Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $148.56/cwt on 735 head.

Average price

$148.56

735 head · 649 lb average

Value per head Derived

$964

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$99

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

$20.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.49

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	511	155.88	796	17thin
Medium and Large 1	652	148.84	971	694
Medium 1	662	135.29	896	24

One grade step is worth $20.58/cwt here — about −$99 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 sale735 hd

148.56

—

IA average5 barns · 6,700 hd

145.07

+3.49

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

40 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 1	—	668	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	868	5
Steers	Medium 1	—	813	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	992	6
Steers	Medium 1	—	590	143.46/cwt	140.00–146.50	846	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	554	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	792	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	655	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,015	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	603	164.08/cwt	162.00–165.00	989	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	172.68/cwt	170.00–178.50	825	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	607	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	920	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	130.22/cwt	125.00–134.00	1,018	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	163.78/cwt	157.00–168.00	919	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,117	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	182.07/cwt	178.50–193.00	703	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	344	152.55/cwt	152.00–155.00	525	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	151.88/cwt	150.00–154.50	717	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	183.47/cwt	177.00–185.50	774	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	130.51/cwt	127.50–135.00	1,069	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	702	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	930	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	149.47/cwt	145.50–153.00	771	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	529	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	341	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	481	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	145.99/cwt	135.00–149.00	978	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	133.77/cwt	128.50–140.00	966	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	149.51/cwt	142.00–152.75	939	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	930	104.44/cwt	104.00–105.50	971	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	727	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	903	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	171.08/cwt	167.00–174.50	898	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	658	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	757	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	577	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	692	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	671	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	819	121.08/cwt	120.00–122.00	992	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	845	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	930	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	611	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	134.75/cwt	130.00–137.00	768	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	153.79/cwt	150.00–155.00	591	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	153.36/cwt	151.00–155.00	676	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	129.28/cwt	124.00–135.00	804	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	548	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	740	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	171.98/cwt	170.00–175.00	748	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	126.99/cwt	120.00–130.00	853	128

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 4, 2021

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

Receipts 1,400Last week 1,720Year ago 1,334

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	668	130.00	130.00
6	—	813	122.00	122.00
13	—	590	140.00–146.50	143.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	655	155.00	155.00
13	—	603	162.00–165.00	164.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	478	170.00–178.50	172.68
62	—	782	125.00–134.00	130.22
81	—	561	157.00–168.00	163.78
39	—	873	128.00	128.00
19	—	386	178.50–193.00	182.07
25	—	422	177.00–185.50	183.47
43	—	819	127.50–135.00	130.51
108	—	670	135.00–149.00	145.99
89	—	722	128.50–140.00	133.77
94	—	628	142.00–152.75	149.51
28	—	525	167.00–174.50	171.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	607	151.50	151.50
9	—	702	132.50	132.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	475	153.00	153.00
5	—	645	140.00	140.00
6	—	435	170.00–175.00	171.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	819	120.00–122.00	121.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	554	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	344	152.00–155.00	152.55
25	—	472	150.00–154.50	151.88
56	—	516	145.50–153.00	149.47
9	—	930	104.00–105.50	104.44
4	—	845	110.00	110.00
81	—	570	130.00–137.00	134.75
8	—	384	150.00–155.00	153.79
54	—	441	151.00–155.00	153.36
113	—	622	124.00–135.00	129.28
128	—	672	120.00–130.00	126.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	370	143.00	143.00
5	—	341	141.00	141.00
5	—	476	141.00	141.00
6	—	427	143.00	143.00
7	—	548	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	658	115.00	115.00
20	—	577	120.00	120.00

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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