Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report for a true comparison. Trade active with good demand for a moderate offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $477.44/cwt on 58 head, up $14.90 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 6 comparable sales and sits −0.10 against this barn's trailing median of $477.54.

Average price

$477.44

▲ 14.90 vs prior sale

58 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,683

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−3.62

vs IA average

−0.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	477.44	2,683	58

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 sale58 hd

477.44

—

IA average3 barns · 425 hd

481.06

−3.62

National average184 barns · 16,706 hd

478.39

−0.95

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

24 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	300–350	305	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,464	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,162	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,293	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	493.69/cwt	467.50–515.00	1,856	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	424.44/cwt	420.00–458.00	2,415	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	374.13/cwt	372.00–379.00	2,484	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	541.23/cwt	537.50–545.00	2,479	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	503.63/cwt	494.00–534.00	2,649	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	598	451.26/cwt	449.50–452.50	2,699	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	422.05/cwt	398.00–437.50	2,591	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	377.45/cwt	369.00–380.50	2,706	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	561.58/cwt	540.00–585.00	2,050	2
Steers	Large 1	700–750	743	356.50/cwt	356.50–356.50	2,649	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	358.75/cwt	358.75–358.75	2,996	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	381.25/cwt	381.25–381.25	2,909	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	398.87/cwt	391.00–415.50	2,605	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	330.38/cwt	325.00–331.10	3,106	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	2,163	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	476.57/cwt	460.00–515.00	2,073	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	332.52/cwt	319.00–336.00	2,604	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	446.43/cwt	430.00–456.00	2,321	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	399.18/cwt	389.00–410.00	2,459	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	691	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,488	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	474	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	2,406	4

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 Feb 9, 2026

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

Receipts 673Last week 1,055Year ago 0

No trend as no recent report for a true comparison. Trade active with good demand for a moderate offering.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	480.00	480.00
8	350–400	376	467.50–515.00	493.69
23	400–450	435	460.00–515.00	476.57
2	450–500	465	465.00	465.00
52	500–550	520	430.00–456.00	446.43
17	550–600	569	420.00–458.00	424.44
60	600–650	616	389.00–410.00	399.18
19	650–700	664	372.00–379.00	374.13
6	700–750	742	309.00	309.00
24	750–800	783	319.00–336.00	332.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	691	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	540.00–585.00	561.58
3	400–450	418	517.50	517.50
6	450–500	458	537.50–545.00	541.23
29	500–550	526	494.00–534.00	503.63
29	550–600	598	449.50–452.50	451.26
35	600–650	614	398.00–437.50	422.05
61	650–700	653	391.00–415.50	398.87
35	700–750	717	369.00–380.50	377.45
60	750–800	763	381.25	381.25
36	800–850	835	358.75	358.75
65	900–950	940	325.00–331.10	330.38
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	743	356.50	356.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	474	507.50	507.50

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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