Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-29

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

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $435.88/cwt on 227 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −41.66 against this barn's trailing median of $477.54.

Average price

$435.88

227 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,373

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$328

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

$42.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.06

vs IA average

+13.23 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	437.57	2,386	218
Medium and Large 1-2	521	395.07	2,058	9thin

One grade step is worth $42.50/cwt here — about $328 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

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 sale227 hd

435.88

—

IA average2 barns · 436 hd

440.95

−5.06

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

+13.23

This barn, trailing median6 sales

477.54

−41.66

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

41 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	459	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,157	7
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	455	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,922	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	401	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,005	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	536	470.50/cwt	470.50–470.50	2,522	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	553	448.50/cwt	448.50–448.50	2,480	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	272	504.52/cwt	500.00–525.00	1,372	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	410.42/cwt	395.00–425.00	2,179	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	431.72/cwt	420.00–444.00	2,094	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	486.80/cwt	450.00–515.00	2,132	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	467.22/cwt	437.50–487.50	2,009	44
Heifers	Small and Medium 2	550–600	590	337.66/cwt	335.00–341.00	1,992	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	446.29/cwt	427.50–462.00	2,361	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	358.11/cwt	358.00–359.00	2,192	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	489	441.12/cwt	427.50–445.00	2,157	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	385	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,983	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	350.05/cwt	330.00–360.00	2,363	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	409.82/cwt	400.00–417.50	2,393	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	365.50/cwt	365.50–365.50	2,599	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	395.25/cwt	361.00–420.00	2,281	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	365	497.57/cwt	495.00–500.00	1,816	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	340.86/cwt	338.00–345.50	2,662	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	451.41/cwt	445.00–462.50	2,171	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	497.79/cwt	470.00–520.00	1,678	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	323	490.55/cwt	480.00–525.00	1,584	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	394	508.13/cwt	490.00–520.00	2,002	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	578	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,168	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	481	406.49/cwt	401.00–420.00	1,955	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	623.28/cwt	600.00–640.00	1,745	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	411	487.06/cwt	447.50–500.00	2,002	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	566	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,462	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	515.22/cwt	500.00–542.50	1,937	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	340.88/cwt	328.75–343.00	2,921	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	408.80/cwt	400.00–412.50	1,995	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	410	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,030	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	415.68/cwt	390.00–437.50	2,548	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,524	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	395.07/cwt	367.50–412.00	2,058	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	363.61/cwt	340.00–371.00	1,945	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	902	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,886	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	530	440.57/cwt	414.00–445.00	2,335	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	309	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	1,900	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

Mon Sep 29, 2025

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

Receipts 1,155Last week 1,263Year ago 1,045

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 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	401	500.00	500.00
7	450–500	459	470.00	470.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	272	500.00–525.00	504.52
13	300–350	337	470.00–520.00	497.79
16	350–400	394	490.00–520.00	508.13
44	400–450	430	437.50–487.50	467.22
89	450–500	485	420.00–444.00	431.72
68	500–550	531	395.00–425.00	410.42
25	550–600	577	361.00–420.00	395.25
54	600–650	612	358.00–359.00	358.11
11	700–750	721	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	550–600	590	335.00–341.00	337.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	323	480.00–525.00	490.55
8	350–400	365	495.00–500.00	497.57
13	400–450	410	495.00	495.00
30	450–500	481	401.00–420.00	406.49
10	550–600	578	375.00	375.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	488	400.00–412.50	408.80
4	500–550	535	340.00–371.00	363.61
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	455	422.50	422.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	536	470.50	470.50
12	550–600	553	448.50	448.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	280	600.00–640.00	623.28
14	350–400	376	500.00–542.50	515.22
40	400–450	438	450.00–515.00	486.80
49	450–500	481	445.00–462.50	451.41
111	500–550	529	427.50–462.00	446.29
51	550–600	584	400.00–417.50	409.82
43	600–650	613	390.00–437.50	415.68
6	650–700	675	330.00–360.00	350.05
23	700–750	711	365.50	365.50
25	750–800	781	338.00–345.50	340.86
69	850–900	857	328.75–343.00	340.88
62	900–950	902	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	309	615.00	615.00
4	350–400	385	515.00	515.00
25	400–450	411	447.50–500.00	487.06
45	450–500	489	427.50–445.00	441.12
26	500–550	530	414.00–445.00	440.57
10	550–600	566	435.00	435.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	521	367.50–412.00	395.07

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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