Name: Sigourney Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder calf and yearling sale today: No comparison due to last sale reported was three weeks ago. Today's sale consisted of unweaned calves right off the cow, weaned calves, and four loads of yearlings. Trade active. Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $419.29/cwt on 71 head, up $15.99 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 5 comparable sales and sits −58.15 against this barn's trailing median of $477.44.

Average price

$419.29

▲ 15.99 vs prior sale

71 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,226

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$98

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

$23.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.32

vs IA average

+19.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	431.24	2,275	35
Medium and Large 1-2	534	407.68	2,177	36

One grade step is worth $23.56/cwt here — about $98 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 sale71 hd

419.29

—

IA average4 barns · 708 hd

426.61

−7.32

National average152 barns · 9,581 hd

399.46

+19.83

This barn, trailing median5 sales

477.44

−58.15

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

36 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	800–850	808	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,343	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	1,609	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	237.96/cwt	234.00–250.00	2,308	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	415.71/cwt	402.50–425.00	1,941	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	502.85/cwt	500.00–505.00	1,861	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	371.39/cwt	361.00–375.00	1,987	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	344.89/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,949	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	343.64/cwt	341.00–346.00	2,093	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	463.59/cwt	448.00–480.00	1,980	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	374.21/cwt	360.00–381.00	2,470	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	436.73/cwt	426.00–442.50	2,262	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	507.08/cwt	490.00–525.00	2,236	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	397.14/cwt	363.00–417.00	2,423	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	358.34/cwt	349.00–366.50	2,576	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,342	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	704	314.71/cwt	313.00–315.00	2,216	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	904	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,848	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	483	428.19/cwt	410.00–465.00	2,068	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	337.75/cwt	337.75–337.75	2,743	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	326.01/cwt	324.00–328.00	2,882	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	535.82/cwt	497.50–580.00	2,025	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	466.43/cwt	452.50–469.00	2,276	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	519	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	2,252	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	608	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,164	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	551	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,934	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	477	393.28/cwt	393.00–394.00	1,876	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	536	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,876	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	416	451.86/cwt	432.50–459.00	1,880	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	401.88/cwt	390.00–440.00	1,945	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,923	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	319.70/cwt	319.00–320.00	2,622	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	407.68/cwt	401.00–411.00	2,177	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,165	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,143	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	291.70/cwt	290.00–295.00	2,109	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	476.92/cwt	470.00–480.00	1,755	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 →

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	308	522.50	522.50
12	350–400	370	500.00–505.00	502.85
50	400–450	427	448.00–480.00	463.59
5	450–500	467	402.50–425.00	415.71
19	500–550	535	361.00–375.00	371.39
31	550–600	565	340.00–350.00	344.89
40	600–650	609	341.00–346.00	343.64
21	700–750	704	313.00–315.00	314.71
2	800–850	808	290.00	290.00
4	950–1000	970	234.00–250.00	237.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	416	432.50–459.00	451.86
18	450–500	477	393.00–394.00	393.28
5	500–550	536	350.00	350.00
9	550–600	551	351.00	351.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	368	470.00–480.00	476.92
6	700–750	723	290.00–295.00	291.70
2	750–800	768	279.00	279.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	378	497.50–580.00	535.82
38	400–450	441	490.00–525.00	507.08
19	450–500	488	452.50–469.00	466.43
25	500–550	518	426.00–442.50	436.73
5	550–600	584	401.00	401.00
40	600–650	610	363.00–417.00	397.14
35	650–700	660	360.00–381.00	374.21
70	700–750	719	349.00–366.50	358.34
71	800–850	812	337.75	337.75
133	850–900	884	324.00–328.00	326.01
60	900–950	904	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	483	410.00–465.00	428.19
5	500–550	519	434.00	434.00
8	600–650	608	356.00	356.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	418	460.00	460.00
8	450–500	484	390.00–440.00	401.88
36	500–550	534	401.00–411.00	407.68
5	600–650	624	347.00	347.00
13	800–850	820	319.00–320.00	319.70

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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