Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report to compare to. Trade moderate with moderate demand for the moderate offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $289.31/cwt on 157 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −188.23 against this barn's trailing median of $477.54.

Average price

$289.31

157 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,592

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$115

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$7.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.09

vs IA average

+2.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	290.35	1,609	134
Medium 1	527	283.24	1,494	23

One grade step is worth $7.11/cwt here — about $115 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale157 hd

289.31

—

IA average2 barns · 275 hd

294.39

−5.09

National average167 barns · 15,497 hd

286.82

+2.49

This barn, trailing median6 sales

477.54

−188.23

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

50 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	Large 1	1150–1200	1,180	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	2,106	3
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,000	194.50/cwt	194.50–194.50	1,945	13
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	440	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,135	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,932	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	269.73/cwt	265.00–272.50	1,370	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	301.33/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,248	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	545	288.50/cwt	288.50–288.50	1,572	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	337	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,297	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	626	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,753	32
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	500–550	543	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,439	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	470	323.24/cwt	304.00–330.50	1,519	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	565	284.15/cwt	277.00–290.00	1,605	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	349	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,091	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	449	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,423	2
Steers	Small and Medium 1	450–500	451	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,222	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,984	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	370	379.81/cwt	370.00–387.50	1,405	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	716	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,625	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	313.15/cwt	311.00–315.00	1,635	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,197	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	261.58/cwt	258.00–266.00	1,630	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	369.72/cwt	350.00–378.00	1,523	28
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	469	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,360	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	400	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,392	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,175	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	310.03/cwt	306.00–316.00	1,178	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	258.56/cwt	250.50–264.50	1,590	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	667	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	1,691	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	314.82/cwt	295.00–329.00	992	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	258.08/cwt	246.00–266.50	1,489	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	277.64/cwt	270.50–281.00	1,305	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	301	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	948	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	186.64/cwt	186.50–187.00	1,719	7
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	525	285.98/cwt	284.50–290.00	1,501	20
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,043	215.25/cwt	215.25–215.25	2,245	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	1,594	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	225.23/cwt	218.00–228.25	1,840	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	379	303.20/cwt	271.00–309.00	1,149	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	439	289.54/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,271	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	318.67/cwt	300.00–333.00	1,514	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,962	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,237	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,296	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,756	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	250.03/cwt	243.50–255.00	1,695	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	323.62/cwt	313.00–335.00	1,398	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	376.24/cwt	350.00–387.50	1,253	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	529	259.04/cwt	257.00–261.25	1,370	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	474	272.39/cwt	260.00–283.00	1,291	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	278.56/cwt	275.00–284.00	1,596	55

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 Sep 30, 2024

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

Receipts 1,045Last week 1,615Year ago 845

No trend as no recent report to compare to. Trade moderate with moderate demand for the moderate offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	1000–1050	1,000	194.50	194.50
3	1150–1200	1,180	178.50	178.50
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	440	258.00	258.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	315	295.00–329.00	314.82
5	350–400	380	306.00–316.00	310.03
24	400–450	414	295.00–305.00	301.33
47	450–500	470	270.50–281.00	277.64
22	500–550	508	265.00–272.50	269.73
62	550–600	577	246.00–266.50	258.08
24	600–650	615	250.50–264.50	258.56
21	650–700	660	241.50	241.50
25	800–850	817	218.00–228.25	225.23
6	850–900	882	219.00	219.00
7	900–950	921	186.50–187.00	186.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	667	253.50	253.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	301	315.00	315.00
21	350–400	379	271.00–309.00	303.20
40	400–450	439	280.00–290.00	289.54
15	450–500	474	260.00–283.00	272.39
27	500–550	529	257.00–261.25	259.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	493	251.00	251.00
5	500–550	529	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	337	385.00	385.00
5	350–400	370	370.00–387.50	379.81
3	400–450	400	348.00	348.00
63	450–500	470	304.00–330.50	323.24
15	500–550	545	288.50	288.50
27	550–600	565	277.00–290.00	284.15
5	700–750	716	227.00	227.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
32	600–650	626	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	543	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	349	312.50	312.50
2	400–450	449	317.00	317.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	451	271.00	271.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	333	350.00–387.50	376.24
28	400–450	412	350.00–378.00	369.72
27	450–500	475	300.00–333.00	318.67
37	500–550	522	311.00–315.00	313.15
55	550–600	573	275.00–284.00	278.56
11	600–650	623	258.00–266.00	261.58
41	650–700	678	243.50–255.00	250.03
5	700–750	714	246.00	246.00
24	750–800	769	258.00	258.00
5	850–900	855	229.50	229.50
46	900–950	910	239.00	239.00
37	950–1000	955	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	469	290.00	290.00
20	500–550	525	284.50–290.00	285.98
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,043	215.25	215.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	432	313.00–335.00	323.62

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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