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Sigourney Livestock Auction

Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-11-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-11-02

Feeder Cattle · Sigourney, Iowa · Mon, Nov 2

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2152

← Sep 21Nov 2latest

Receipts

825 head

▼ 113 vs last sale 938▲ 139 vs year ago 686 · +20.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder cattle sale today: No comparison. Trade active. Demand good.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $421.17/cwt on 243 head, up $1.88 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 5 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $421.17.

Average price

$421.17

▲ 1.88 vs prior sale

243 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,335

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$209

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

$53.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.96

vs IA average

−15.11 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	430.89	2,371	199
Medium and Large 1-2	573	377.23	2,162	44

One grade step is worth $53.66/cwt here — about $209 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale243 hd

421.17

—

IA average4 barns · 451 hd

424.13

−2.96

National average185 barns · 33,905 hd

436.28

−15.11

This barn, trailing median5 sales

421.17

+0.00

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

5 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $492.86, low $403.30, median $421.17 across 5 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

28 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	341	559.83/cwt	527.50–600.00	1,909	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	546.19/cwt	530.00–564.00	2,010	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	410	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,814	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	520.49/cwt	495.00–545.00	2,222	27
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	489	487.13/cwt	465.00–510.00	2,382	35
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	489	390.37/cwt	367.50–397.50	1,909	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	444.40/cwt	412.50–462.50	2,311	95
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	390.91/cwt	372.50–410.00	2,099	14
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	418.55/cwt	402.00–437.00	2,419	104
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	370.84/cwt	361.00–391.00	2,188	30
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	380.80/cwt	349.00–399.00	2,372	26
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	356.18/cwt	355.00–361.00	2,365	25
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	712	325.64/cwt	316.00–347.50	2,319	9
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	343.81/cwt	332.00–356.00	2,627	25
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	845	324.50/cwt	324.50–324.50	2,742	18
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	881	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,784	14
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	903	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,537	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	554.38/cwt	535.00–575.00	1,791	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	481.49/cwt	440.00–516.00	1,786	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	471.42/cwt	451.00–475.00	2,004	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	382.83/cwt	371.00–420.00	1,684	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	424.70/cwt	387.50–475.00	2,039	97
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	486	367.28/cwt	342.50–380.00	1,785	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	392.20/cwt	380.00–403.00	2,028	50
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	357.85/cwt	343.00–369.00	1,907	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	357.84/cwt	341.00–372.50	2,068	71
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	360.22/cwt	359.00–361.00	2,230	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	743	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,519	40

This sale against other markets

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 Nov 2, 2026

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

Receipts 825Last week 938Year ago 686

Feeder cattle sale today: No comparison. Trade active. Demand good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	323	535.00–575.00	554.38
7	350–400	371	440.00–516.00	481.49
13	400–450	425	451.00–475.00	471.42
97	450–500	480	387.50–475.00	424.70
50	500–550	517	380.00–403.00	392.20
71	550–600	578	341.00–372.50	357.84
10	600–650	619	359.00–361.00	360.22
40	700–750	743	339.00	339.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	440	371.00–420.00	382.83
3	450–500	486	342.50–380.00	367.28
12	500–550	533	343.00–369.00	357.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	410	442.50	442.50
8	450–500	489	367.50–397.50	390.37
14	500–550	537	372.50–410.00	390.91
30	550–600	590	361.00–391.00	370.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	341	527.50–600.00	559.83
4	350–400	368	530.00–564.00	546.19
27	400–450	427	495.00–545.00	520.49
35	450–500	489	465.00–510.00	487.13
95	500–550	520	412.50–462.50	444.40
104	550–600	578	402.00–437.00	418.55
26	600–650	623	349.00–399.00	380.80
25	650–700	664	355.00–361.00	356.18
9	700–750	712	316.00–347.50	325.64
25	750–800	764	332.00–356.00	343.81
18	800–850	845	324.50	324.50
14	850–900	881	316.00	316.00
2	900–950	903	281.00	281.00

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.