Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as this was the first large sale of the Fall and a "Customer Appreciation Special". Trade was active with moderate demand for the moderate offerings. Bulk of the feeders coming off grass with several load lots of heavier feeders.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $265.83/cwt on 234 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −148.11 against this barn's trailing median of $413.94.

Average price

$265.83

234 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,470

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−1.67

vs IA average

+23.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	265.83	1,470	234

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $455.11, low $381.94, median $413.94 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 sale234 hd

265.83

—

IA average4 barns · 489 hd

267.50

−1.67

National average160 barns · 7,566 hd

241.88

+23.95

This barn, trailing median6 sales

413.94

−148.11

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	395	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,057	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	230.62/cwt	220.00–232.50	1,644	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	225.25/cwt	221.00–227.00	1,721	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	270.81/cwt	250.00–274.00	1,387	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	262.73/cwt	249.00–266.00	1,542	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	893	208.50/cwt	208.50–208.50	1,862	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	582	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,595	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	427	345.00/cwt	338.00–352.50	1,473	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	368	331.86/cwt	306.00–365.00	1,221	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	934	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,115	62
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	450–500	472	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,449	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	318.15/cwt	302.50–325.50	1,505	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	238.75/cwt	238.75–238.75	2,046	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	506	304.56/cwt	298.00–309.00	1,541	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	332	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	996	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	654	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,642	9
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	400–450	449	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,365	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,482	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	307	326.41/cwt	302.50–340.00	1,002	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	471	312.74/cwt	306.00–317.00	1,473	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	249.81/cwt	240.00–256.00	1,961	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	303.69/cwt	301.00–306.00	1,573	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	335.33/cwt	329.00–370.00	1,469	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	468	260.73/cwt	252.50–276.00	1,220	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	277.52/cwt	264.00–285.00	1,610	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	270.98/cwt	269.00–273.00	1,837	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	265.57/cwt	262.00–272.00	1,415	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,590	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,135	4
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	450–500	472	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,298	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	261.26/cwt	260.00–264.00	833	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	909	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,091	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	318.10/cwt	300.00–337.50	1,180	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	500	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,200	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	374	272.91/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,021	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	288.92/cwt	282.00–300.00	1,216	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	243.76/cwt	231.00–245.25	1,645	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,768	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	251.05/cwt	241.00–263.00	1,823	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	210.51/cwt	203.00–213.00	1,937	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	273.61/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,021	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	245.03/cwt	239.00–253.00	1,531	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	270.07/cwt	250.00–286.00	1,310	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	986	210.41/cwt	209.00–212.00	2,075	171
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	436	276.32/cwt	261.00–286.00	1,205	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 Aug 26, 2024

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

Receipts 1,615Last week 373Year ago 2,023

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	267.50	267.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	319	260.00–264.00	261.26
14	350–400	373	265.00–280.00	273.61
67	400–450	421	282.00–300.00	288.92
34	450–500	485	250.00–286.00	270.07
101	500–550	512	250.00–274.00	270.81
129	550–600	587	249.00–266.00	262.73
18	600–650	625	239.00–253.00	245.03
46	650–700	675	231.00–245.25	243.76
21	700–750	713	220.00–232.50	230.62
33	750–800	764	221.00–227.00	225.25
64	850–900	893	208.50	208.50
8	900–950	920	203.00–213.00	210.51
171	950–1000	986	209.00–212.00	210.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	350–400	374	270.00–275.00	272.91
20	400–450	436	261.00–286.00	276.32
17	450–500	468	252.50–276.00	260.73
4	500–550	500	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	472	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	332	300.00	300.00
15	350–400	368	306.00–365.00	331.86
19	400–450	427	338.00–352.50	345.00
58	450–500	471	306.00–317.00	312.74
25	500–550	506	298.00–309.00	304.56
6	550–600	582	274.00	274.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	372	251.00	251.00
4	400–450	445	255.00	255.00
4	450–500	478	310.00	310.00
8	500–550	533	262.00–272.00	265.57
4	600–650	626	254.00	254.00
9	650–700	654	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	307	302.50–340.00	326.41
10	350–400	371	300.00–337.50	318.10
76	400–450	438	329.00–370.00	335.33
14	450–500	473	302.50–325.50	318.15
114	500–550	518	301.00–306.00	303.69
30	550–600	580	264.00–285.00	277.52
38	600–650	626	282.50	282.50
43	650–700	678	269.00–273.00	270.98
41	700–750	726	241.00–263.00	251.05
104	750–800	785	240.00–256.00	249.81
62	800–850	823	257.00	257.00
18	850–900	857	238.75	238.75
4	900–950	909	230.00	230.00
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	449	304.00	304.00
7	450–500	472	307.00	307.00

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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