Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as the last report was one month old (12/8). Trade was very active with good demand. Supply was a good range of weights most all weaned and the seats were full of willing buyers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $477.64/cwt on 171 head. That ranks 4 of 6 comparable sales and sits +0.10 against this barn's trailing median of $477.54.

Average price

$477.64

171 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,607

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+3.22

vs IA average

+11.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	477.64	2,607	171

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 sale171 hd

477.64

—

IA average5 barns · 1,118 hd

474.42

+3.22

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

+11.31

This barn, trailing median6 sales

477.54

+0.10

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

32 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,944	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,410	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	308.68/cwt	305.00–312.50	2,047	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	475	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,304	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	682	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,285	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	724	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,599	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	404.18/cwt	383.00–418.25	2,716	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	356.65/cwt	338.25–365.50	2,946	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	459.63/cwt	442.50–478.00	2,666	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	418.80/cwt	391.00–440.00	2,643	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	513.45/cwt	490.00–542.50	2,429	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	336.64/cwt	336.00–344.00	2,936	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	513.15/cwt	502.50–550.00	1,955	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	383.31/cwt	378.75–389.00	2,756	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	396.83/cwt	377.50–425.00	2,266	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	672	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,201	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	492.08/cwt	465.00–510.00	2,559	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	555.96/cwt	550.00–560.00	2,335	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	698	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,555	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	365.64/cwt	354.00–381.75	2,815	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	437.70/cwt	410.00–480.00	1,843	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	318.83/cwt	310.00–334.00	2,455	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,829	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,915	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	422.53/cwt	390.00–435.00	2,231	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	395.49/cwt	367.50–407.00	2,432	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	332.08/cwt	320.00–348.00	2,381	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	455.72/cwt	440.00–462.00	2,128	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	399	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,394	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	576	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,549	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	445.54/cwt	422.00–465.00	1,675	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	355.87/cwt	340.00–369.00	2,388	91

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 5, 2026

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

Receipts 1,650Last week 1,354Year ago 1,880

No trend as the last report was one month old (12/8). Trade was very active with good demand. Supply was a good range of weights most all weaned and the seats were full of willing buyers.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	360.00	360.00
1	600–650	630	382.50	382.50
2	650–700	663	305.00–312.50	308.68
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	475	485.00	485.00
2	650–700	682	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	700–750	724	359.00	359.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	376	422.00–465.00	445.54
25	400–450	421	410.00–480.00	437.70
49	450–500	467	440.00–462.00	455.72
75	500–550	528	390.00–435.00	422.53
120	550–600	571	377.50–425.00	396.83
104	600–650	615	367.50–407.00	395.49
91	650–700	671	340.00–369.00	355.87
44	700–750	717	320.00–348.00	332.08
27	750–800	770	310.00–334.00	318.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	672	327.50	327.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	530.00	530.00
7	350–400	381	502.50–550.00	513.15
12	400–450	420	550.00–560.00	555.96
19	450–500	473	490.00–542.50	513.45
97	500–550	520	465.00–510.00	492.08
70	550–600	580	442.50–478.00	459.63
88	600–650	631	391.00–440.00	418.80
88	650–700	672	383.00–418.25	404.18
126	700–750	719	378.75–389.00	383.31
68	750–800	770	354.00–381.75	365.64
95	800–850	826	338.25–365.50	356.65
50	850–900	872	336.00–344.00	336.64
6	900–950	908	321.00	321.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	576	442.50	442.50
10	650–700	698	366.00	366.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	399	600.00	600.00

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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