Sale reports / Iowa / Sigourney Livestock Auction / 2022-01-17

Sigourney Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Sigourney, Iowa · Mon, Jan 17
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2152
Receipts
1,393 head
1,165 vs last sale 2,558 96 vs year ago 1,297 · +7.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday steer calves 350-550 lbs. 5.00-15.00 lower, over 550 lbs. mostly steady with a weaker undertone. Heifer calves 350-650 lbs. 3.00-8.00 lower, over 650 lbs. mostly steady. Trade 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 $169.28/cwt on 670 head.
Average price
$169.28
670 head · 643 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,089
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$258
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$14.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.19
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1647170.961,107588
Medium 1625157.4198470
Medium and Large 1-2542156.5484812thin
One grade step is worth $14.42/cwt here — about $258 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 sale670 hd
169.28
IA average11 barns · 13,753 hd
170.47
−1.19
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

37 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1485165.48/cwt159.00–169.0080341
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy667157.25/cwt157.25–157.251,04915
BullsMedium and Large 1660127.00/cwt127.00–127.008381
BullsMedium and Large 1701130.00/cwt129.00–131.009114
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement741154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,14119
HeifersSmall and Medium 1350126.00/cwt126.00–126.0044115
HeifersMedium and Large 1738149.08/cwt143.50–154.251,10070
HeifersMedium and Large 1523157.93/cwt153.00–163.0082650
HeifersMedium and Large 1385164.11/cwt160.00–170.0063216
HeifersMedium and Large 1671145.07/cwt141.00–150.0097328
SteersMedium 1473175.49/cwt170.00–180.0083012
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2352153.00/cwt153.00–153.005393
SteersMedium 1691152.47/cwt152.00–161.001,05436
HeifersMedium and Large 1627148.14/cwt140.00–158.00929138
HeifersMedium and Large 1335173.09/cwt170.00–174.005809
HeifersMedium and Large 1427156.06/cwt154.00–162.0066626
SteersMedium and Large 1-2564150.00/cwt150.00–150.008466
HeifersMedium and Large 1577150.77/cwt145.00–163.5087075
SteersMedium and Large 1533185.75/cwt180.00–196.5099099
SteersMedium and Large 1379191.77/cwt185.00–197.507279
SteersMedium and Large 1-2520163.08/cwt161.00–165.008486
SteersMedium 1614148.91/cwt146.00–153.0091412
SteersMedium and Large 1447191.47/cwt190.00–192.0085615
SteersMedium 1586163.70/cwt163.00–165.0095910
SteersMedium and Large 1621166.93/cwt160.00–176.001,037115
SteersMedium and Large 1567181.93/cwt170.50–188.751,03251
SteersMedium and Large 1735152.52/cwt152.00–155.001,12117
SteersMedium and Large 1786156.90/cwt149.00–159.751,233122
SteersMedium and Large 1831156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,29619
SteersMedium and Large 1478200.34/cwt199.00–201.0095815
SteersMedium and Large 1683169.49/cwt164.50–176.851,158126
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned673119.00/cwt119.00–119.008013
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned635123.50/cwt123.50–123.507846
BullsMedium and Large 1553150.89/cwt150.00–151.008349
BullsMedium and Large 1420166.00/cwt166.00–166.006972
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned478160.00/cwt160.00–160.007656
BullsMedium and Large 1490155.00/cwt155.00–155.007601

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.