Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend, no recent report. Trade was active with moderate offering of good cattle and good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $152.70/cwt on 600 head.

Average price

$152.70

600 head · 636 lb average

Value per head Derived

$971

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−1.55

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	636	152.70	971	600

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale600 hd

152.70

—

IA average12 barns · 11,413 hd

154.25

−1.55

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

39 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	—	441	144.06/cwt	142.00–145.00	635	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	125.13/cwt	125.00–125.50	942	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	629	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	122.62/cwt	120.00–124.00	400	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	414	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	664	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	511	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	787	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	672	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,015	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	632	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	970	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	604	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	746	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	157.07/cwt	154.00–161.00	573	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	152.66/cwt	144.50–158.00	702	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	142.43/cwt	135.00–145.00	1,016	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	139.37/cwt	139.00–139.75	1,160	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	170.75/cwt	167.00–175.00	808	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	141.45/cwt	140.50–142.10	1,105	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	941	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,280	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	172.59/cwt	171.00–174.50	720	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	161.60/cwt	158.75–165.25	1,005	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	142.14/cwt	137.00–148.00	967	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	589	159.97/cwt	157.00–167.50	942	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	181.88/cwt	176.00–186.00	688	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	166.50/cwt	155.00–186.00	571	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	168.43/cwt	163.00–176.00	903	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	124.89/cwt	122.00–125.75	889	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	127.17/cwt	124.00–128.00	843	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	140.53/cwt	135.00–147.00	738	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	132.50/cwt	125.00–140.00	759	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	133.42/cwt	128.25–136.75	850	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	358	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	387	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	741	136.47/cwt	136.00–137.00	1,011	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	468	134.31/cwt	127.00–140.00	629	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	616	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	764	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	524	129.61/cwt	125.00–131.00	679	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	373	153.90/cwt	150.00–155.00	574	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	411	165.92/cwt	164.00–169.00	682	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	530	158.66/cwt	158.00–159.00	841	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	650	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	910	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	601	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	817	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	481	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	784	7

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 Jan 6, 2020

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

Receipts 1,334Last week 673Year ago 0

No trend, no recent report. Trade was active with moderate offering of good cattle and good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	441	142.00–145.00	144.06
20	—	753	125.00–125.50	125.13
11	—	365	154.00–161.00	157.07
28	—	460	144.50–158.00	152.66
31	—	712	122.00–125.75	124.89
32	—	663	124.00–128.00	127.17
61	—	525	135.00–147.00	140.53
77	—	573	125.00–140.00	132.50
139	—	637	128.25–136.75	133.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	484	130.00	130.00
6	—	326	120.00–124.00	122.62
4	—	358	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	414	160.50	160.50
5	—	511	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	604	123.50	123.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	741	136.00–137.00	136.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	468	127.00–140.00	134.31
14	—	616	124.00	124.00
17	—	524	125.00–131.00	129.61
22	—	373	150.00–155.00	153.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	672	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	632	153.50	153.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	713	135.00–145.00	142.43
34	—	832	139.00–139.75	139.37
37	—	473	167.00–175.00	170.75
37	—	781	140.50–142.10	141.45
7	—	941	136.00	136.00
9	—	417	171.00–174.50	172.59
56	—	622	158.75–165.25	161.60
71	—	680	137.00–148.00	142.14
110	—	589	157.00–167.50	159.97
11	—	378	176.00–186.00	181.88
13	—	343	155.00–186.00	166.50
21	—	536	163.00–176.00	168.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	411	164.00–169.00	165.92
12	—	530	158.00–159.00	158.66
18	—	650	140.00	140.00
5	—	601	136.00	136.00
7	—	481	163.00	163.00

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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