Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-11-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report to compare to. Trade active with good demand for the moderate offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $183.85/cwt on 332 head.

Average price

$183.85

332 head · 634 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,165

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$195

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$35.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.71

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	628	184.59	1,159	325
Large 1	906	149.50	1,354	7thin

One grade step is worth $35.09/cwt here — about −$195 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 sale332 hd

183.85

—

IA average11 barns · 4,808 hd

180.14

+3.71

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

26 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	—	460	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	856	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	638	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	925	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	379	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	762	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	611	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,026	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	210.88/cwt	207.50–217.00	679	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	167.67/cwt	165.50–178.50	887	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	169.38/cwt	165.75–174.50	1,211	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	223.94/cwt	220.00–228.00	694	2
Steers	Large 1	—	906	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,354	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	172.58/cwt	164.00–177.75	1,160	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	1,369	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	196.20/cwt	189.00–202.50	1,124	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	200.57/cwt	190.00–216.00	1,037	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	183.58/cwt	177.00–187.50	1,173	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	160.73/cwt	155.50–166.50	1,098	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	153.24/cwt	152.00–154.50	1,234	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	359	211.07/cwt	204.00–214.00	758	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	214.99/cwt	209.00–217.00	1,041	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	158.46/cwt	150.00–163.75	982	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	180.65/cwt	177.00–183.00	766	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	184.96/cwt	180.00–190.00	688	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	156.17/cwt	148.00–164.00	898	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,451	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	202.39/cwt	197.00–211.00	884	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	180.71/cwt	171.50–185.00	869	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,172	13

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 7, 2022

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

Receipts 740Last week 0Year ago 936

No trend as no recent report to compare to. Trade active with good demand 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
3	—	460	186.00	186.00
3	—	638	145.00	145.00
4	—	379	201.00	201.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	611	168.00	168.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	322	207.50–217.00	210.88
35	—	529	165.50–178.50	167.67
61	—	683	155.50–166.50	160.73
14	—	805	152.00–154.50	153.24
34	—	620	150.00–163.75	158.46
7	—	424	177.00–183.00	180.65
17	—	372	180.00–190.00	184.96
32	—	575	148.00–164.00	156.17
61	—	481	171.50–185.00	180.71
13	—	781	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	715	165.75–174.50	169.38
2	—	310	220.00–228.00	223.94
62	—	672	164.00–177.75	172.58
12	—	780	175.50	175.50
51	—	573	189.00–202.50	196.20
34	—	517	190.00–216.00	200.57
45	—	639	177.00–187.50	183.58
4	—	359	204.00–214.00	211.07
12	—	484	209.00–217.00	214.99
19	—	869	167.00	167.00
25	—	437	197.00–211.00	202.39
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	906	149.50	149.50

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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