Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-04-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report was available. Trade was active with moderate demand for the moderate offerings.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $218.58/cwt on 389 head.

Average price

$218.58

389 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,176

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$273

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

$31.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.55

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	222.30	1,210	343
Medium and Large 1-2	491	190.85	937	46

One grade step is worth $31.45/cwt here — about $273 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 sale389 hd

218.58

—

IA average10 barns · 4,244 hd

205.03

+13.55

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

40 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 1	—	661	204.97/cwt	195.50–220.00	1,355	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	646	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	236.47/cwt	222.50–249.00	1,017	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	152.27/cwt	150.00–160.00	810	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	311	244.71/cwt	240.00–257.00	761	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	325	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	975	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	392	205.97/cwt	200.00–209.00	807	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	538	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,146	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	180.37/cwt	176.00–183.00	1,421	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	1,440	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	204.28/cwt	200.00–208.50	1,267	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	280	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	847	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	356	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,022	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	250.61/cwt	242.50–259.25	1,561	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	773	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,638	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	232.71/cwt	226.00–237.50	1,520	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,456	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	212.90/cwt	210.25–215.75	1,610	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	205.45/cwt	200.00–210.50	1,471	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	276.46/cwt	252.00–285.00	1,432	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	851	204.60/cwt	204.60–204.60	1,741	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	291.24/cwt	272.50–300.00	976	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	257.95/cwt	241.00–271.00	1,215	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	424	271.24/cwt	266.00–276.00	1,150	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	260.60/cwt	251.00–275.00	1,483	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	842	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,600	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	241.98/cwt	240.00–243.00	1,287	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	720	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	233.71/cwt	224.00–243.00	1,225	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	178.80/cwt	170.00–184.00	1,023	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	290.65/cwt	268.00–300.00	1,197	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	272.49/cwt	250.00–280.50	1,273	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	215.02/cwt	210.00–231.00	944	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	212.92/cwt	193.00–230.00	1,201	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	257.24/cwt	236.00–272.50	944	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	237.80/cwt	233.00–239.00	1,082	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	292	205.46/cwt	201.00–220.00	600	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	236.21/cwt	235.00–237.50	1,101	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	169.67/cwt	169.00–170.00	1,069	3

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 Apr 17, 2023

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

Receipts 759Last week 435Year ago 1,851

No trend as no recent report was available. Trade was active with moderate demand for the moderate offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	661	195.50–220.00	204.97
18	—	430	222.50–249.00	236.47
4	—	311	240.00–257.00	244.71
8	—	788	176.00–183.00	180.37
9	—	816	176.50	176.50
13	—	620	200.00–208.50	204.28
39	—	471	241.00–271.00	257.95
19	—	524	224.00–243.00	233.71
141	—	564	193.00–230.00	212.92
22	—	367	236.00–272.50	257.24
6	—	292	201.00–220.00	205.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	323	200.00	200.00
14	—	532	150.00–160.00	152.27
5	—	572	170.00–184.00	178.80
17	—	439	210.00–231.00	215.02
5	—	455	233.00–239.00	237.80
3	—	630	169.00–170.00	169.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	392	200.00–209.00	205.97
4	—	538	213.00	213.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	424	266.00–276.00	271.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	280	302.50	302.50
12	—	356	287.00	287.00
38	—	623	242.50–259.25	250.61
11	—	915	179.00	179.00
12	—	653	226.00–237.50	232.71
27	—	756	210.25–215.75	212.90
30	—	716	200.00–210.50	205.45
40	—	518	252.00–285.00	276.46
65	—	851	204.60	204.60
3	—	335	272.50–300.00	291.24
15	—	569	251.00–275.00	260.60
3	—	842	190.00	190.00
29	—	412	268.00–300.00	290.65
29	—	467	250.00–280.50	272.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	368	210.00	210.00
3	—	592	246.00	246.00
6	—	532	240.00–243.00	241.98
1	—	300	240.00	240.00
2	—	466	235.00–237.50	236.21

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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