Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report two weeks ago steer calves under 450 lbs . 15.00-30.00 higher, 450-650 lbs. 10.00 higher, over 650 lbs. firm. Heifer calves 350-500 lbs. 20.00 higher, over 500 lbs. 15.00 higher. Trade and demand good for top quality feeders.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $286.60/cwt on 213 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −127.34 against this barn's trailing median of $413.94.

Average price

$286.60

213 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,573

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$133

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$42.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.52

vs IA average

+3.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	296.16	1,600	165
Medium 1	578	253.73	1,467	48

One grade step is worth $42.43/cwt here — about $133 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale213 hd

286.60

—

IA average2 barns · 643 hd

295.11

−8.52

National average190 barns · 29,311 hd

283.32

+3.28

This barn, trailing median6 sales

413.94

−127.34

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

39 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	650–700	655	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,821	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	525	317.10/cwt	316.00–319.00	1,665	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	562	310.30/cwt	307.50–315.00	1,744	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	627	290.48/cwt	288.00–293.00	1,821	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,594	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	694	249.10/cwt	231.00–250.00	1,729	227
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	283.60/cwt	271.75–290.00	1,923	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	400.10/cwt	392.50–409.00	1,704	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	245.75/cwt	245.75–245.75	2,172	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	247.88/cwt	240.00–252.75	2,015	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	358.17/cwt	355.50–381.00	1,716	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	251.45/cwt	247.50–259.50	1,838	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	581	288.97/cwt	288.00–290.00	1,679	16
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	700–750	721	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,752	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	484	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,723	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	440	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,500	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	635	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,568	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	524	278.81/cwt	264.00–284.00	1,461	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	293.73/cwt	283.00–308.25	1,871	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	381.14/cwt	370.00–406.00	1,403	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	515	324.70/cwt	317.00–328.00	1,672	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	262.13/cwt	245.00–287.00	1,649	86
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	600–650	635	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,568	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	303.64/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,145	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	319.90/cwt	295.00–339.00	1,811	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	254.80/cwt	253.25–256.00	1,993	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	331.74/cwt	321.00–358.00	1,742	115
Heifers	Large 1	400–450	415	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,303	3
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	691	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,572	9
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	578	253.73/cwt	245.00–263.50	1,467	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	663	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,837	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	455	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,843	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	606	317.25/cwt	317.25–317.25	1,923	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,672	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	265.53/cwt	258.00–285.00	1,381	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	320.40/cwt	304.00–332.00	1,499	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	304.25/cwt	275.00–335.00	1,269	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,710	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	580	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,525	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 →

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	500–550	525	316.00–319.00	317.10
55	550–600	562	307.50–315.00	310.30
76	600–650	627	288.00–293.00	290.48
13	650–700	655	278.00	278.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	377	300.00–310.00	303.64
11	400–450	417	275.00–335.00	304.25
44	450–500	468	304.00–332.00	320.40
40	500–550	520	258.00–285.00	265.53
9	550–600	584	273.00	273.00
86	600–650	629	245.00–287.00	262.13
227	650–700	694	231.00–250.00	249.10
15	700–750	734	233.00	233.00
18	750–800	760	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	440	341.00	341.00
12	500–550	524	264.00–284.00	278.81
3	550–600	580	263.00	263.00
8	600–650	635	247.00	247.00
13	650–700	663	277.00	277.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	635	247.00	247.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	415	314.00	314.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
48	550–600	578	245.00–263.50	253.73
9	650–700	691	227.50	227.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	368	370.00–406.00	381.14
12	400–450	426	392.50–409.00	400.10
32	450–500	479	355.50–381.00	358.17
115	500–550	525	321.00–358.00	331.74
96	550–600	566	295.00–339.00	319.90
95	600–650	637	283.00–308.25	293.73
148	650–700	678	271.75–290.00	283.60
37	700–750	731	247.50–259.50	251.45
56	750–800	782	253.25–256.00	254.80
16	800–850	813	240.00–252.75	247.88
58	850–900	884	245.75	245.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	484	356.00	356.00
7	500–550	515	317.00–328.00	324.70
16	550–600	581	288.00–290.00	288.97
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	700–750	721	243.00	243.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	455	405.00	405.00
37	600–650	606	317.25	317.25

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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