142.27

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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