Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test so no trend. Trade active with moderate demand on limited offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $157.45/cwt on 437 head.

Average price

$157.45

437 head · 682 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,075

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$360

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$22.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.58

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	690	157.84	1,089	413
Medium and Large 1-2	564	154.87	874	19thin
Large 1	540	135.00	729	5thin

One grade step is worth $22.84/cwt here — about $360 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 sale437 hd

157.45

—

IA average11 barns · 5,915 hd

143.88

+13.58

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

34 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 1Unweaned	—	586	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	990	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	491	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	908	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	199.61/cwt	193.00–204.00	651	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	739	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	588	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	788	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	323	169.96/cwt	169.00–171.00	549	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	181.19/cwt	175.00–187.00	862	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	178.90/cwt	173.00–185.00	961	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	130.55/cwt	130.00–134.00	880	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	906	132.75/cwt	132.75–132.75	1,203	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	150.08/cwt	138.00–153.00	789	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	786	133.67/cwt	127.00–134.25	1,051	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	157.55/cwt	156.50–158.50	663	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	969	3
Steers	Large 1	—	540	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	729	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	676	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	835	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	928	112.25/cwt	112.25–112.25	1,042	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	138.79/cwt	137.50–141.00	794	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	136.43/cwt	135.25–138.00	860	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	151.33/cwt	150.00–159.00	726	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	452	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	701	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	538	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	785	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	646	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	898	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,132	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	356	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	716	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	678	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	144.82/cwt	136.00–147.50	1,189	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	142.75/cwt	140.10–145.60	1,246	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	152.15/cwt	150.00–154.00	896	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	576	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	148.44/cwt	139.00–151.00	1,081	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	280	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	563	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	152.82/cwt	146.00–154.50	940	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	177.36/cwt	175.00–185.00	764	20

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 Sep 28, 2020

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

Receipts 769Last week 1,345Year ago 0

No recent test so no trend. Trade active with moderate demand on limited offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	586	169.00	169.00
9	—	491	185.00	185.00
10	—	646	139.00	139.00
7	—	356	201.00	201.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	326	193.00–204.00	199.61
6	—	379	195.00	195.00
36	—	476	175.00–187.00	181.19
51	—	537	173.00–185.00	178.90
21	—	906	132.75	132.75
3	—	570	170.00	170.00
23	—	770	147.00	147.00
34	—	821	136.00–147.50	144.82
122	—	873	140.10–145.60	142.75
24	—	728	139.00–151.00	148.44
2	—	280	201.00	201.00
29	—	615	146.00–154.50	152.82
20	—	431	175.00–185.00	177.36
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	540	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	176.00	176.00
17	—	589	150.00–154.00	152.15
1	—	320	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	588	134.00	134.00
2	—	323	169.00–171.00	169.96
7	—	452	155.00	155.00
8	—	538	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	674	130.00–134.00	130.55
47	—	526	138.00–153.00	150.08
71	—	786	127.00–134.25	133.67
33	—	421	156.50–158.50	157.55
5	—	928	112.25	112.25
10	—	572	137.50–141.00	138.79
26	—	630	135.25–138.00	136.43
29	—	480	150.00–159.00	151.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	676	123.50	123.50

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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