Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report for a comparison. Trade was light with a moderate demand for the mostly small groups of offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $305.15/cwt on 86 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −172.39 against this barn's trailing median of $477.54.

Average price

$305.15

86 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,676

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$20

per head · Large 1 over Medium and Large 1

$7.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.41

vs IA average

−4.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	531	312.00	1,657	6thin
Medium and Large 1	551	304.64	1,677	80

One grade step is worth $7.37/cwt here — about −$20 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

6 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $492.86, low $445.21, median $477.54 across 6 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale86 hd

305.15

—

IA average4 barns · 423 hd

322.56

−17.41

National average167 barns · 10,730 hd

309.71

−4.56

This barn, trailing median6 sales

477.54

−172.39

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

42 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	350–400	372	323.45/cwt	316.00–341.00	1,203	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	213.05/cwt	207.00–218.00	1,634	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Gaunt	600–650	622	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,717	10
Steers	Large 1	600–650	615	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,759	8
Steers	Large 1	500–550	531	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,657	6
Steers	Large 1	400–450	405	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,407	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	336	289.11/cwt	285.00–295.00	971	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	990	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,386	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,606	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	305.68/cwt	297.00–307.00	1,409	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	277.15/cwt	267.00–291.00	1,480	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	240.53/cwt	239.00–242.00	1,527	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	692	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,419	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,630	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,097	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	254.83/cwt	250.00–258.00	1,608	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,594	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	502	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,576	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	431	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,556	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	599	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,641	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	855	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,958	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	749	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,798	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	238.96/cwt	230.00–256.00	1,618	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	327.07/cwt	315.00–339.00	1,740	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	258.15/cwt	257.00–267.00	1,905	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	370.81/cwt	369.00–372.50	1,598	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	295.07/cwt	285.00–309.00	1,691	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	347	405.99/cwt	400.00–409.00	1,409	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	290.47/cwt	289.75–292.00	1,818	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	1,540	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	331.38/cwt	328.00–337.00	1,597	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	397	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,509	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	306.53/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,315	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,669	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,033	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	261.95/cwt	258.00–266.00	1,477	37
Heifers	Large 1	400–450	442	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,273	9
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	520	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,352	4
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	688	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	1,558	3
Bulls	Large 1	800–850	844	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,519	4
Bulls	Large 1	650–700	652	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,630	3
Bulls	Large 1	600–650	630	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,607	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 May 6, 2024

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

Receipts 535Last week 716Year ago 759

No trend as no recent report for a comparison. Trade was light with a moderate demand for the mostly small groups of offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	313	330.00	330.00
11	350–400	372	316.00–341.00	323.45
9	400–450	429	300.00–310.00	306.53
29	450–500	461	297.00–307.00	305.68
28	500–550	534	267.00–291.00	277.15
37	550–600	564	258.00–266.00	261.95
13	600–650	635	239.00–242.00	240.53
13	650–700	674	228.50	228.50
9	750–800	767	207.00–218.00	213.05
3	900–950	927	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	336	285.00–295.00	289.11
2	350–400	372	295.00	295.00
4	650–700	692	205.00	205.00
4	750–800	776	207.00	207.00
4	800–850	815	200.00	200.00
4	950–1000	990	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	749	240.00	240.00
7	850–900	855	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	442	288.00	288.00
4	500–550	520	260.00	260.00
3	650–700	688	226.50	226.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	622	276.00	276.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	405	347.50	347.50
6	500–550	531	312.00	312.00
8	600–650	615	286.00	286.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	631	250.00–258.00	254.83
5	700–750	715	223.00	223.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	431	361.00	361.00
17	500–550	502	314.00	314.00
23	550–600	599	274.00	274.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	347	400.00–409.00	405.99
3	350–400	397	380.00	380.00
14	400–450	431	369.00–372.50	370.81
7	450–500	482	328.00–337.00	331.38
29	500–550	532	315.00–339.00	327.07
11	550–600	573	285.00–309.00	295.07
30	600–650	626	289.75–292.00	290.47
19	650–700	677	230.00–256.00	238.96
25	700–750	738	257.00–267.00	258.15
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	630	255.00	255.00
3	650–700	652	250.00	250.00
4	800–850	844	180.00	180.00

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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