Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2021-12-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report. 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 $169.91/cwt on 399 head.

Average price

$169.91

399 head · 598 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,015

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$612

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$62.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.11

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	605	174.52	1,056	324
Medium 1	600	156.90	941	60
Small and Medium 1	471	137.50	648	6thin
Small 1	397	112.00	445	9thin

One grade step is worth $62.52/cwt here — about $612 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 sale399 hd

169.91

—

IA average11 barns · 9,747 hd

169.80

+0.11

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

46 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 1	—	430	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	589	2
Heifers	Medium 1	—	510	147.75/cwt	147.00–148.00	754	8
Heifers	Medium 1	—	631	139.26/cwt	137.00–140.00	879	8
Heifers	Medium 1	—	573	141.77/cwt	140.00–143.50	812	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	558	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	384	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	451	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	664	159.29/cwt	159.00–159.50	1,058	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	383	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	730	2
Steers	Medium 1	—	599	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	1,027	5
Steers	Small 1	—	397	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	445	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	632	167.64/cwt	166.50–169.00	1,059	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	475	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	831	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	162.25/cwt	162.25–162.25	1,162	23
Steers	Medium 1	—	743	141.75/cwt	141.75–141.75	1,053	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	434	188.33/cwt	185.00–198.00	817	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	579	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	984	4
Steers	Small and Medium 1	—	471	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	648	6
Steers	Medium 1	—	521	160.57/cwt	151.00–162.00	837	24
Steers	Medium 1	—	423	180.35/cwt	180.00–181.00	763	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	791	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	1,198	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,145	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	516	178.27/cwt	171.00–179.00	920	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	192.72/cwt	190.00–202.50	838	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	593	184.12/cwt	184.00–186.00	1,092	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	153.90/cwt	150.00–160.00	726	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	615	152.75/cwt	152.75–152.75	939	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	181.80/cwt	174.00–183.25	947	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	880	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	449	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	723	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	647	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,055	3
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	—	618	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	803	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	164.66/cwt	158.00–166.00	614	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	692	159.26/cwt	156.00–166.00	1,102	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	175.75/cwt	170.00–179.00	1,086	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	559	148.68/cwt	148.00–150.00	831	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	708	5
Heifers	Small 1	—	349	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	297	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	156.60/cwt	152.00–159.50	850	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	657	147.87/cwt	145.00–149.00	972	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	395	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	636	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	153.75/cwt	153.75–153.75	1,002	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,027	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	149.40/cwt	149.00–150.00	831	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	545	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	148.93/cwt	146.50–150.00	943	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	335	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	533	2

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 Dec 14, 2021

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

Receipts 750Last week 1,410Year ago 0

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	430	137.00	137.00
8	—	510	147.00–148.00	147.75
8	—	631	137.00–140.00	139.26
10	—	573	140.00–143.50	141.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	372	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	384	117.50	117.50
5	—	349	85.00	85.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	472	150.00–160.00	153.90
9	—	373	158.00–166.00	164.66
5	—	448	158.00	158.00
82	—	543	152.00–159.50	156.60
10	—	652	153.75	153.75
15	—	726	141.50	141.50
10	—	556	149.00–150.00	149.40
2	—	313	174.00	174.00
9	—	633	146.50–150.00	148.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	615	152.75	152.75
7	—	449	161.00	161.00
6	—	559	148.00–150.00	148.68
12	—	657	145.00–149.00	147.87
1	—	395	161.00	161.00
2	—	335	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	618	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	664	159.00–159.50	159.29
2	—	383	190.50	190.50
15	—	632	166.50–169.00	167.64
2	—	475	175.00	175.00
4	—	434	185.00–198.00	188.33
4	—	579	170.00	170.00
11	—	516	171.00–179.00	178.27
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	599	171.50	171.50
23	—	743	141.75	141.75
24	—	521	151.00–162.00	160.57
8	—	423	180.00–181.00	180.35
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	397	112.00	112.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	716	162.25	162.25
11	—	791	151.50	151.50
23	—	833	137.50	137.50
29	—	435	190.00–202.50	192.72
93	—	593	184.00–186.00	184.12
48	—	521	174.00–183.25	181.80
2	—	473	186.00	186.00
20	—	692	156.00–166.00	159.26
27	—	618	170.00–179.00	175.75
Steers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	471	137.50	137.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	647	163.00	163.00

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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