Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $147.49/cwt on 338 head.

Average price

$147.49

338 head · 667 lb average

Value per head Derived

$984

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$11.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.61

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	670	148.36	994	313
Medium 1	633	136.60	865	25

One grade step is worth $11.76/cwt here — about $129 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 sale338 hd

147.49

—

IA average12 barns · 7,627 hd

146.88

+0.61

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	—	369	158.79/cwt	155.00–162.00	586	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	129.77/cwt	129.00–130.00	1,038	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	912	132.02/cwt	131.00–134.00	1,204	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	148.26/cwt	142.50–154.50	919	26
Steers	Medium 1	—	572	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	772	7
Steers	Medium 1	—	761	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	989	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	127.68/cwt	127.00–128.00	742	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	559	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,058	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	122.25/cwt	120.00–124.00	883	14
Steers	Medium 1	—	475	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	713	5
Steers	Medium 1	—	687	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	927	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	130.10/cwt	129.00–130.50	630	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	126.25/cwt	126.25–126.25	847	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	127.14/cwt	125.25–129.00	796	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	132.03/cwt	130.00–136.00	511	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	129.66/cwt	127.50–132.50	679	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	141.85/cwt	141.85–141.85	1,150	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	446	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	576	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	498	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	647	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	686	7
Heifers	Medium 1	—	630	117.75/cwt	117.75–117.75	742	3
Heifers	Medium 1	—	768	121.25/cwt	121.25–121.25	931	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	163.10/cwt	153.00–169.00	706	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	160.79/cwt	160.50–161.00	838	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	548	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	163.24/cwt	163.00–164.00	793	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	146.07/cwt	144.50–152.50	966	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	146.19/cwt	142.00–148.00	1,132	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	142.75/cwt	142.75–142.75	1,026	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	157.75/cwt	150.00–161.50	883	31

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 Dec 16, 2019

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

Receipts 673Last week 0Year ago 0

No trend as no recent report. Trade and demand moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	369	155.00–162.00	158.79
13	—	800	129.00–130.00	129.77
15	—	912	131.00–134.00	132.02
26	—	620	142.50–154.50	148.26
12	—	433	153.00–169.00	163.10
12	—	521	160.50–161.00	160.79
5	—	324	169.00	169.00
8	—	486	163.00–164.00	163.24
52	—	661	144.50–152.50	146.07
99	—	774	142.00–148.00	146.19
27	—	719	142.75	142.75
31	—	560	150.00–161.50	157.75
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	572	135.00	135.00
7	—	761	130.00	130.00
5	—	475	150.00	150.00
6	—	687	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	581	127.00–128.00	127.68
7	—	430	130.00	130.00
13	—	784	135.00	135.00
14	—	722	120.00–124.00	122.25
16	—	484	129.00–130.50	130.10
17	—	671	126.25	126.25
19	—	626	125.25–129.00	127.14
20	—	387	130.00–136.00	132.03
30	—	524	127.50–132.50	129.66
44	—	811	141.85	141.85
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	630	117.75	117.75
8	—	768	121.25	121.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	328	136.00	136.00
3	—	443	130.00	130.00
3	—	498	130.00	130.00
7	—	536	128.00	128.00

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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