Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as this was a precondition sale. Trade was active with very good demand for the large offering of mostly uniform feeders.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $144.66/cwt on 1,226 head.

Average price

$144.66

1,226 head · 664 lb average

Value per head Derived

$960

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$106

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

$5.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.62

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	665	144.76	962	1,205
Medium and Large 1-2	615	139.11	856	21

One grade step is worth $5.65/cwt here — about $106 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 sale1,226 hd

144.66

—

IA average17 barns · 19,194 hd

142.05

+2.62

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

28 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	—	389	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	727	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	661	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	992	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	472	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	746	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	556	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	773	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	635	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	908	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	144.64/cwt	142.00–147.00	686	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	116.00/cwt	114.00–117.25	894	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	192.86/cwt	191.00–203.00	621	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	171.65/cwt	155.00–177.00	640	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	124.26/cwt	118.50–128.00	1,024	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	165.93/cwt	164.50–171.00	883	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	158.39/cwt	153.00–166.50	906	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	137.28/cwt	131.75–142.25	982	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	148.95/cwt	146.50–151.75	929	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	130.01/cwt	122.75–137.00	1,004	264
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	884	117.34/cwt	115.00–119.75	1,037	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	157.81/cwt	148.00–165.00	656	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	199.15/cwt	187.00–205.00	817	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	125.20/cwt	120.00–132.75	780	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	139.11/cwt	134.00–141.25	856	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	940	114.39/cwt	114.00–116.00	1,075	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	336	149.99/cwt	145.00–156.00	504	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	175.17/cwt	168.00–179.00	832	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	140.18/cwt	136.00–142.50	945	302
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	124.92/cwt	120.00–130.50	843	232
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	118.00/cwt	115.00–120.00	870	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	141.71/cwt	134.00–147.50	741	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	128.69/cwt	121.00–131.50	737	126

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 11, 2021

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

Receipts 2,421Last week 1,400Year ago 1,389

No trend as this was a precondition sale. Trade was active with very good demand for the large offering of mostly uniform feeders.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	389	187.00	187.00
6	—	322	191.00–203.00	192.86
38	—	824	118.50–128.00	124.26
48	—	532	164.50–171.00	165.93
101	—	572	153.00–166.50	158.39
125	—	715	131.75–142.25	137.28
155	—	624	146.50–151.75	148.95
264	—	772	122.75–137.00	130.01
16	—	884	115.00–119.75	117.34
30	—	410	187.00–205.00	199.15
5	—	940	114.00–116.00	114.39
75	—	475	168.00–179.00	175.17
302	—	674	136.00–142.50	140.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	661	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	635	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	615	134.00–141.25	139.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	472	158.00	158.00
15	—	556	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	474	142.00–147.00	144.64
69	—	771	114.00–117.25	116.00
16	—	373	155.00–177.00	171.65
37	—	416	148.00–165.00	157.81
175	—	623	120.00–132.75	125.20
12	—	336	145.00–156.00	149.99
232	—	675	120.00–130.50	124.92
75	—	737	115.00–120.00	118.00
106	—	523	134.00–147.50	141.71
126	—	573	121.00–131.50	128.69

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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