Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-11-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report. Trade moderate with moderate demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $156.80/cwt on 453 head.

Average price

$156.80

453 head · 611 lb average

Value per head Derived

$958

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$143

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

$21.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.35

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	616	157.72	971	424
Large 1	378	152.00	574	6thin
Medium 1	515	142.59	735	17thin
Medium and Large 1-2	815	136.72	1,114	6thin

One grade step is worth $21.00/cwt here — about −$143 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 sale453 hd

156.80

—

IA average8 barns · 3,909 hd

159.15

−2.35

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	163.97/cwt	160.00–170.00	856	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	675	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,046	20
Heifers	Large 1	—	441	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	635	5
Heifers	Medium 1	—	566	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	773	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	134.92/cwt	130.00–140.00	418	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	156.44/cwt	150.00–160.00	693	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	146.77/cwt	142.00–149.50	784	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	286	194.88/cwt	184.00–200.00	557	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	173.09/cwt	169.00–177.00	801	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	143.73/cwt	138.00–154.00	1,045	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	275	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	506	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	348	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	672	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	180.21/cwt	170.00–188.00	669	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	136.72/cwt	134.00–139.50	1,114	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	147.48/cwt	145.00–148.00	1,113	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	152.08/cwt	144.00–154.00	1,019	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	170.56/cwt	169.00–174.00	742	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	202.16/cwt	194.00–211.00	633	2
Steers	Medium 1	—	428	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	646	4
Steers	Medium 1	—	542	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	759	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,094	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,515	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	158.67/cwt	153.50–167.50	1,011	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	156.59/cwt	150.00–158.00	910	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,303	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	144.81/cwt	140.00–151.00	689	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	146.30/cwt	141.00–151.00	840	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	372	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	618	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	267	160.48/cwt	160.00–161.00	428	8
Steers	Large 1	—	328	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	459	3
Steers	Large 1	—	427	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	700	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	142.62/cwt	138.00–145.50	954	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,088	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	151.67/cwt	145.00–156.00	951	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	157.80/cwt	151.00–166.00	590	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	332	158.75/cwt	150.00–168.00	527	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	137.87/cwt	136.50–141.50	1,051	14

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 Nov 8, 2021

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

Receipts 936Last week 1,635Year ago 0

No trend as no recent report. Trade moderate with moderate demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	522	160.00–170.00	163.97
3	—	286	184.00–200.00	194.88
6	—	463	169.00–177.00	173.09
93	—	727	138.00–154.00	143.73
18	—	371	170.00–188.00	180.21
23	—	755	145.00–148.00	147.48
34	—	670	144.00–154.00	152.08
46	—	435	169.00–174.00	170.56
2	—	313	194.00–211.00	202.16
4	—	1,094	138.50	138.50
113	—	637	153.50–167.50	158.67
9	—	581	150.00–158.00	156.59
10	—	866	150.50	150.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	275	184.00	184.00
2	—	348	193.00	193.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	815	134.00–139.50	136.72
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	428	151.00	151.00
13	—	542	140.00	140.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	328	140.00	140.00
3	—	427	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	675	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	441	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	566	136.50	136.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	310	130.00–140.00	134.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	443	150.00–160.00	156.44
53	—	534	142.00–149.50	146.77
30	—	476	140.00–151.00	144.81
50	—	574	141.00–151.00	146.30
55	—	669	138.00–145.50	142.62
3	—	743	146.50	146.50
70	—	627	145.00–156.00	151.67
17	—	374	151.00–166.00	157.80
5	—	332	150.00–168.00	158.75
14	—	762	136.50–141.50	137.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	372	166.00	166.00
8	—	267	160.00–161.00	160.48

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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