Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Last Monday was a precondition sale so no trend but compared to two weeks ago steer calves 400-700 lbs. 5.00 10.00 lower, 700-850 lbs. 3.00-5.00 lower. Heifer calves 300-400 lbs. 15.00 higher, 400-600 lbs. 2.00-5.00 lower, 600-750 lbs. 4.00 lower. Trade was active with moderate demand for the moderate offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $138.25/cwt on 688 head.

Average price

$138.25

688 head · 686 lb average

Value per head Derived

$948

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−0.16

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	686	138.25	948	688

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 sale688 hd

138.25

—

IA average13 barns · 13,489 hd

138.41

−0.16

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

36 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 1Fancy	—	606	132.28/cwt	131.00–132.75	802	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	656	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	977	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	658	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	744	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	549	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	741	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	639	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	748	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	628	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	816	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	177.15/cwt	175.50–181.00	756	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	147.25/cwt	145.00–153.50	710	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	887	116.11/cwt	114.75–123.00	1,030	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	566	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	826	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	138.00/cwt	129.25–145.00	932	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	126.23/cwt	125.00–127.00	1,024	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	909	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	172.67/cwt	170.00–175.00	796	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	921	117.45/cwt	113.75–120.50	1,082	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	157.17/cwt	150.00–166.00	805	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	952	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	121.98/cwt	117.00–123.25	814	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	147.48/cwt	142.00–153.00	758	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	118.11/cwt	115.00–118.75	849	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	123.96/cwt	120.00–126.25	940	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	153.53/cwt	146.75–160.00	883	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	130.98/cwt	124.25–134.29	940	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	352	200.59/cwt	200.00–202.50	706	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	129.36/cwt	122.00–139.00	752	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	125.19/cwt	119.00–129.00	786	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	175.25/cwt	172.00–177.00	659	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	154.15/cwt	149.00–160.00	657	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	586	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	850	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	683	124.18/cwt	121.00–127.25	848	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	295	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	499	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	170.51/cwt	169.00–172.00	588	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	139.95/cwt	131.00–142.00	889	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	186.12/cwt	172.50–191.00	599	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	782	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	837	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	798	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	718	10

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 18, 2021

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

Receipts 1,297Last week 2,421Year ago 730

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	606	131.00–132.75	132.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	658	113.00	113.00
15	—	549	135.00	135.00
16	—	639	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	482	145.00–153.50	147.25
4	—	815	111.50	111.50
25	—	765	124.50	124.50
31	—	667	117.00–123.25	121.98
43	—	514	142.00–153.00	147.48
51	—	719	115.00–118.75	118.11
65	—	581	122.00–139.00	129.36
116	—	628	119.00–129.00	125.19
9	—	376	172.00–177.00	175.25
18	—	426	149.00–160.00	154.15
3	—	295	169.00	169.00
4	—	345	169.00–172.00	170.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	566	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	782	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	798	90.00	90.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	656	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	628	130.00	130.00
12	—	586	145.00	145.00
17	—	683	121.00–127.25	124.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	427	175.50–181.00	177.15
41	—	887	114.75–123.00	116.11
88	—	675	129.25–145.00	138.00
97	—	811	125.00–127.00	126.23
12	—	461	170.00–175.00	172.67
25	—	921	113.75–120.50	117.45
27	—	512	150.00–166.00	157.17
44	—	758	120.00–126.25	123.96
88	—	575	146.75–160.00	153.53
131	—	718	124.25–134.29	130.98
6	—	352	200.00–202.50	200.59
35	—	635	131.00–142.00	139.95
5	—	322	172.50–191.00	186.12

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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