Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as this was a Special Precondition Sale. Trade active with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $182.13/cwt on 1,250 head.

Average price

$182.13

1,250 head · 672 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,224

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$200

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$7.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.86

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	685	182.98	1,254	1,099
Medium and Large 1-2	532	177.36	944	50
Medium 1	601	175.19	1,053	101

One grade step is worth $7.79/cwt here — about $200 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 sale1,250 hd

182.13

—

IA average15 barns · 18,735 hd

189.99

−7.86

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

41 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	340	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	663	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	505	185.27/cwt	181.00–187.00	936	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	496	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	977	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,142	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	170.94/cwt	161.00–179.50	721	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	291	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	517	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	178.46/cwt	175.00–189.00	869	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	176.81/cwt	170.00–180.00	684	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	161.36/cwt	160.00–170.00	754	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	517	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,112	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	161.88/cwt	158.00–170.00	944	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	175.38/cwt	172.00–181.00	987	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	169.47/cwt	162.00–176.00	902	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	158.01/cwt	153.00–160.00	1,228	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	167.81/cwt	160.00–177.50	1,050	285
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	192.98/cwt	183.75–203.25	1,212	187
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	160.22/cwt	151.00–168.50	1,163	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	200.84/cwt	200.00–201.00	880	6
Steers	Medium 1	—	619	172.76/cwt	170.00–177.50	1,069	32
Steers	Medium 1	—	680	168.35/cwt	161.00–170.75	1,145	28
Steers	Medium 1	—	574	178.23/cwt	177.00–181.00	1,023	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	197.75/cwt	190.00–201.00	718	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	159.48/cwt	153.00–168.00	1,069	199
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	172.44/cwt	165.00–176.00	1,062	25
Steers	Medium 1	—	477	186.74/cwt	185.00–191.00	891	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	168.80/cwt	160.00–174.00	817	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	334	215.56/cwt	213.00–219.00	720	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	203.92/cwt	201.50–211.00	967	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	841	176.68/cwt	170.00–179.75	1,486	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	290	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	632	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	195.32/cwt	184.00–202.00	1,121	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	172.50/cwt	170.00–175.00	1,497	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	180.22/cwt	170.75–188.00	1,207	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	172.93/cwt	167.00–178.25	1,328	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	198.60/cwt	190.00–204.00	1,039	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	220.35/cwt	219.00–221.50	943	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	210.40/cwt	205.00–220.00	810	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	174.04/cwt	167.75–179.25	1,269	308
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	336	171.20/cwt	160.00–175.00	575	6
Heifers	Medium 1	—	774	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,084	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	655	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,127	24

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 Jan 9, 2023

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

Receipts 2,428Last week 1,990Year ago 2,558

No trend as this was a Special Precondition Sale. Trade active with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	340	195.00	195.00
31	—	505	181.00–187.00	185.27
13	—	496	197.00	197.00
24	—	655	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	816	140.00	140.00
62	—	422	161.00–179.50	170.94
4	—	291	177.50	177.50
41	—	487	175.00–189.00	178.46
18	—	387	170.00–180.00	176.81
127	—	563	172.00–181.00	175.38
65	—	532	162.00–176.00	169.47
49	—	777	153.00–160.00	158.01
285	—	626	160.00–177.50	167.81
95	—	726	151.00–168.50	160.22
199	—	670	153.00–168.00	159.48
6	—	336	160.00–175.00	171.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	467	160.00–170.00	161.36
17	—	583	158.00–170.00	161.88
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	774	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	517	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
187	—	628	183.75–203.25	192.98
7	—	334	213.00–219.00	215.56
38	—	474	201.50–211.00	203.92
78	—	841	170.00–179.75	176.68
2	—	290	218.00	218.00
114	—	574	184.00–202.00	195.32
58	—	868	170.00–175.00	172.50
155	—	670	170.75–188.00	180.22
113	—	768	167.00–178.25	172.93
12	—	523	190.00–204.00	198.60
9	—	428	219.00–221.50	220.35
11	—	385	205.00–220.00	210.40
308	—	729	167.75–179.25	174.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	438	200.00–201.00	200.84
5	—	363	190.00–201.00	197.75
25	—	616	165.00–176.00	172.44
14	—	484	160.00–174.00	168.80
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	619	170.00–177.50	172.76
28	—	680	161.00–170.75	168.35
24	—	574	177.00–181.00	178.23
17	—	477	185.00–191.00	186.74

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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