Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-02-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report. Trade and demand moderate for the moderate offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $167.18/cwt on 539 head.

Average price

$167.18

539 head · 720 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,204

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$246

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

$2.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.45

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	731	167.39	1,224	496
Medium and Large 1-2	594	164.70	978	43

One grade step is worth $2.69/cwt here — about $246 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 sale539 hd

167.18

—

IA average10 barns · 10,878 hd

173.63

−6.45

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	722	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,047	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	729	149.24/cwt	149.00–150.00	1,088	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	825	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,040	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	300	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	585	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	191.13/cwt	187.50–198.00	814	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	152.07/cwt	146.00–154.50	1,028	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	176.70/cwt	170.50–183.00	1,196	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	196.88/cwt	189.00–208.75	1,124	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	987	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	158.75/cwt	156.00–163.00	991	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	186.03/cwt	171.00–194.75	1,159	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	217.42/cwt	210.00–220.00	696	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	199.76/cwt	199.00–200.00	835	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	172.10/cwt	171.00–174.00	971	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	149.33/cwt	149.00–149.50	1,244	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	145.06/cwt	144.00–145.50	1,031	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	148.41/cwt	145.00–153.50	1,152	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	204.57/cwt	202.50–206.00	769	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	206.48/cwt	197.50–211.50	1,059	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	676	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,129	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	886	149.01/cwt	145.00–150.25	1,320	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	993	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,331	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	444	182.23/cwt	180.00–189.00	809	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	697	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	906	145.95/cwt	142.00–146.00	1,322	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	135.70/cwt	131.00–138.00	1,107	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	167.51/cwt	154.00–176.50	1,223	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	140.37/cwt	137.00–143.50	1,016	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	177.13/cwt	169.00–180.00	838	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	174.94/cwt	168.00–182.50	913	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	156.86/cwt	150.00–162.50	982	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	142.95/cwt	142.00–143.50	1,112	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	187.85/cwt	184.00–194.00	896	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	201.26/cwt	197.00–205.00	743	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	891	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,221	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	159.69/cwt	148.00–164.00	909	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	132.53/cwt	131.00–134.00	974	8

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 Feb 21, 2022

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

Receipts 1,108Last week 1,393Year ago 979

No trend as no recent report. Trade and demand moderate for the moderate offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	722	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	729	149.00–150.00	149.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	825	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	195.00	195.00
11	—	426	187.50–198.00	191.13
81	—	676	146.00–154.50	152.07
49	—	816	131.00–138.00	135.70
43	—	724	137.00–143.50	140.37
19	—	473	169.00–180.00	177.13
54	—	522	168.00–182.50	174.94
79	—	626	150.00–162.50	156.86
16	—	778	142.00–143.50	142.95
12	—	369	197.00–205.00	201.26
40	—	891	137.00	137.00
32	—	569	148.00–164.00	159.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	735	131.00–134.00	132.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	677	170.50–183.00	176.70
35	—	571	189.00–208.75	196.88
3	—	470	210.00	210.00
61	—	623	171.00–194.75	186.03
4	—	320	210.00–220.00	217.42
4	—	418	199.00–200.00	199.76
9	—	833	149.00–149.50	149.33
82	—	776	145.00–153.50	148.41
9	—	376	202.50–206.00	204.57
30	—	513	197.50–211.50	206.48
49	—	886	145.00–150.25	149.01
14	—	993	134.00	134.00
76	—	906	142.00–146.00	145.95
55	—	730	154.00–176.50	167.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	624	156.00–163.00	158.75
11	—	564	171.00–174.00	172.10
14	—	711	144.00–145.50	145.06
4	—	444	180.00–189.00	182.23
1	—	365	191.00	191.00
6	—	477	184.00–194.00	187.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	676	167.00	167.00

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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