Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-09-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report. Trade moderate with fair demand. Better kinds in larger groups brought premium prices today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $196.38/cwt on 608 head.

Average price

$196.38

608 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,084

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$163

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$21.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.22

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	196.70	1,087	599
Large 1	528	175.00	924	9thin

One grade step is worth $21.70/cwt here — about $163 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 sale608 hd

196.38

—

IA average7 barns · 5,245 hd

185.16

+11.22

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

51 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	—	497	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	850	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	355	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	710	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	581	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	953	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	408	193.50/cwt	193.50–193.50	789	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	340	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	663	1
Heifers	Large 1	—	448	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	806	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	375	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	690	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	168.38/cwt	160.00–175.00	1,046	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	201.23/cwt	191.00–206.50	873	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	186.08/cwt	185.00–187.00	895	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	744	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	290	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	650	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	184.94/cwt	170.00–188.00	1,259	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	289	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	520	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	419	190.74/cwt	182.00–196.00	799	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	270	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	655	8
Steers	Large 1	—	528	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	924	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	182.37/cwt	175.00–191.00	1,025	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	462	180.81/cwt	179.00–184.00	835	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	507	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	902	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	836	160.56/cwt	158.00–164.00	1,342	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	446	179.12/cwt	164.00–184.00	799	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	242	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	501	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	373	209.30/cwt	191.00–214.00	781	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	704	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,197	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,345	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	169.33/cwt	168.00–170.00	1,136	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	205.25/cwt	195.00–213.00	784	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	168.14/cwt	164.50–170.00	1,219	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	201.74/cwt	197.00–206.50	859	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	287	208.75/cwt	205.00–215.00	599	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	471	166.21/cwt	160.00–174.00	783	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	698	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,215	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	630	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	860	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	202.53/cwt	195.00–205.00	956	104
Heifers	Large 1	—	520	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	801	11
Heifers	Large 1	—	396	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	737	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	442	226.15/cwt	220.50–229.00	1,000	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	472	225.44/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,064	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	508	217.98/cwt	215.00–219.75	1,107	38
Heifers	Large 1	—	491	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	889	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	218	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	421	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	337	210.24/cwt	199.00–215.00	709	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,422	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	216.88/cwt	206.00–229.00	807	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	186.37/cwt	176.00–196.00	969	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	168.54/cwt	164.00–172.00	1,040	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	185.83/cwt	176.00–193.50	966	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	922	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	652	200.35/cwt	200.35–200.35	1,306	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	528	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,067	19

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 Sep 26, 2022

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No trend as no recent report. Trade moderate with fair demand. Better kinds in larger groups brought premium prices today.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	497	171.00	171.00
1	—	355	200.00	200.00
5	—	581	164.00	164.00
6	—	408	193.50	193.50
1	—	340	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	448	180.00	180.00
11	—	520	154.00	154.00
5	—	396	186.00	186.00
4	—	491	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	446	164.00–184.00	179.12
2	—	242	207.00	207.00
13	—	373	191.00–214.00	209.30
18	—	471	160.00–174.00	166.21
2	—	630	136.50	136.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	830	162.00	162.00
6	—	671	168.00–170.00	169.33
53	—	382	195.00–213.00	205.25
12	—	725	164.50–170.00	168.14
27	—	426	197.00–206.50	201.74
9	—	287	205.00–215.00	208.75
104	—	472	195.00–205.00	202.53
3	—	218	193.00	193.00
13	—	337	199.00–215.00	210.24
7	—	617	164.00–172.00	168.54
27	—	520	176.00–193.50	185.83
4	—	559	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	698	174.00	174.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	184.00	184.00
6	—	289	180.00	180.00
17	—	419	182.00–196.00	190.74
17	—	462	179.00–184.00	180.81
6	—	507	178.00	178.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	621	160.00–175.00	168.38
38	—	434	191.00–206.50	201.23
13	—	481	185.00–187.00	186.08
6	—	338	220.00	220.00
2	—	290	224.00	224.00
60	—	681	170.00–188.00	184.94
37	—	562	175.00–191.00	182.37
7	—	836	158.00–164.00	160.56
4	—	704	170.00	170.00
51	—	870	163.50	163.50
31	—	372	206.00–229.00	216.88
61	—	520	176.00–196.00	186.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	270	242.50	242.50
67	—	442	220.50–229.00	226.15
26	—	472	220.00–230.00	225.44
38	—	508	215.00–219.75	217.98
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	528	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	652	200.35	200.35
19	—	528	202.00	202.00

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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