Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report to compare with and this was mostly a calf sale. Trade was active with good demand for the moderate offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $492.86/cwt on 87 head, up $8.64 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 6 comparable sales and sits +15.32 against this barn's trailing median of $477.54.

Average price

$492.86

▲ 8.64 vs prior sale

87 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,749

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−11.33

vs IA average

+4.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	492.86	2,749	87

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 sale87 hd

492.86

—

IA average7 barns · 1,478 hd

504.19

−11.33

National average180 barns · 13,019 hd

488.35

+4.51

This barn, trailing median6 sales

477.54

+15.32

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
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,060	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	3,085	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	440	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	2,772	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	462.49/cwt	436.00–471.00	2,354	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	526.53/cwt	505.00–545.00	2,243	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	435.63/cwt	417.50–475.00	2,487	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	357.14/cwt	344.00–360.00	2,579	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	603.44/cwt	590.00–630.00	1,973	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	485.01/cwt	471.00–490.00	2,750	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	568.86/cwt	535.00–590.00	2,713	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	436.06/cwt	416.00–465.00	2,743	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	390.20/cwt	375.00–406.00	2,669	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	519.16/cwt	505.00–565.00	2,736	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	3,058	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	372.90/cwt	364.00–377.00	2,704	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	3,031	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	580.06/cwt	565.00–590.00	2,523	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	377.11/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,941	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	599.04/cwt	585.00–620.00	2,240	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	407.17/cwt	385.00–415.00	2,761	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	386.69/cwt	376.00–394.00	2,444	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	523.34/cwt	495.00–542.50	1,989	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	563.55/cwt	540.00–615.00	1,854	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,835	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	487.48/cwt	482.50–490.00	2,306	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 Apr 13, 2026

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

Receipts 646Last week 2,235Year ago 723

No trend as no recent report to compare with and this was mostly a calf sale. Trade was active with good demand for the moderate offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1050–1100	1,060	291.00	291.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	440	630.00	630.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	327	590.00–630.00	603.44
6	350–400	374	585.00–620.00	599.04
12	400–450	435	565.00–590.00	580.06
42	450–500	477	535.00–590.00	568.86
20	500–550	527	505.00–565.00	519.16
67	550–600	567	471.00–490.00	485.01
35	600–650	629	416.00–465.00	436.06
28	650–700	684	375.00–406.00	390.20
13	700–750	725	364.00–377.00	372.90
10	750–800	780	370.00–380.00	377.11
12	850–900	861	352.00	352.00
2	900–950	910	336.00	336.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	329	540.00–615.00	563.55
14	350–400	380	495.00–542.50	523.34
32	400–450	426	505.00–545.00	526.53
10	450–500	473	482.50–490.00	487.48
66	500–550	509	436.00–471.00	462.49
25	550–600	571	417.50–475.00	435.63
15	600–650	632	376.00–394.00	386.69
19	650–700	678	385.00–415.00	407.17
20	700–750	722	344.00–360.00	357.14
12	850–900	859	330.00	330.00

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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