Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-11-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as last report was two weeks ago. Trade moderate to active on the better kind with mostly good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $182.39/cwt on 1,074 head.

Average price

$182.39

1,074 head · 625 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,140

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$242

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

$6.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.38

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	629	182.66	1,149	1,033
Medium and Large 1-2	516	175.68	907	41

One grade step is worth $6.98/cwt here — about $242 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 sale1,074 hd

182.39

—

IA average10 barns · 8,939 hd

185.77

−3.38

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

47 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	—	882	165.25/cwt	165.25–165.25	1,458	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	567	202.68/cwt	201.25–205.25	1,149	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	196.54/cwt	189.00–208.00	745	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	173.48/cwt	160.00–180.50	1,178	237
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	189.85/cwt	184.00–200.00	811	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	185.91/cwt	179.00–195.00	1,169	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	417	188.20/cwt	185.00–191.00	785	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	175.58/cwt	169.25–181.25	1,283	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	632	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,119	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	169.53/cwt	164.50–175.00	1,383	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	516	198.69/cwt	198.00–199.00	1,025	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	189.30/cwt	179.00–202.50	1,077	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	193.77/cwt	180.00–206.00	1,027	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	484	195.73/cwt	186.00–200.00	947	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	578	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	890	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	322	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	715	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	754	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,131	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	162.19/cwt	162.00–162.25	1,082	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	141.55/cwt	137.50–143.50	1,040	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	153.75/cwt	153.75–153.75	1,188	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	161.47/cwt	154.00–175.00	520	21
Heifers	Medium 1	—	543	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	820	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	639	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,051	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	601	173.00/cwt	171.00–175.00	1,040	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	644	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	171.28/cwt	169.00–177.00	1,327	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	180.91/cwt	176.00–185.00	836	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	605	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,065	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	166.98/cwt	164.00–171.00	965	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	428	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	663	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	476	151.75/cwt	149.00–155.00	722	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	643	133.11/cwt	132.00–139.00	856	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	504	162.07/cwt	151.00–165.25	817	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	160.51/cwt	156.00–165.00	931	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	203.64/cwt	184.00–217.00	986	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	170.49/cwt	155.00–180.00	723	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	164.00/cwt	154.00–171.50	1,043	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	164.45/cwt	150.00–185.00	622	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	515	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	912	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	156.59/cwt	153.00–160.00	684	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	161.46/cwt	151.00–170.00	856	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	150.18/cwt	146.00–155.00	802	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	151.98/cwt	150.00–153.50	942	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	145.84/cwt	140.00–149.00	828	15
Heifers	Small and Medium 1	—	670	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	871	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	168.65/cwt	160.00–181.00	808	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	153.43/cwt	151.00–156.00	713	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 Nov 21, 2022

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

Receipts 2,053Last week 740Year ago 1,819

No trend as last report was two weeks ago. Trade moderate to active on the better kind with mostly good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	882	165.25	165.25
28	—	379	189.00–208.00	196.54
237	—	679	160.00–180.50	173.48
27	—	427	184.00–200.00	189.85
156	—	629	179.00–195.00	185.91
110	—	731	169.25–181.25	175.58
39	—	816	164.50–175.00	169.53
74	—	569	179.00–202.50	189.30
51	—	530	180.00–206.00	193.77
16	—	322	200.00	200.00
75	—	775	169.00–177.00	171.28
71	—	484	184.00–217.00	203.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	567	201.25–205.25	202.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	417	185.00–191.00	188.20
6	—	632	177.00	177.00
22	—	516	198.00–199.00	198.69
20	—	484	186.00–200.00	195.73
11	—	578	154.00	154.00
3	—	322	222.00	222.00
7	—	754	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	601	171.00–175.00	173.00
23	—	462	176.00–185.00	180.91
12	—	578	164.00–171.00	166.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	667	162.00–162.25	162.19
30	—	735	137.50–143.50	141.55
24	—	773	153.75	153.75
21	—	322	154.00–175.00	161.47
90	—	580	156.00–165.00	160.51
59	—	424	155.00–180.00	170.49
108	—	636	154.00–171.50	164.00
34	—	378	150.00–185.00	164.45
113	—	530	151.00–170.00	161.46
33	—	479	160.00–181.00	168.65
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	543	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	639	164.50	164.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	605	176.00	176.00
12	—	515	177.00	177.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	428	155.00	155.00
9	—	476	149.00–155.00	151.75
18	—	643	132.00–139.00	133.11
21	—	504	151.00–165.25	162.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	437	153.00–160.00	156.59
20	—	534	146.00–155.00	150.18
8	—	620	150.00–153.50	151.98
15	—	568	140.00–149.00	145.84
8	—	465	151.00–156.00	153.43
Heifers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	670	130.00	130.00

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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