Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2022-05-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report for a comparison . Trade and demand moderate for the moderate offerings,

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $180.38/cwt on 438 head.

Average price

$180.38

438 head · 639 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,153

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$144

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

$9.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.27

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	642	181.03	1,163	409
Medium and Large 1-2	595	171.17	1,019	29

One grade step is worth $9.86/cwt here — about $144 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 sale438 hd

180.38

—

IA average5 barns · 2,895 hd

161.11

+19.27

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	975	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,053	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	705	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	917	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	790	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	980	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	878	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,062	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	803	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	996	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	621	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	953	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	192.76/cwt	190.00–197.00	1,091	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	878	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	142.73/cwt	140.75–146.25	1,088	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	171.02/cwt	167.00–186.00	1,084	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,029	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	762	166.75/cwt	166.75–166.75	1,271	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	666	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,199	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	207.29/cwt	205.00–209.00	1,101	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	741	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	783	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,409	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	173.54/cwt	171.00–176.00	1,000	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	147.38/cwt	146.50–150.00	862	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	128.30/cwt	127.50–128.50	1,046	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	221.81/cwt	215.00–223.00	1,029	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	156.18/cwt	154.00–166.00	1,059	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	145.14/cwt	142.25–146.50	959	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	158.65/cwt	151.50–163.00	896	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	480	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	823	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	135.87/cwt	135.50–137.00	1,038	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	147.32/cwt	144.00–149.50	993	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	917	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	138.26/cwt	135.00–142.50	980	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	161.29/cwt	153.00–165.00	692	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	410	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	646	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	788	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	172.92/cwt	169.00–181.00	584	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,073	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,309	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	842	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	610	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	836	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	150.80/cwt	146.50–154.00	947	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	157.24/cwt	153.00–167.50	832	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	154.37/cwt	150.00–157.50	721	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	161.11/cwt	157.00–163.00	599	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 May 24, 2022

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

Receipts 795Last week 872Year ago 0

No trend as no recent report for a comparison . Trade and demand moderate for the moderate offerings,

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	975	108.00	108.00
2	—	705	130.00	130.00
2	—	790	124.00	124.00
2	—	878	121.00	121.00
3	—	803	124.00	124.00
1	—	365	170.00	170.00
1	—	410	157.50	157.50
1	—	515	153.00	153.00
1	—	565	149.00	149.00
1	—	610	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	435	219.00	219.00
42	—	566	190.00–197.00	192.76
11	—	762	140.75–146.25	142.73
41	—	634	167.00–186.00	171.02
58	—	531	205.00–209.00	207.29
2	—	358	207.00	207.00
17	—	464	215.00–223.00	221.81
35	—	678	154.00–166.00	156.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	462	190.00	190.00
2	—	643	160.00	160.00
3	—	783	180.00	180.00
10	—	576	171.00–176.00	173.54
5	—	674	144.00–149.50	147.32
6	—	518	177.00	177.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	762	166.75	166.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
131	—	666	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	585	146.50–150.00	147.38
5	—	467	150.00–157.50	154.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	815	127.50–128.50	128.30
27	—	661	142.25–146.50	145.14
50	—	565	151.50–163.00	158.65
8	—	764	135.50–137.00	135.87
15	—	709	135.00–142.50	138.26
19	—	429	153.00–165.00	161.29
4	—	338	169.00–181.00	172.92
5	—	1,073	122.00	122.00
75	—	628	146.50–154.00	150.80
76	—	529	153.00–167.50	157.24
3	—	372	157.00–163.00	161.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	480	171.50	171.50

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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