Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers weaker, feeder heifers firm. Trade active with moderate demand for the moderate offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $462.55/cwt on 70 head, up $17.34 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 6 comparable sales and sits −14.99 against this barn's trailing median of $477.54.

Average price

$462.55

▲ 17.34 vs prior sale

70 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,520

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$309

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

$54.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.61

vs IA average

−2.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	471.07	2,569	59
Medium and Large 1-2	542	416.87	2,259	11thin

One grade step is worth $54.20/cwt here — about $309 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 sale70 hd

462.55

—

IA average9 barns · 1,568 hd

468.16

−5.61

National average169 barns · 18,411 hd

465.33

−2.78

This barn, trailing median6 sales

477.54

−14.99

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	372.49/cwt	366.00–396.00	2,309	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	352	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,056	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	308.22/cwt	300.00–325.00	2,530	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,278	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	381.84/cwt	367.00–405.50	2,203	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	354.77/cwt	340.00–366.50	2,412	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	382.17/cwt	373.00–386.00	2,014	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	343.10/cwt	324.00–353.00	2,436	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	349.03/cwt	341.00–350.50	2,747	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	442.92/cwt	415.00–460.00	2,551	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	362	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,448	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	782	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,854	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	375.49/cwt	349.50–385.00	2,704	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	520.89/cwt	500.00–530.00	2,188	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	430	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,849	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	421.68/cwt	393.00–433.00	2,644	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	828	347.07/cwt	343.00–353.00	2,874	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	751	371.25/cwt	371.25–371.25	2,788	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	490.96/cwt	470.00–501.00	2,293	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	383.14/cwt	367.00–400.00	2,582	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	398	542.50/cwt	542.50–542.50	2,159	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	475	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,256	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,853	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	432.22/cwt	395.00–440.00	2,239	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	487.80/cwt	471.00–505.00	2,571	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	311.34/cwt	298.00–333.50	2,721	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	415.46/cwt	380.00–427.50	1,924	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	427.47/cwt	402.50–452.50	1,864	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,751	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	471.27/cwt	460.00–485.00	1,503	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,688	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,365	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 Jan 19, 2026

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

Receipts 1,055Last week 1,635Year ago 1,063

Compared to last Monday feeder steers weaker, feeder heifers firm. Trade active with moderate 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
3	250–300	273	500.00	500.00
7	300–350	319	460.00–485.00	471.27
3	350–400	375	450.00	450.00
17	400–450	436	402.50–452.50	427.47
24	450–500	463	380.00–427.50	415.46
24	500–550	527	373.00–386.00	382.17
52	550–600	577	367.00–405.50	381.84
106	600–650	620	366.00–396.00	372.49
75	650–700	680	340.00–366.50	354.77
68	700–750	710	324.00–353.00	343.10
12	800–850	809	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	352	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	362	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
21	750–800	782	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	570.00	570.00
2	350–400	398	542.50	542.50
12	400–450	420	500.00–530.00	520.89
22	450–500	467	470.00–501.00	490.96
37	500–550	527	471.00–505.00	487.80
22	550–600	576	415.00–460.00	442.92
56	600–650	627	393.00–433.00	421.68
122	650–700	674	367.00–400.00	383.14
119	700–750	720	349.50–385.00	375.49
42	750–800	787	341.00–350.50	349.03
9	800–850	821	300.00–325.00	308.22
29	850–900	874	298.00–333.50	311.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	518	395.00–440.00	432.22
4	550–600	584	390.00	390.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	430	430.00	430.00
4	450–500	475	475.00	475.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	750–800	751	371.25	371.25
48	800–850	828	343.00–353.00	347.07

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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