Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report to compare with. Trade was active with moderate demand for the light offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $419.05/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −58.49 against this barn's trailing median of $477.54.

Average price

$419.05

52 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,362

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−4.02

vs IA average

−0.05 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	419.05	2,362	52

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 sale52 hd

419.05

—

IA average7 barns · 1,218 hd

423.07

−4.02

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

−0.05

This barn, trailing median6 sales

477.54

−58.49

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

31 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	800–850	818	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,217	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,538	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	981	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,629	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	507	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,287	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	413	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,065	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,749	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	370.70/cwt	356.00–382.00	2,139	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	892	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,899	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	337.22/cwt	332.00–341.50	2,772	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	932	302.16/cwt	300.00–303.00	2,816	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	486.12/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,599	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	439.20/cwt	430.00–468.00	2,073	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,774	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	348.48/cwt	346.25–355.00	2,739	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	367.02/cwt	359.00–370.00	2,408	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	679	330.50/cwt	330.50–330.50	2,244	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	400.02/cwt	392.00–401.00	1,904	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	378	378.19/cwt	358.00–419.00	1,430	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	407.56/cwt	391.00–425.00	1,748	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	375	393.11/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,474	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	343.42/cwt	329.00–348.00	2,479	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	469	396.10/cwt	392.50–400.00	1,858	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	355.95/cwt	330.00–365.00	2,168	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	444	387.51/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,721	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	381.14/cwt	351.00–395.00	1,997	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	416.25/cwt	403.00–436.00	2,418	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	408.40/cwt	401.00–420.00	2,136	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,442	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	454.91/cwt	445.00–462.50	1,938	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	385.68/cwt	377.00–392.50	2,376	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	506.37/cwt	492.50–520.00	1,909	10

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 Nov 3, 2025

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

Receipts 686Last week 1,155Year ago 560

No trend as no recent report to compare with. Trade was active with moderate demand for the light offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	530.00	530.00
8	350–400	392	452.50	452.50
6	400–450	429	391.00–425.00	407.56
21	450–500	476	392.00–401.00	400.02
22	500–550	524	351.00–395.00	381.14
43	550–600	577	356.00–382.00	370.70
8	600–650	609	330.00–365.00	355.95
22	650–700	656	359.00–370.00	367.02
4	750–800	781	325.00	325.00
2	800–850	818	271.00	271.00
5	950–1000	981	268.00	268.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	378	358.00–419.00	378.19
6	400–450	444	385.00–390.00	387.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	413	500.00	500.00
6	500–550	507	451.00	451.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	329	450.00–500.00	486.12
10	350–400	377	492.50–520.00	506.37
17	400–450	426	445.00–462.50	454.91
23	450–500	472	430.00–468.00	439.20
8	500–550	523	401.00–420.00	408.40
38	550–600	581	403.00–436.00	416.25
34	600–650	616	377.00–392.50	385.68
20	650–700	660	370.00	370.00
21	700–750	722	329.00–348.00	343.42
97	750–800	786	346.25–355.00	348.48
11	800–850	822	332.00–341.50	337.22
19	850–900	892	325.00	325.00
18	900–950	932	300.00–303.00	302.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	390.00–400.00	393.11
4	450–500	469	392.50–400.00	396.10
8	650–700	679	330.50	330.50

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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