Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report. Trade was active with good demand for the limited offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $336.00/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −141.54 against this barn's trailing median of $477.54.

Average price

$336.00

22 head · 508 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,707

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+3.66

vs IA average

+26.84 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	508	336.00	1,707	22

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale22 hd

336.00

—

IA average3 barns · 397 hd

332.34

+3.66

National average164 barns · 13,053 hd

309.16

+26.84

This barn, trailing median6 sales

477.54

−141.54

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

18 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	400–450	428	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,451	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,546	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,512	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	501	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,573	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	215.32/cwt	215.00–215.50	1,621	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,850	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	238.00/cwt	235.00–241.00	2,187	118
Steers	Large 1	900–950	928	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,977	28
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,085	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	2,257	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,984	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	528	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,663	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	298	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,192	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	406	391.10/cwt	370.00–399.50	1,588	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	678	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	1,827	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	508	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,707	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	327	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,112	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	456	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,491	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	581	297.13/cwt	291.00–302.00	1,726	20

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 Jun 3, 2024

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

Receipts 373Last week 535Year ago 759

No trend as no recent report. Trade was active with good demand for the limited offering.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	428	339.00	339.00
7	450–500	494	313.00	313.00
8	500–550	501	314.00	314.00
7	600–650	630	240.00	240.00
14	750–800	753	215.00–215.50	215.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	327	340.00	340.00
17	450–500	456	327.00	327.00
6	500–550	528	315.00	315.00
20	550–600	581	291.00–302.00	297.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	632	314.00	314.00
10	750–800	758	244.00	244.00
118	900–950	919	235.00–241.00	238.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	900–950	928	213.00	213.00
52	1050–1100	1,085	208.00	208.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	298	400.00	400.00
7	400–450	406	370.00–399.50	391.10
22	500–550	508	336.00	336.00
8	650–700	678	269.50	269.50

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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