Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2021-03-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend. Trade light with moderate demand for moderate offerings of many small groups.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.09/cwt on 393 head.

Average price

$134.09

393 head · 656 lb average

Value per head Derived

$880

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$344

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

$32.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.23

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	406	143.50	583	14thin
Medium and Large 1	637	137.61	877	314
Medium 1	796	115.51	920	59
Medium and Large 1-2	837	110.75	927	6thin

One grade step is worth $32.75/cwt here — about −$344 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale393 hd

134.09

—

IA average10 barns · 5,130 hd

132.86

+1.23

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

43 lots · USDA AMS · Knoxville Regional Feeder Cattle - Knoxville, 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	—	837	110.75/cwt	110.75–110.75	927	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	356	162.82/cwt	159.00–166.00	580	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	143.45/cwt	134.00–144.75	1,026	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	146.88/cwt	140.25–149.25	900	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	640	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	902	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	170.04/cwt	164.00–176.00	648	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	119.22/cwt	119.00–120.00	925	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	126.70/cwt	126.25–127.25	902	46
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	487	152.59/cwt	151.00–156.00	743	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	140.08/cwt	133.00–145.00	866	82
Heifers	Medium 1	—	900	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	900	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	131.30/cwt	126.00–138.00	885	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	690	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	987	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	733	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	982	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	567	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	862	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	550	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	836	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	657	150.25/cwt	150.25–150.25	987	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	150.63/cwt	149.00–151.00	728	11
Heifers	Medium 1	—	723	121.35/cwt	121.25–121.50	877	7
Heifers	Medium 1	—	632	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	818	11
Heifers	Medium 1	—	832	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	948	6
Steers	Medium 1	—	951	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	1,079	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	141.09/cwt	136.25–145.25	941	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	806	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	959	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	124.54/cwt	119.00–126.75	1,079	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	965	117.50/cwt	117.00–118.00	1,134	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	125.27/cwt	120.00–127.50	1,030	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	140.16/cwt	135.00–143.00	814	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	127.04/cwt	120.00–131.50	967	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	149.65/cwt	146.00–152.00	769	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	154.72/cwt	154.00–155.00	896	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	167.12/cwt	165.00–170.00	859	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	797	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,072	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,126	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	614	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	844	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	769	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,119	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	921	125.75/cwt	125.75–125.75	1,158	9
Steers	Medium 1	—	598	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	807	12
Heifers	Medium 1	—	1,029	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,039	17
Heifers	Medium 1	—	527	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	706	10
Steers	Medium 1	—	710	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	951	4
Steers	Medium 1	—	474	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	789	6
Heifers	Large 1	—	406	143.50/cwt	141.00–146.00	583	14

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 →

Knoxville Regional Feeder Cattle - Knoxville, IA

Tue Mar 9, 2021

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

Receipts 764Last week 1,205Year ago 0

No trend. Trade light with moderate demand for moderate offerings of many small groups.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	837	110.75	110.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	356	159.00–166.00	162.82
9	—	776	119.00–120.00	119.22
46	—	712	126.25–127.25	126.70
82	—	618	133.00–145.00	140.08
51	—	674	126.00–138.00	131.30
11	—	483	149.00–151.00	150.63
5	—	806	119.00	119.00
42	—	581	135.00–143.00	140.16
20	—	514	146.00–152.00	149.65
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	900	100.00	100.00
7	—	723	121.25–121.50	121.35
11	—	632	129.50	129.50
6	—	832	114.00	114.00
17	—	1,029	101.00	101.00
10	—	527	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	690	143.00	143.00
10	—	733	134.00	134.00
6	—	567	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	769	145.50	145.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	406	141.00–146.00	143.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	715	134.00–144.75	143.45
25	—	613	140.25–149.25	146.88
6	—	381	164.00–176.00	170.04
53	—	667	136.25–145.25	141.09
8	—	866	119.00–126.75	124.54
4	—	965	117.00–118.00	117.50
30	—	822	120.00–127.50	125.27
19	—	761	120.00–131.50	127.04
11	—	579	154.00–155.00	154.72
14	—	514	165.00–170.00	167.12
3	—	458	174.00	174.00
14	—	1,072	105.00	105.00
9	—	921	125.75	125.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	657	150.25	150.25
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	951	113.50	113.50
12	—	598	135.00	135.00
4	—	710	134.00	134.00
6	—	474	166.50	166.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	141.00	141.00
3	—	487	151.00–156.00	152.59
1	—	550	152.00	152.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	614	137.50	137.50

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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