Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report. Trade active with good demand. Supply was large,

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $484.22/cwt on 148 head, up $6.77 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 6 comparable sales and sits +6.68 against this barn's trailing median of $477.54.

Average price

$484.22

▲ 6.77 vs prior sale

148 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,686

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−1.14

vs IA average

+6.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	484.22	2,686	148

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 sale148 hd

484.22

—

IA average3 barns · 346 hd

485.36

−1.14

National average173 barns · 11,948 hd

478.09

+6.13

This barn, trailing median6 sales

477.54

+6.68

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

33 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 1-2	300–350	342	527.00/cwt	527.00–527.00	1,802	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,081	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	233	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	1,421	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	279	605.19/cwt	585.00–620.00	1,688	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	349.60/cwt	335.00–355.25	2,881	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	552.06/cwt	507.50–577.50	1,998	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	582.77/cwt	565.00–595.00	1,958	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	321.87/cwt	320.00–327.00	2,810	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	473.88/cwt	450.00–537.50	2,715	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	357.08/cwt	342.50–365.75	2,917	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	588.28/cwt	550.00–600.00	1,912	4
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,024	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	3,113	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	346.02/cwt	337.75–349.75	3,003	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	573.39/cwt	525.00–595.00	2,448	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	542.23/cwt	520.00–582.50	2,581	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	393.36/cwt	380.50–397.50	2,899	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	225	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	1,373	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	378.31/cwt	370.00–398.00	2,523	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	418.85/cwt	350.00–437.00	2,396	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	946	321.01/cwt	317.00–323.00	3,037	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	371.21/cwt	366.50–388.00	2,866	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	411.45/cwt	389.00–439.00	2,806	231
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	510.32/cwt	475.00–526.00	2,174	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	348.15/cwt	310.00–356.00	2,482	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	489.55/cwt	475.00–500.00	2,291	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	597.00/cwt	575.00–610.00	2,191	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	452.50/cwt	432.50–460.00	2,783	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	495.43/cwt	477.50–504.00	2,651	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	377.77/cwt	354.00–397.50	2,365	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	430.14/cwt	410.00–445.00	2,271	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	334.71/cwt	288.00–345.00	2,604	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,976	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	455.52/cwt	450.00–460.00	2,209	9

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 Mar 23, 2026

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

Receipts 2,235Last week 673Year ago 0

No trend as no recent report. Trade active with good demand. Supply was large,

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	342	527.00	527.00
5	400–450	425	465.00	465.00
9	450–500	485	450.00–460.00	455.52
8	500–550	519	401.00	401.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	233	610.00	610.00
5	250–300	279	585.00–620.00	605.19
19	300–350	336	565.00–595.00	582.77
17	350–400	362	507.50–577.50	552.06
56	400–450	426	475.00–526.00	510.32
26	450–500	468	475.00–500.00	489.55
58	500–550	528	410.00–445.00	430.14
156	550–600	572	350.00–437.00	418.85
69	600–650	626	354.00–397.50	377.77
67	650–700	667	370.00–398.00	378.31
95	700–750	713	310.00–356.00	348.15
63	750–800	778	288.00–345.00	334.71
11	800–850	824	335.00–355.25	349.60
82	850–900	873	320.00–327.00	321.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	225	610.00	610.00
4	300–350	325	550.00–600.00	588.28
31	350–400	367	575.00–610.00	597.00
28	400–450	427	525.00–595.00	573.39
52	450–500	476	520.00–582.50	542.23
71	500–550	535	477.50–504.00	495.43
77	550–600	573	450.00–537.50	473.88
163	600–650	615	432.50–460.00	452.50
231	650–700	682	389.00–439.00	411.45
67	700–750	737	380.50–397.50	393.36
186	750–800	772	366.50–388.00	371.21
47	800–850	817	342.50–365.75	357.08
98	850–900	868	337.75–349.75	346.02
9	900–950	946	317.00–323.00	321.01
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	1000–1050	1,024	304.00	304.00

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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