Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report to compare with. Trade active with good demand for the short offerings of desirable feeders.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $255.53/cwt on 111 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −158.41 against this barn's trailing median of $413.94.

Average price

$255.53

111 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,418

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$74

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$22.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.45

vs IA average

−2.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	256.55	1,421	106
Medium and Large 1-2	576	233.85	1,347	5thin

One grade step is worth $22.70/cwt here — about $74 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale111 hd

255.53

—

IA average5 barns · 490 hd

260.98

−5.45

National average194 barns · 18,518 hd

258.39

−2.86

This barn, trailing median6 sales

413.94

−158.41

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

28 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	750–800	772	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,467	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	618	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,656	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	312.90/cwt	300.00–326.00	1,042	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	951	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,693	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	1,672	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	239.24/cwt	237.50–240.75	1,627	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	305.89/cwt	291.00–317.00	1,627	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	242.72/cwt	239.00–245.50	1,973	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	254.86/cwt	250.00–260.50	1,850	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,861	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	274.12/cwt	265.00–280.50	1,678	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	366	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	992	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	259.90/cwt	251.00–268.00	1,380	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	286.90/cwt	286.00–289.00	1,374	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	272.26/cwt	269.00–279.00	1,454	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	317.25/cwt	309.00–322.50	1,367	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	538	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,334	2
Steers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,156	193.50/cwt	193.50–193.50	2,237	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	300.73/cwt	295.00–304.00	1,299	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	253.88/cwt	246.00–260.50	1,460	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	307.76/cwt	301.00–320.00	1,446	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	280.95/cwt	270.00–286.00	1,621	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	393	299.24/cwt	276.00–318.00	1,176	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	251.11/cwt	247.50–254.75	1,572	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	256.22/cwt	254.00–265.00	1,184	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	233.85/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,347	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	628	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,382	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	715	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,569	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 Nov 4, 2024

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

Receipts 560Last week 1,045Year ago 1,174

No trend as no recent report to compare with. Trade active with good demand for the short offerings of desirable feeders.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	300.00–326.00	312.90
13	350–400	393	276.00–318.00	299.24
18	400–450	432	295.00–304.00	300.73
23	450–500	479	286.00–289.00	286.90
49	500–550	531	251.00–268.00	259.90
55	550–600	575	246.00–260.50	253.88
30	600–650	626	247.50–254.75	251.11
46	650–700	680	237.50–240.75	239.24
6	700–750	713	234.50	234.50
2	750–800	772	190.00	190.00
4	950–1000	951	178.00	178.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	618	268.00	268.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	538	248.00	248.00
4	600–650	628	220.00	220.00
3	700–750	715	219.50	219.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	462	254.00–265.00	256.22
5	550–600	576	230.00–240.00	233.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	431	309.00–322.50	317.25
28	450–500	470	301.00–320.00	307.76
38	500–550	532	291.00–317.00	305.89
30	550–600	577	270.00–286.00	280.95
40	600–650	612	265.00–280.50	274.12
6	650–700	667	279.00	279.00
53	700–750	726	250.00–260.50	254.86
17	800–850	813	239.00–245.50	242.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	366	271.00	271.00
6	500–550	534	269.00–279.00	272.26
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1150–1200	1,156	193.50	193.50

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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