Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report for a comparison. Trade active with moderate demand for the moderate offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $265.27/cwt on 577 head.

Average price

$265.27

577 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,482

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$187

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

$27.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.58

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	268.06	1,502	518
Medium and Large 1-2	546	240.82	1,315	59

One grade step is worth $27.24/cwt here — about $187 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 sale577 hd

265.27

—

IA average9 barns · 4,328 hd

255.69

+9.58

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

46 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 1-2	—	526	255.79/cwt	250.00–264.00	1,345	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	288.89/cwt	280.00–297.50	1,410	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	262.66/cwt	250.00–276.00	1,518	60
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	542	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,144	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	602	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	1,526	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	507	262.75/cwt	262.75–262.75	1,332	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	622	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,368	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	234.48/cwt	224.00–239.00	1,130	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	236.49/cwt	223.50–239.50	1,525	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	393	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	983	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	283.58/cwt	280.00–290.00	933	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	243.12/cwt	237.00–247.00	1,731	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	264.01/cwt	263.00–265.00	1,280	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	689	225.00/cwt	224.00–227.00	1,550	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	562	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,405	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	422	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,097	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	265.44/cwt	260.00–286.00	1,128	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,315	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	549	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,609	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	671	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,718	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	271.44/cwt	255.00–300.00	1,018	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	413	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,198	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	277.77/cwt	266.00–287.00	1,467	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	259.12/cwt	250.00–261.75	1,627	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	217.84/cwt	210.00–222.00	1,240	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	563	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,548	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,877	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	241.32/cwt	237.00–245.00	1,610	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	256.20/cwt	249.00–260.00	1,358	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	629	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,686	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,554	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	818	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	244.27/cwt	241.00–247.00	1,556	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	225.14/cwt	220.00–237.00	955	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	241.24/cwt	235.00–246.00	1,392	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	243.46/cwt	241.00–245.00	928	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	314	255.08/cwt	250.00–270.00	801	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,033	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	352	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	848	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	451	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	992	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	787	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	699	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,559	12
Heifers	Medium 1	—	698	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	1,497	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	448	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,004	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	219.53/cwt	210.00–225.00	1,133	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	241.26/cwt	230.00–253.00	1,028	83

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 6, 2023

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

Receipts 1,174Last week 845Year ago 740

No trend as no recent report for a comparison. Trade active with moderate demand for the moderate offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	526	250.00–264.00	255.79
14	—	485	263.00–265.00	264.01
6	—	689	224.00–227.00	225.00
11	—	587	224.00	224.00
11	—	637	241.00–247.00	244.27
11	—	424	220.00–237.00	225.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	488	280.00–297.50	288.89
60	—	578	250.00–276.00	262.66
4	—	329	280.00–290.00	283.58
24	—	712	237.00–247.00	243.12
51	—	425	260.00–286.00	265.44
12	—	375	255.00–300.00	271.44
80	—	528	266.00–287.00	277.77
85	—	628	250.00–261.75	259.12
14	—	827	227.00	227.00
31	—	667	237.00–245.00	241.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	393	250.00	250.00
5	—	562	250.00	250.00
3	—	422	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	549	293.00	293.00
5	—	671	256.00	256.00
24	—	629	268.00	268.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	413	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	542	211.00	211.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	602	253.50	253.50
35	—	507	262.75	262.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	622	220.00	220.00
12	—	699	223.00	223.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	482	224.00–239.00	234.48
23	—	645	223.50–239.50	236.49
38	—	530	249.00–260.00	256.20
14	—	650	239.00	239.00
103	—	577	235.00–246.00	241.24
15	—	381	241.00–245.00	243.46
12	—	314	250.00–270.00	255.08
83	—	426	230.00–253.00	241.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	569	210.00–222.00	217.84
5	—	372	220.00	220.00
10	—	492	210.00	210.00
2	—	345	228.00	228.00
2	—	448	224.00	224.00
28	—	516	210.00–225.00	219.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	563	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	352	241.00	241.00
8	—	451	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	698	214.50	214.50

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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