Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report to compare with. Active trade with good demand for the moderate offerings.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $295.74/cwt on 170 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −118.20 against this barn's trailing median of $413.94.

Average price

$295.74

170 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,587

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$64

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

$11.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.64

vs IA average

−2.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	296.06	1,589	165
Medium and Large 1-2	535	285.00	1,525	5thin

One grade step is worth $11.06/cwt here — about $64 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale170 hd

295.74

—

IA average6 barns · 1,013 hd

306.37

−10.64

National average119 barns · 5,510 hd

297.83

−2.09

This barn, trailing median6 sales

413.94

−118.20

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

38 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	450–500	466	345.06/cwt	340.00–347.50	1,608	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,742	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,377	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,518	3
Heifers	Medium 1	700–750	700	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,593	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	341.11/cwt	330.00–375.00	1,139	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	371.39/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,734	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	985	216.35/cwt	214.00–220.00	2,131	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	311.50/cwt	311.50–311.50	2,019	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	329.65/cwt	325.00–337.50	1,882	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	340.48/cwt	340.00–341.00	1,607	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,635	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	370.97/cwt	350.00–387.50	1,436	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	438.27/cwt	420.00–455.00	1,153	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	559	347.83/cwt	347.00–348.50	1,944	25
Steers	Medium 1	700–750	706	237.19/cwt	236.00–238.00	1,675	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	235.25/cwt	234.00–235.50	2,150	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	308.22/cwt	295.50–315.75	2,050	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	275.36/cwt	271.50–278.50	2,118	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	281.70/cwt	278.00–291.00	2,006	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	300.51/cwt	295.00–307.00	1,587	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	253.20/cwt	245.00–257.50	1,823	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	369.96/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,595	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	333.90/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,733	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	270.48/cwt	264.00–278.00	1,780	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	591	268.61/cwt	260.00–296.00	1,587	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	218.62/cwt	211.00–224.00	1,922	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	274.81/cwt	263.00–286.50	1,729	62
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	699	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,999	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	258.81/cwt	240.00–265.00	2,161	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	857	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,108	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	802	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,149	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	342	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	923	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,525	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	761	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	2,135	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	730	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	2,084	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	335.23/cwt	325.00–352.50	1,421	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	752	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,812	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

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

Receipts 754Last week 1,063Year ago 1,241

No trend as no recent report to compare with. Active trade with good demand for the moderate offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	334	330.00–375.00	341.11
8	400–450	424	325.00–352.50	335.23
6	450–500	466	340.00–347.50	345.06
142	500–550	528	295.00–307.00	300.51
23	550–600	591	260.00–296.00	268.61
62	600–650	629	263.00–286.50	274.81
22	650–700	658	264.00–278.00	270.48
59	700–750	720	245.00–257.50	253.20
3	750–800	752	241.00	241.00
27	850–900	879	211.00–224.00	218.62
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	700	227.50	227.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	730	285.50	285.50
13	750–800	761	280.50	280.50
9	800–850	802	268.00	268.00
7	850–900	857	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	342	270.00	270.00
5	500–550	535	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	340.00	340.00
3	450–500	453	335.00	335.00
3	650–700	670	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	263	420.00–455.00	438.27
5	350–400	387	350.00–387.50	370.97
8	400–450	431	365.00–375.00	369.96
7	450–500	467	370.00–375.00	371.39
10	500–550	519	330.00–340.00	333.90
18	550–600	571	325.00–337.50	329.65
17	600–650	648	311.50	311.50
36	650–700	665	295.50–315.75	308.22
26	700–750	712	278.00–291.00	281.70
25	750–800	769	271.50–278.50	275.36
70	800–850	835	240.00–265.00	258.81
12	900–950	914	234.00–235.50	235.25
15	950–1000	985	214.00–220.00	216.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	472	340.00–341.00	340.48
5	550–600	584	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	550–600	559	347.00–348.50	347.83
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	699	286.00	286.00
5	700–750	706	236.00–238.00	237.19

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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