Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2022-01-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as this was a Special Cattle Sale for the Greater Midwest Auctioneer Contest. Trade was active with good demand for the large run of feeders.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $169.15/cwt on 1,486 head.

Average price

$169.15

1,486 head · 653 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,105

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$249

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$19.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.29

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	658	170.90	1,124	1,327
Medium and Large 1-2	633	155.57	984	114
Medium 1	577	151.72	875	45

One grade step is worth $19.18/cwt here — about $249 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 sale1,486 hd

169.15

—

IA average11 barns · 10,902 hd

167.86

+1.29

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 1Fancy	—	750	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,129	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	516	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	143.64/cwt	133.50–149.50	905	169
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	144.18/cwt	136.50–149.00	965	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	547	132.00/cwt	131.00–133.00	722	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	608	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	839	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,124	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	172.05/cwt	164.50–179.00	1,161	393
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	470	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	827	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	151.52/cwt	143.50–158.75	1,174	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	564	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	998	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	387	178.70/cwt	170.00–202.50	692	7
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	—	500	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	815	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	141.60/cwt	140.50–147.00	1,211	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	500	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	920	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	177.67/cwt	170.50–184.50	1,112	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	166.11/cwt	150.00–172.00	1,199	224
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	180.51/cwt	172.00–190.00	865	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	186.39/cwt	184.00–188.50	977	74
Steers	Medium 1	—	477	157.30/cwt	156.00–161.00	750	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	189.67/cwt	188.00–191.00	781	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	143.96/cwt	136.25–149.00	1,170	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	160.64/cwt	153.00–169.00	927	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	178.13/cwt	171.00–189.50	1,031	191
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	144.74/cwt	141.00–147.00	1,052	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	469	148.30/cwt	142.50–152.00	696	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	154.00/cwt	151.00–158.50	1,029	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	356	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	541	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	425	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	608	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	800	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,260	35
Steers	Medium 1	—	539	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	868	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	155.98/cwt	146.00–163.00	739	73
Steers	Medium 1	—	726	135.81/cwt	132.00–141.00	986	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	148.40/cwt	142.50–155.00	782	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	669	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,017	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	616	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	964	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	566	135.98/cwt	134.00–140.00	770	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,125	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	538	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	742	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	139.88/cwt	134.00–146.00	667	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	141.87/cwt	139.00–143.00	1,003	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	149.06/cwt	140.00–156.00	850	171
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	156.89/cwt	147.00–166.00	671	51

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

Sat Jan 22, 2022

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

Receipts 2,600Last week 750Year ago 1,445

No trend as this was a Special Cattle Sale for the Greater Midwest Auctioneer Contest. Trade was active with good demand for the large run of feeders.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	750	150.50	150.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	331	156.00	156.00
169	—	630	133.50–149.50	143.64
133	—	669	136.50–149.00	144.18
73	—	474	146.00–163.00	155.98
113	—	527	142.50–155.00	148.40
13	—	879	128.00	128.00
54	—	707	139.00–143.00	141.87
171	—	570	140.00–156.00	149.06
51	—	428	147.00–166.00	156.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	547	131.00–133.00	132.00
7	—	439	138.50	138.50
11	—	477	134.00–146.00	139.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	469	142.50–152.00	148.30
4	—	356	152.00	152.00
11	—	425	143.00	143.00
16	—	566	134.00–140.00	135.98
7	—	538	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	669	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	616	156.50	156.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	839	134.00	134.00
1	—	470	176.00	176.00
9	—	564	177.00	177.00
7	—	387	170.00–202.50	178.70
8	—	500	184.00	184.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
393	—	675	164.50–179.00	172.05
43	—	775	143.50–158.75	151.52
55	—	855	140.50–147.00	141.60
169	—	626	170.50–184.50	177.67
224	—	722	150.00–172.00	166.11
59	—	479	172.00–190.00	180.51
74	—	524	184.00–188.50	186.39
16	—	412	188.00–191.00	189.67
37	—	813	136.25–149.00	143.96
191	—	579	171.00–189.50	178.13
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	500	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	477	156.00–161.00	157.30
10	—	539	161.00	161.00
15	—	726	132.00–141.00	135.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	577	153.00–169.00	160.64
23	—	727	141.00–147.00	144.74
32	—	668	151.00–158.50	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	800	157.50	157.50

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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