Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago (11/4) steer calves 400-600 lbs. 20.00-40.00 higher, over 600 lbs. stronger, heifer calves 300-600 lbs. 15.00-30.00 higher, over 600 lbs. firm. Trade very active with very good demand for top quality offerings thru out the sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $316.97/cwt on 237 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −160.57 against this barn's trailing median of $477.54.

Average price

$316.97

237 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,724

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+8.89

vs IA average

+7.71 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	316.97	1,724	237

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 sale237 hd

316.97

—

IA average7 barns · 1,272 hd

308.08

+8.89

National average182 barns · 24,645 hd

309.26

+7.71

This barn, trailing median6 sales

477.54

−160.57

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

40 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 1Fancy	450–500	465	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,600	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	561	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,599	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	447	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,442	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	632	265.26/cwt	263.00–268.00	1,676	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	331.23/cwt	315.00–352.50	1,239	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	298.22/cwt	285.00–312.00	1,399	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	2,100	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	325	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,219	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	558	301.50/cwt	301.50–301.50	1,682	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	626	270.95/cwt	262.00–276.00	1,696	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	689	255.80/cwt	241.00–267.00	1,762	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	400	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,292	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	367.66/cwt	317.50–411.00	1,382	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	285.75/cwt	269.00–295.00	1,783	245
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	542	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,612	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	400.53/cwt	382.50–411.00	1,302	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	322.89/cwt	309.00–336.00	1,708	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	701	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,654	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	418	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,237	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	372	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,181	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	472	330.12/cwt	324.00–334.00	1,558	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	250.20/cwt	245.50–255.00	2,069	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	365.03/cwt	347.50–377.50	1,519	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	259.46/cwt	251.00–265.00	2,019	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	280.87/cwt	262.00–291.00	1,497	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	567	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,395	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	292	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,073	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	256.37/cwt	241.00–268.00	1,861	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	517	271.50/cwt	256.00–279.00	1,404	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	619	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,510	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	298.19/cwt	274.00–312.00	1,303	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	247.39/cwt	234.00–256.50	1,531	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	351.98/cwt	330.00–359.00	1,654	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	307.65/cwt	301.00–317.00	1,769	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	239.84/cwt	224.00–255.00	1,614	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	269.78/cwt	250.00–277.00	1,540	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	224.09/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,737	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	330.78/cwt	324.00–342.50	1,098	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	689	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,557	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	469	292.29/cwt	281.00–304.00	1,371	10

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

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Receipts 1,780Last week 560Year ago 1,898

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	400–450	447	322.50	322.50
2	450–500	465	344.00	344.00
12	550–600	561	285.00	285.00
22	600–650	632	263.00–268.00	265.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	332	324.00–342.50	330.78
23	350–400	374	315.00–352.50	331.23
34	400–450	437	274.00–312.00	298.19
33	450–500	469	285.00–312.00	298.22
139	500–550	533	262.00–291.00	280.87
102	550–600	571	250.00–277.00	269.78
38	600–650	619	234.00–256.50	247.39
92	650–700	673	224.00–255.00	239.84
7	750–800	775	220.00–227.00	224.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	372	317.50	317.50
2	400–450	418	296.00	296.00
10	450–500	469	281.00–304.00	292.29
13	500–550	517	256.00–279.00	271.50
3	550–600	567	246.00	246.00
13	600–650	619	244.00	244.00
5	650–700	689	226.00	226.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	292	367.50	367.50
5	300–350	325	382.50–411.00	400.53
26	350–400	376	317.50–411.00	367.66
22	400–450	416	347.50–377.50	365.03
62	450–500	470	330.00–359.00	351.98
153	500–550	529	309.00–336.00	322.89
66	550–600	575	301.00–317.00	307.65
245	600–650	624	269.00–295.00	285.75
114	650–700	689	241.00–267.00	255.80
145	700–750	726	241.00–268.00	256.37
25	750–800	778	251.00–265.00	259.46
93	800–850	827	245.50–255.00	250.20
7	900–950	919	228.50	228.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	375.00	375.00
3	400–450	400	323.00	323.00
22	450–500	472	324.00–334.00	330.12
3	500–550	542	297.50	297.50
15	550–600	558	301.50	301.50
21	600–650	626	262.00–276.00	270.95
11	700–750	701	236.00	236.00

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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