Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report for a comparison. Trade moderate to active with good to fair demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $147.68/cwt on 879 head.

Average price

$147.68

879 head · 638 lb average

Value per head Derived

$942

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$67

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

$16.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.94

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	494	152.46	754	37
Medium and Large 1	647	148.23	959	789
Medium 1	602	136.27	821	53

One grade step is worth $16.19/cwt here — about −$67 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 sale879 hd

147.68

—

IA average11 barns · 9,464 hd

138.75

+8.94

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

42 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 1Unweaned	—	459	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	624	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	184.77/cwt	183.00–190.00	601	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	169.74/cwt	160.00–178.00	718	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	152.49/cwt	146.00–161.00	796	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	181.90/cwt	170.00–184.00	842	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	176.78/cwt	168.00–191.00	666	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	856	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,250	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	142.61/cwt	138.00–147.50	961	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	144.38/cwt	136.00–150.50	904	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	155.47/cwt	143.00–164.00	874	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	135.98/cwt	125.25–144.00	982	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	136.89/cwt	132.00–140.85	1,136	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	996	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,155	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	136.93/cwt	130.00–142.00	790	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	141.50/cwt	135.00–151.00	546	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	138.04/cwt	134.00–139.50	740	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	125.07/cwt	120.00–128.50	798	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	150.72/cwt	141.00–155.00	714	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	127.20/cwt	125.00–131.00	990	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	281	153.27/cwt	139.00–162.50	431	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	143.47/cwt	138.00–146.00	607	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,001	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,171	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	126.95/cwt	120.00–130.25	837	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	699	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	818	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	143.74/cwt	141.00–145.00	463	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	125.72/cwt	124.00–128.00	720	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	136.40/cwt	130.00–141.00	656	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	142.30/cwt	140.00–144.00	761	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	154.83/cwt	150.00–162.00	751	30
Steers	Medium 1	—	687	131.78/cwt	130.00–134.00	905	11
Steers	Medium 1	—	580	137.44/cwt	131.00–144.50	797	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	444	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	710	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	475	163.74/cwt	162.00–165.00	778	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	624	161.77/cwt	159.00–162.50	1,009	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	539	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	895	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	396	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	566	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	521	129.09/cwt	127.00–135.00	673	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	777	136.75/cwt	136.75–136.75	1,063	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	439	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	801	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	633	136.23/cwt	136.00–137.00	862	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	490	160.77/cwt	157.00–164.00	788	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	572	145.01/cwt	140.00–156.00	829	28

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 →

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Receipts 1,720Last week 0Year ago 0

No trend as no recent report for a comparison. Trade moderate to active with good to fair demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	459	136.00	136.00
5	—	396	143.00	143.00
15	—	521	127.00–135.00	129.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	856	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
150	—	577	130.00–142.00	136.93
31	—	386	135.00–151.00	141.50
39	—	536	134.00–139.50	138.04
58	—	638	120.00–128.50	125.07
72	—	474	141.00–155.00	150.72
9	—	281	139.00–162.50	153.27
15	—	423	138.00–146.00	143.47
120	—	659	120.00–130.25	126.95
8	—	322	141.00–145.00	143.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	699	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	573	124.00–128.00	125.72
22	—	481	130.00–141.00	136.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	444	160.00	160.00
19	—	475	162.00–165.00	163.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	325	183.00–190.00	184.77
25	—	423	160.00–178.00	169.74
26	—	522	146.00–161.00	152.49
28	—	463	170.00–184.00	181.90
32	—	377	168.00–191.00	176.78
66	—	674	138.00–147.50	142.61
68	—	626	136.00–150.50	144.38
78	—	562	143.00–164.00	155.47
100	—	722	125.25–144.00	135.98
127	—	830	132.00–140.85	136.89
7	—	996	116.00	116.00
59	—	778	125.00–131.00	127.20
6	—	1,001	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	535	140.00–144.00	142.30
30	—	485	150.00–162.00	154.83
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	687	130.00–134.00	131.78
42	—	580	131.00–144.50	137.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	624	159.00–162.50	161.77
43	—	539	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	777	136.75	136.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	439	182.50	182.50
9	—	633	136.00–137.00	136.23
15	—	490	157.00–164.00	160.77
28	—	572	140.00–156.00	145.01

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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