Sale reports / Iowa / Sigourney Livestock Auction / 2024-02-19

Sigourney Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Sigourney, Iowa · Mon, Feb 19
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2152
Receipts
1,241 head
214 vs last sale 1,455 806 vs year ago 435 · +185.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report. Trade and demand moderate for the moderate offerings. Quality was uniform with very few less desirable kinds.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $261.59/cwt on 638 head.
Average price
$261.59
638 head · 676 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,768
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$56
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$48.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.43
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1672263.781,773587
Medium and Large 1-2597255.161,52327
Large 1850215.171,82924
One grade step is worth $48.61/cwt here — about −$56 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 sale638 hd
261.59
IA average9 barns · 9,209 hd
267.02
−5.43
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

36 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1290302.00/cwt302.00–302.008761
HeifersMedium and Large 1325296.90/cwt287.00–300.009654
HeifersMedium and Large 1822215.48/cwt206.00–222.001,77112
HeifersMedium and Large 1582253.12/cwt245.00–259.001,47370
HeifersMedium and Large 1489273.15/cwt261.00–279.501,33632
HeifersMedium and Large 1443284.02/cwt270.00–288.501,25834
SteersMedium and Large 1280309.00/cwt309.00–309.008651
SteersMedium and Large 1615280.19/cwt270.00–291.001,72357
SteersMedium and Large 1-2470272.56/cwt271.00–274.001,2814
SteersMedium and Large 1-2721217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,5657
SteersMedium and Large 1-2574267.51/cwt265.00–270.001,53616
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned639260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,6613
SteersMedium and Large 1333299.72/cwt285.00–314.009985
SteersMedium and Large 1811232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,8826
SteersMedium and Large 1856229.55/cwt216.00–232.501,965105
SteersMedium and Large 1963208.59/cwt204.50–211.002,0098
SteersMedium and Large 1387316.08/cwt315.00–317.501,2239
SteersMedium and Large 1410318.78/cwt310.00–336.001,3079
SteersMedium and Large 1792232.51/cwt226.00–242.501,84132
SteersMedium and Large 1526290.69/cwt280.00–307.501,52939
SteersMedium and Large 1468314.38/cwt304.00–324.001,47145
SteersMedium and Large 1570288.97/cwt280.00–294.001,64764
SteersMedium and Large 1676263.58/cwt250.00–276.251,78288
SteersMedium and Large 1248305.00/cwt305.00–305.007562
HeifersMedium and Large 1525263.54/cwt249.00–271.501,38468
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned612233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,4262
SteersLarge 1894208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,8606
SteersLarge 11,029194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,9968
SteersLarge 1681236.41/cwt225.50–243.001,61010
SteersMedium and Large 1725247.19/cwt231.50–258.501,792114
HeifersMedium and Large 1666232.32/cwt221.50–237.501,54750
HeifersMedium and Large 1857207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,77415
HeifersMedium and Large 1383285.39/cwt275.00–294.001,09325
HeifersMedium and Large 1713226.41/cwt224.50–230.501,61431
HeifersMedium and Large 1618248.08/cwt234.00–254.001,53359
HeifersMedium and Large 1770226.75/cwt222.00–228.501,74666

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.