Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Customer Appreciation Sale today: No comparison. Today's sale consisted of feeder calves right off cows with vaccinations, weaned calves with vaccinations and yearling cattle coming off of grass. Trade active. Demand was good

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $403.30/cwt on 156 head, down $89.56 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −74.15 against this barn's trailing median of $477.44.

Average price

$403.30

▼ 89.56 vs prior sale

156 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,215

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$116

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

$8.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.46

vs IA average

+31.91 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	403.46	2,218	153
Medium and Large 1-2	532	395.00	2,101	3thin

One grade step is worth $8.46/cwt here — about $116 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

5 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $492.86, low $403.30, median $477.44 across 5 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 sale156 hd

403.30

—

IA average5 barns · 294 hd

400.84

+2.46

National average157 barns · 5,984 hd

371.39

+31.91

This barn, trailing median5 sales

477.44

−74.15

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

34 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	Large 1	1000–1050	1,002	276.50/cwt	276.50–276.50	2,771	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	858	350.25/cwt	350.25–350.25	3,005	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,634	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,484	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	292.18/cwt	284.00–308.00	2,285	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	348.80/cwt	343.00–369.00	1,932	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	373.81/cwt	370.00–378.00	1,940	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	322.87/cwt	322.00–325.00	2,644	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	344.29/cwt	339.00–360.00	2,451	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	606	348.20/cwt	348.00–349.00	2,110	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	995	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,886	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	388.54/cwt	361.00–394.00	2,374	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	416.80/cwt	412.50–500.00	2,126	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	381	491.38/cwt	485.00–493.00	1,872	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	346.90/cwt	316.00–359.00	2,120	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,156	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	298.08/cwt	291.00–301.00	2,623	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	479	395.98/cwt	366.00–418.00	1,897	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	415	465.66/cwt	465.00–467.50	1,932	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	348	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,401	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	527	411.25/cwt	408.00–419.00	2,167	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	379.46/cwt	361.00–384.00	1,791	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	393.51/cwt	379.00–400.00	2,278	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,101	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	786	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,405	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	450.38/cwt	445.00–452.00	1,896	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	545	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,891	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	323.97/cwt	319.50–324.50	2,346	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	365.64/cwt	360.00–366.50	2,505	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	282.93/cwt	270.00–286.00	1,930	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	366	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	1,585	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	472	381.78/cwt	350.00–398.00	1,802	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	365	381.13/cwt	350.00–405.00	1,391	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	342.50/cwt	333.00–346.50	2,644	68

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	1000–1050	1,002	276.50	276.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	418	391.00	391.00
40	450–500	472	361.00–384.00	379.46
46	500–550	519	370.00–378.00	373.81
35	550–600	554	343.00–369.00	348.80
40	600–650	611	316.00–359.00	346.90
65	700–750	724	319.50–324.50	323.97
23	750–800	782	284.00–308.00	292.18
9	900–950	900	276.00	276.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	348	402.50	402.50
5	350–400	365	350.00–405.00	381.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	366	433.00	433.00
42	450–500	472	350.00–398.00	381.78
6	500–550	545	347.00	347.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	682	270.00–286.00	282.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
67	850–900	858	350.25	350.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	427	505.00	505.00
41	500–550	510	412.50–500.00	416.80
80	550–600	579	379.00–400.00	393.51
35	600–650	611	361.00–394.00	388.54
17	650–700	685	360.00–366.50	365.64
9	700–750	712	339.00–360.00	344.29
68	750–800	772	333.00–346.50	342.50
7	800–850	819	322.00–325.00	322.87
9	850–900	880	291.00–301.00	298.08
14	950–1000	995	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	381	485.00–493.00	491.38
8	400–450	415	465.00–467.50	465.66
39	450–500	479	366.00–418.00	395.98
32	500–550	527	408.00–419.00	411.25
15	600–650	606	348.00–349.00	348.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	421	445.00–452.00	450.38
3	500–550	532	395.00	395.00
7	750–800	786	306.00	306.00

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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