Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2021-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report. Trade active with moderate to good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $158.03/cwt on 660 head.

Average price

$158.03

660 head · 679 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,073

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$76

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

$31.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.55

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	685	158.94	1,090	608
Medium and Large 1-2	584	149.49	873	47
Large 1-2	798	127.00	1,013	5thin

One grade step is worth $31.94/cwt here — about $76 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 sale660 hd

158.03

—

IA average9 barns · 4,105 hd

150.48

+7.55

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

40 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
Steers	Large 1-2	—	798	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,013	5
Heifers	Medium 1	—	610	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	763	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	625	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	900	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	164.95/cwt	162.00–166.50	546	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	164.41/cwt	163.00–165.00	608	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	123.42/cwt	122.00–125.50	1,016	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	841	137.28/cwt	128.00–138.35	1,155	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	968	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	705	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	159.53/cwt	150.00–160.25	779	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	895	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,159	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	191.83/cwt	181.00–202.50	811	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	168.08/cwt	164.00–170.25	1,057	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	137.17/cwt	130.00–139.75	942	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	722	142.53/cwt	140.75–147.50	1,029	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	171.52/cwt	169.00–175.00	900	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	616	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	924	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	511	190.16/cwt	188.75–191.00	972	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	155.76/cwt	145.00–162.00	656	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	121.19/cwt	114.00–129.50	892	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	592	171.13/cwt	168.00–181.00	1,013	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	159.90/cwt	149.00–166.00	1,095	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	148.51/cwt	138.00–153.25	1,130	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	636	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	1,103	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	140.96/cwt	131.00–146.50	884	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	174.58/cwt	167.50–176.00	663	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	126.66/cwt	121.00–127.75	979	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	142.59/cwt	135.00–149.50	751	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	135.42/cwt	135.00–137.00	997	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	380	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	585	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	119.91/cwt	119.00–122.00	1,040	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	151.83/cwt	137.00–155.25	1,087	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	894	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	165.27/cwt	156.00–167.00	854	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	143.63/cwt	132.00–146.50	843	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	867	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	949	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	559	149.81/cwt	146.00–151.00	837	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	959	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,228	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	782	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,017	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	129.39/cwt	120.00–137.00	888	7

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 Apr 6, 2021

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No trend as no recent report. Trade active with moderate to good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	798	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	625	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	841	128.00–138.35	137.28
25	—	489	198.00	198.00
9	—	376	187.50	187.50
7	—	895	129.50	129.50
14	—	423	181.00–202.50	191.83
18	—	629	164.00–170.25	168.08
23	—	525	169.00–175.00	171.52
86	—	592	168.00–181.00	171.13
110	—	685	149.00–166.00	159.90
183	—	761	138.00–153.25	148.51
41	—	716	137.00–155.25	151.83
15	—	959	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	511	188.75–191.00	190.16
7	—	636	173.50	173.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	380	167.50–176.00	174.58
6	—	625	143.00	143.00
9	—	517	156.00–167.00	165.27
13	—	559	146.00–151.00	149.81
6	—	782	130.00	130.00
7	—	686	120.00–137.00	129.39
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	610	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	331	162.00–166.50	164.95
9	—	370	163.00–165.00	164.41
10	—	823	122.00–125.50	123.42
139	—	488	150.00–160.25	159.53
90	—	687	130.00–139.75	137.17
18	—	421	145.00–162.00	155.76
72	—	627	131.00–146.50	140.96
14	—	773	121.00–127.75	126.66
15	—	527	135.00–149.50	142.59
33	—	736	135.00–137.00	135.42
10	—	867	119.00–122.00	119.91
70	—	587	132.00–146.50	143.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	722	140.75–147.50	142.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	616	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	736	114.00–129.50	121.19
7	—	867	109.50	109.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	154.00	154.00

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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