Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous Monday steer calves 350-600 lbs. 15.00-20.00 higher, over 600 lbs. 5.00-10.00 higher, heifer calves 350-650 lbs. 10.00-20.00 higher, 0ver 650 lbs. firm with a stronger undertone. Trade was active with good demand for the moderate offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $328.47/cwt on 143 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −149.07 against this barn's trailing median of $477.54.

Average price

$328.47

143 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,874

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$228

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$18.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.76

vs IA average

−13.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	572	329.11	1,882	138
Medium 1	532	311.00	1,655	5thin

One grade step is worth $18.11/cwt here — about $228 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale143 hd

328.47

—

IA average10 barns · 2,332 hd

339.23

−10.76

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

−13.98

This barn, trailing median6 sales

477.54

−149.07

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

37 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	350–400	372	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,402	4
Heifers	Medium 1	700–750	730	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,752	5
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	469	300.76/cwt	300.00–301.00	1,411	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	283.28/cwt	264.00–293.50	1,906	82
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	591	279.46/cwt	274.00–289.00	1,652	11
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	661	258.28/cwt	255.00–266.00	1,707	38
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	647	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,812	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	261.55/cwt	252.50–265.50	2,158	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	353.52/cwt	340.50–362.50	1,679	36
Steers	Medium 1	700–750	719	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,970	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	283.85/cwt	278.25–299.25	2,055	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	362.83/cwt	357.00–371.00	1,401	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	900–950	901	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,180	6
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	532	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,655	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	276.86/cwt	266.25–284.50	2,101	73
Steers	Medium 1	750–800	782	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,033	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	323.63/cwt	305.00–336.50	1,884	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	264.75/cwt	264.75–264.75	2,293	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	290.68/cwt	276.50–296.50	1,985	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	248.57/cwt	245.50–250.00	1,827	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	360.69/cwt	355.00–366.00	1,526	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	671	303.25/cwt	303.25–303.25	2,035	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	613	320.88/cwt	320.00–321.75	1,967	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	492	366.50/cwt	366.50–366.50	1,803	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	357.98/cwt	346.00–364.50	1,858	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	326.80/cwt	317.00–338.00	1,209	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	306.50/cwt	290.00–314.00	1,937	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	303.87/cwt	294.00–310.50	1,890	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	707	272.31/cwt	268.00–274.00	1,925	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	319.52/cwt	312.00–327.50	1,655	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	337.98/cwt	336.00–339.00	1,440	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	317.05/cwt	297.00–329.00	1,503	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	766	262.18/cwt	259.00–267.00	2,008	30
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	622	270.50/cwt	269.00–274.00	1,683	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	248.03/cwt	230.00–252.50	1,902	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	355.38/cwt	355.00–356.00	1,141	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	313.94/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,830	120

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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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	372	377.00	377.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	469	300.00–301.00	300.76
11	550–600	591	274.00–289.00	279.46
73	600–650	622	269.00–274.00	270.50
38	650–700	661	255.00–266.00	258.28
5	700–750	730	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	321	355.00–356.00	355.38
13	350–400	370	317.00–338.00	326.80
9	400–450	426	336.00–339.00	337.98
40	450–500	474	297.00–329.00	317.05
63	500–550	518	312.00–327.50	319.52
120	550–600	583	290.00–320.00	313.94
56	600–650	622	294.00–310.50	303.87
82	650–700	673	264.00–293.50	283.28
37	700–750	735	245.50–250.00	248.57
56	750–800	767	230.00–252.50	248.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
25	700–750	707	268.00–274.00	272.31
30	750–800	766	259.00–267.00	262.18
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	532	311.00	311.00
8	600–650	647	280.00	280.00
10	700–750	719	274.00	274.00
5	750–800	782	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	386	357.00–371.00	362.83
17	400–450	423	355.00–366.00	360.69
36	450–500	475	340.50–362.50	353.52
22	500–550	519	346.00–364.50	357.98
116	550–600	582	305.00–336.50	323.63
106	600–650	632	290.00–314.00	306.50
68	650–700	683	276.50–296.50	290.68
157	700–750	724	278.25–299.25	283.85
73	750–800	759	266.25–284.50	276.86
78	800–850	825	252.50–265.50	261.55
23	850–900	866	264.75	264.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	900–950	901	242.00	242.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	492	366.50	366.50
32	600–650	613	320.00–321.75	320.88
16	650–700	671	303.25	303.25

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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