Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2021-11-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent report so no trend. Trade active with moderate demand for the moderate offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $167.91/cwt on 760 head.

Average price

$167.91

760 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$956

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$119

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$17.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.04

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	572	169.57	970	684
Medium and Large 1-2	372	168.45	627	6thin
Medium 1	561	151.65	851	70

One grade step is worth $17.92/cwt here — about $119 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 sale760 hd

167.91

—

IA average11 barns · 8,313 hd

162.87

+5.04

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

50 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	Medium 1	—	601	151.75/cwt	151.75–151.75	912	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	139.78/cwt	136.00–141.75	1,068	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	182.37/cwt	181.50–183.10	978	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	542	151.08/cwt	131.00–158.25	819	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	638	136.14/cwt	133.00–140.00	869	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	173.72/cwt	167.00–178.00	829	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	144.64/cwt	144.00–146.50	1,040	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	577	153.27/cwt	151.00–156.00	884	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	370	191.39/cwt	169.00–194.50	708	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	406	180.39/cwt	177.00–181.00	732	21
Steers	Medium 1	—	519	155.29/cwt	154.00–157.00	806	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	478	176.95/cwt	163.50–184.25	846	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	407	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	749	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	532	160.64/cwt	152.50–173.00	855	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	719	145.43/cwt	142.00–148.50	1,046	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	169.25/cwt	166.00–171.50	1,063	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	161.92/cwt	156.50–166.50	916	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	284	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	568	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	621	163.13/cwt	152.00–167.00	1,013	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	649	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	831	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	691	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	912	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	142.68/cwt	138.00–144.00	686	13
Heifers	Medium 1	—	515	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	747	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	684	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	793	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	622	121.62/cwt	117.00–125.00	756	7
Steers	Medium 1	—	683	136.02/cwt	134.00–139.50	929	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	639	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	907	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	560	152.63/cwt	143.50–156.00	855	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	160.56/cwt	156.85–165.00	1,093	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	168.45/cwt	166.00–170.00	627	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	310	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	370	157.97/cwt	150.00–164.50	584	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	148.30/cwt	142.00–150.00	943	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	155.65/cwt	152.00–158.00	797	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	563	177.29/cwt	177.00–177.75	998	199
Steers	Medium 1	—	476	157.50/cwt	150.00–160.00	750	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	576	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	927	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	510	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	885	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	615	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	155.85/cwt	153.50–167.50	664	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	464	151.84/cwt	148.00–157.00	705	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	429	159.07/cwt	156.00–162.00	682	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	940	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	666	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	912	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	132.09/cwt	128.00–135.00	958	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	156.52/cwt	152.00–164.75	754	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	172.75/cwt	172.50–173.00	593	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	150.64/cwt	144.00–152.75	880	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	135.28/cwt	135.00–136.00	781	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,070	8

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 Nov 23, 2021

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

Receipts 1,410Last week 1,275Year ago 0

No recent report so no trend. Trade active with moderate demand for the moderate offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	601	151.75	151.75
16	—	519	154.00–157.00	155.29
11	—	683	134.00–139.50	136.02
19	—	476	150.00–160.00	157.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	764	136.00–141.75	139.78
28	—	536	181.50–183.10	182.37
35	—	477	167.00–178.00	173.72
16	—	719	144.00–146.50	144.64
21	—	406	177.00–181.00	180.39
69	—	628	166.00–171.50	169.25
43	—	566	156.50–166.50	161.92
43	—	681	156.85–165.00	160.56
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	577	151.00–156.00	153.27
14	—	370	169.00–194.50	191.39
47	—	478	163.50–184.25	176.95
6	—	407	184.00	184.00
31	—	532	152.50–173.00	160.64
20	—	719	142.00–148.50	145.43
4	—	284	200.00	200.00
74	—	621	152.00–167.00	163.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	372	166.00–170.00	168.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
199	—	563	177.00–177.75	177.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	542	131.00–158.25	151.08
20	—	638	133.00–140.00	136.14
36	—	560	143.50–156.00	152.63
1	—	310	171.00	171.00
19	—	370	150.00–164.50	157.97
13	—	464	148.00–157.00	151.84
40	—	429	156.00–162.00	159.07
5	—	666	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	649	128.00	128.00
20	—	691	132.00	132.00
13	—	481	138.00–144.00	142.68
11	—	577	135.00–136.00	135.28
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	515	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	639	142.00	142.00
9	—	576	161.00	161.00
13	—	510	173.50	173.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	636	142.00–150.00	148.30
37	—	512	152.00–158.00	155.65
9	—	364	169.00	169.00
20	—	426	153.50–167.50	155.85
6	—	662	142.00	142.00
11	—	725	128.00–135.00	132.09
16	—	482	152.00–164.75	156.52
2	—	343	172.50–173.00	172.75
49	—	584	144.00–152.75	150.64
8	—	775	138.00	138.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	684	116.00	116.00
7	—	622	117.00–125.00	121.62

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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