Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report. ANNUAL NEWYEARSDAY SALE. Trade active with good demand .

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $256.72/cwt on 755 head.

Average price

$256.72

755 head · 634 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,628

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$79

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

$27.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.94

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	633	257.56	1,630	732
Medium and Large 1-2	674	229.97	1,551	23

One grade step is worth $27.59/cwt here — about $79 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 sale755 hd

256.72

—

IA average3 barns · 2,263 hd

251.78

+4.94

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 1	—	622	225.68/cwt	218.75–230.00	1,404	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	216.34/cwt	211.50–220.00	1,599	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	239.75/cwt	230.50–250.00	1,381	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	241.18/cwt	234.00–255.00	1,288	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	326.12/cwt	303.00–335.00	1,370	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	218.40/cwt	217.50–220.00	1,804	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	242.99/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,395	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	334.72/cwt	320.00–342.50	1,212	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	277	323.69/cwt	322.50–325.00	897	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,172	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	595	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,125	4
Heifers	Medium 1	—	630	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,348	8
Heifers	Medium 1	—	581	220.15/cwt	217.00–224.00	1,279	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	274	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	801	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	219.60/cwt	211.00–222.50	1,458	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	615	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,415	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	352	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,056	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	784	215.77/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,692	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	982	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,964	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	1,914	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	266.05/cwt	260.00–279.00	1,551	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	297.04/cwt	281.00–304.00	1,411	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	288.87/cwt	281.50–300.00	1,522	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	238.07/cwt	233.50–242.50	1,709	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	305.13/cwt	297.50–312.50	995	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	280.19/cwt	270.00–291.00	1,056	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	231.79/cwt	230.00–232.25	1,769	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	555	285.81/cwt	284.25–287.50	1,586	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	712	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,559	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	529	249.24/cwt	249.00–250.00	1,318	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	245.96/cwt	241.50–258.75	1,673	175
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	661	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,372	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	251.94/cwt	247.50–259.50	1,625	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	253.89/cwt	246.00–258.00	1,186	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	443	238.88/cwt	236.00–251.00	1,058	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	565	215.86/cwt	215.00–219.00	1,220	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	454	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,081	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	285.02/cwt	284.00–285.50	926	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	300	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	923	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	255.50/cwt	250.00–266.00	1,078	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	202.25/cwt	202.25–202.25	1,523	7

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 1, 2024

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

Receipts 1,505Last week 646Year ago 1,990

No trend as no recent report. ANNUAL NEWYEARSDAY SALE. Trade active with good demand .

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	622	218.75–230.00	225.68
20	—	739	211.50–220.00	216.34
89	—	576	230.50–250.00	239.75
114	—	534	234.00–255.00	241.18
4	—	274	292.50	292.50
139	—	664	211.00–222.50	219.60
23	—	377	270.00–291.00	280.19
36	—	467	246.00–258.00	253.89
12	—	325	284.00–285.50	285.02
22	—	422	250.00–266.00	255.50
7	—	753	202.25	202.25
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	630	214.00	214.00
9	—	581	217.00–224.00	220.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	661	207.50	207.50
5	—	443	236.00–251.00	238.88
14	—	565	215.00–219.00	215.86
8	—	454	238.00	238.00
2	—	300	307.50	307.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	420	303.00–335.00	326.12
11	—	826	217.50–220.00	218.40
3	—	362	320.00–342.50	334.72
6	—	277	322.50–325.00	323.69
4	—	982	200.00	200.00
6	—	868	220.50	220.50
84	—	583	260.00–279.00	266.05
50	—	475	281.00–304.00	297.04
56	—	527	281.50–300.00	288.87
112	—	718	233.50–242.50	238.07
8	—	326	297.50–312.50	305.13
57	—	763	230.00–232.25	231.79
175	—	680	241.50–258.75	245.96
78	—	645	247.50–259.50	251.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	574	230.00–250.00	242.99
11	—	784	210.00–220.00	215.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	615	230.00	230.00
2	—	352	300.00	300.00
10	—	712	219.00	219.00
12	—	529	249.00–250.00	249.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	555	284.25–287.50	285.81
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	282.50	282.50
4	—	595	189.00	189.00

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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