Sale reports / Iowa / Sigourney Livestock Auction / 2021-02-08

Sigourney Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Sigourney, Iowa · Mon, Feb 8
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2152
Receipts
455 head
842 vs last sale 1,297 455 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent report, no trend. Moderate demand and trade for limited offerings due to very cold and snowy weather.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $136.22/cwt on 217 head.
Average price
$136.22
217 head · 702 lb average
Value per head Derived
$956
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$77
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$39.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.69
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1683139.27951197
Large 1912112.381,02410thin
Medium and Large 1-2874100.0087410thin
One grade step is worth $39.27/cwt here — about $77 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 sale217 hd
136.22
IA average10 barns · 8,062 hd
141.92
−5.69
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

25 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersLarge 1687118.00/cwt118.00–118.008115
HeifersLarge 1530125.00/cwt125.00–125.006633
SteersLarge 1816116.75/cwt116.75–116.759535
SteersLarge 11,007108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,0885
HeifersMedium and Large 1342169.00/cwt169.00–169.005785
HeifersMedium and Large 1415162.00/cwt162.00–162.006725
SteersMedium and Large 1856123.33/cwt122.00–124.001,05618
SteersMedium and Large 1335181.00/cwt181.00–181.006062
SteersMedium and Large 1639142.50/cwt142.50–142.5091121
SteersMedium and Large 1-2874100.00/cwt100.00–100.0087410
SteersMedium and Large 1772129.63/cwt124.00–131.001,00133
SteersMedium and Large 1678136.04/cwt134.00–140.0092247
SteersMedium and Large 1357177.00/cwt177.00–177.006323
HeifersMedium and Large 1566133.72/cwt132.50–139.5075724
SteersMedium and Large 1532160.00/cwt160.00–160.008514
HeifersMedium and Large 1625129.47/cwt125.50–132.5080955
SteersMedium and Large 1946110.50/cwt110.50–110.501,0458
SteersMedium and Large 1471165.84/cwt164.00–168.0078115
HeifersMedium and Large 1830107.29/cwt103.50–110.2589118
SteersMedium and Large 1572154.26/cwt150.00–165.0088215
HeifersMedium and Large 1681121.62/cwt117.50–124.2582853
HeifersMedium and Large 1370171.16/cwt168.00–175.0063311
HeifersMedium and Large 1528136.08/cwt130.00–139.5071912
SteersMedium and Large 1715136.47/cwt132.00–137.0097628
SteersMedium and Large 1400171.00/cwt171.00–171.006843

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.