Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2022-03-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report available for a comparison. 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 $166.71/cwt on 627 head.

Average price

$166.71

627 head · 721 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,203

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$152

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$22.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.78

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	726	167.60	1,217	580
Medium and Large 1-2	654	157.13	1,027	31
Large 1	669	155.83	1,042	12thin
Medium 1	734	145.00	1,064	4thin

One grade step is worth $22.60/cwt here — about $152 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 sale627 hd

166.71

—

IA average8 barns · 3,768 hd

170.49

−3.78

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

47 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 and Large 1	—	1,026	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,344	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	665	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,150	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	815	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	958	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,327	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	148.84/cwt	145.00–152.00	1,015	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	168.79/cwt	164.50–177.00	1,062	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	184.58/cwt	181.00–191.00	855	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	162.06/cwt	154.50–165.00	1,160	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	209.11/cwt	196.50–215.00	1,119	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	149.52/cwt	144.75–150.10	1,240	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	193.50/cwt	193.50–193.50	1,130	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	809	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,072	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	140.12/cwt	139.00–141.00	1,086	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	423	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	829	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	513	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	877	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	731	173.14/cwt	172.50–174.25	1,266	212
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	475	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	995	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	1,050	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	811	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	130.75/cwt	128.25–136.50	1,071	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	972	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,244	3
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,081	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,265	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	671	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	859	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	154.13/cwt	141.00–159.00	872	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	140.31/cwt	135.00–145.00	718	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	125.27/cwt	122.00–128.50	977	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	917	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	935	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	511	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	145.08/cwt	130.00–150.00	672	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	169.89/cwt	161.00–178.00	804	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	364	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	519	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	152.58/cwt	145.00–157.00	946	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	135.83/cwt	135.00–137.00	1,055	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	137.30/cwt	133.00–140.00	1,004	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	173.33/cwt	172.00–175.50	933	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	553	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	990	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	145.84/cwt	136.50–149.00	974	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	188.78/cwt	182.50–195.00	723	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	463	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	741	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	184.63/cwt	172.00–188.00	787	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	822	140.63/cwt	140.50–140.75	1,156	70
Steers	Medium 1	—	734	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,064	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,012	123.86/cwt	123.00–124.00	1,253	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	910	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	546	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,010	8
Steers	Large 1	—	639	159.77/cwt	159.00–160.00	1,021	9
Steers	Large 1	—	758	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,092	3

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 22, 2022

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

Receipts 1,230Last week 1,225Year ago 0

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,026	131.00	131.00
1	—	393	207.50	207.50
3	—	958	138.50	138.50
10	—	682	145.00–152.00	148.84
31	—	629	164.50–177.00	168.79
12	—	463	181.00–191.00	184.58
24	—	716	154.50–165.00	162.06
25	—	535	196.50–215.00	209.11
158	—	829	144.75–150.10	149.52
16	—	584	193.50	193.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	665	173.00	173.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	809	132.50	132.50
9	—	775	139.00–141.00	140.12
10	—	569	160.00	160.00
8	—	546	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	423	196.00	196.00
4	—	513	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
212	—	731	172.50–174.25	173.14
15	—	475	209.50	209.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	553	179.00	179.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	734	145.00	145.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	639	159.00–160.00	159.77
3	—	758	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,135	92.50	92.50
6	—	676	120.00	120.00
8	—	512	135.00–145.00	140.31
6	—	780	122.00–128.50	125.27
3	—	917	102.00	102.00
3	—	335	152.50	152.50
11	—	463	130.00–150.00	145.08
4	—	364	142.50	142.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	819	128.25–136.50	130.75
3	—	972	128.00	128.00
72	—	566	141.00–159.00	154.13
15	—	473	161.00–178.00	169.89
37	—	620	145.00–157.00	152.58
22	—	777	135.00–137.00	135.83
41	—	731	133.00–140.00	137.30
36	—	538	172.00–175.50	173.33
75	—	668	136.50–149.00	145.84
19	—	383	182.50–195.00	188.78
18	—	426	172.00–188.00	184.63
14	—	1,012	123.00–124.00	123.86
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,081	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	671	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	463	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	822	140.50–140.75	140.63

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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