Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous Monday feeder steers mostly firm with a stronger undertone, feeder heifers 10.00-20.00 lower. Trade active with moderate demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $322.73/cwt on 105 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −154.81 against this barn's trailing median of $477.54.

Average price

$322.73

105 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,806

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−16.84

vs IA average

−18.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	322.73	1,806	105

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 sale105 hd

322.73

—

IA average8 barns · 1,478 hd

339.56

−16.84

National average147 barns · 15,667 hd

340.94

−18.21

This barn, trailing median6 sales

477.54

−154.81

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

45 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	600–650	610	270.74/cwt	270.00–271.00	1,652	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	297.40/cwt	292.25–307.00	2,002	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	349.38/cwt	334.00–359.50	1,667	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	325.84/cwt	318.00–337.00	1,707	29
Steers	Medium 1	250–300	276	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	842	5
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	435	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,457	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	648	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,866	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,162	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	358.61/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,287	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,060	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	279.75/cwt	279.75–279.75	2,118	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	356.01/cwt	345.00–366.00	1,481	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,158	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1	300–350	349	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,178	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	321.54/cwt	300.00–334.00	1,842	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	265.84/cwt	263.00–268.00	2,140	51
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	576	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,561	6
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	533	266.29/cwt	260.00–279.00	1,419	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,915	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,442	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,173	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,520	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,064	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,348	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	289.39/cwt	274.00–305.00	1,664	69
Heifers	Medium 1	700–750	719	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,744	27
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	364	323.32/cwt	316.00–335.00	1,177	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,190	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	722	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,014	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	794	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,112	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	268.34/cwt	264.00–272.00	1,822	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	2,042	23
Heifers	Medium 1	300–350	308	314.92/cwt	300.00–335.00	970	9
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	425	301.84/cwt	292.50–307.50	1,283	8
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	456	319.09/cwt	316.00–330.00	1,455	15
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	620	251.97/cwt	251.00–255.00	1,562	8
Steers	Medium 1	350–400	354	336.53/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,191	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	325.89/cwt	312.00–333.00	1,405	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	266.60/cwt	266.00–268.00	1,938	13
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	630	267.36/cwt	266.00–267.50	1,684	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	283.66/cwt	278.00–292.00	2,051	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	307.51/cwt	306.75–310.00	1,965	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	853	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	2,248	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	301.50/cwt	289.00–314.00	1,432	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	288.98/cwt	281.00–304.50	1,529	26

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 Jan 20, 2025

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

Receipts 1,063Last week 1,704Year ago 0

Compared to the previous Monday feeder steers mostly firm with a stronger undertone, feeder heifers 10.00-20.00 lower. Trade active with moderate demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	280	380.00	380.00
1	300–350	345	345.00	345.00
5	350–400	385	350.00	350.00
16	400–450	431	312.00–333.00	325.89
37	450–500	475	289.00–314.00	301.50
26	500–550	529	281.00–304.50	288.98
69	550–600	575	274.00–305.00	289.39
8	600–650	610	270.00–271.00	270.74
67	650–700	679	264.00–272.00	268.34
13	700–750	727	266.00–268.00	266.60
23	800–850	812	251.50	251.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
17	600–650	648	288.00	288.00
31	700–750	722	279.00	279.00
14	750–800	794	266.00	266.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	308	300.00–335.00	314.92
16	350–400	364	316.00–335.00	323.32
8	400–450	425	292.50–307.50	301.84
3	500–550	533	260.00–279.00	266.29
6	550–600	576	271.00	271.00
32	600–650	630	266.00–267.50	267.36
27	700–750	719	242.50	242.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	265	400.00	400.00
1	300–350	315	367.50	367.50
5	350–400	359	355.00–365.00	358.61
11	400–450	416	345.00–366.00	356.01
31	450–500	477	334.00–359.50	349.38
29	500–550	524	318.00–337.00	325.84
76	550–600	573	300.00–334.00	321.54
91	600–650	639	306.75–310.00	307.51
43	650–700	673	292.25–307.00	297.40
110	700–750	723	278.00–292.00	283.66
24	750–800	757	279.75	279.75
51	800–850	805	263.00–268.00	265.84
28	850–900	853	263.50	263.50
5	950–1000	965	224.00	224.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	276	305.00	305.00
6	350–400	354	320.00–345.00	336.53
2	400–450	435	335.00	335.00
15	450–500	456	316.00–330.00	319.09
8	600–650	620	251.00–255.00	251.97
Steers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	349	337.50	337.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	350	335.00	335.00
5	400–450	447	322.50	322.50
8	450–500	475	320.00	320.00
6	600–650	608	315.00	315.00

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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