Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2024-05-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $321.33/cwt on 124 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −139.58 against this barn's trailing median of $460.91.

Average price

$321.33

124 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,801

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$230

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

$14.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.40

vs IA average

+7.23 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	573	324.68	1,861	94
Large 1	519	311.00	1,614	25
Medium and Large 1-2	526	310.00	1,631	5thin

One grade step is worth $14.68/cwt here — about $230 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale124 hd

321.33

—

IA average5 barns · 1,739 hd

333.73

−12.40

National average158 barns · 11,390 hd

314.10

+7.23

This barn, trailing median2 sales

460.91

−139.58

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

37 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	650–700	674	287.60/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,938	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	341.16/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,825	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	258.95/cwt	245.00–264.00	1,984	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,531	6
Steers	Large 1	600–650	628	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,765	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	375.55/cwt	371.00–382.50	1,799	63
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,431	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	691	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,762	5
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	748	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,788	13
Heifers	Large 1	450–500	498	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,469	14
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	600	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,518	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	536	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,595	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	318.71/cwt	306.00–335.00	1,871	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	331	311.98/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,033	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	526	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,631	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	852	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	2,049	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	366.19/cwt	362.50–375.00	1,417	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	312.62/cwt	295.00–319.00	1,932	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,513	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,322	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	278.88/cwt	274.00–282.50	1,980	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	349	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	995	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,891	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,493	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	635	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,619	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	297.24/cwt	289.00–300.00	1,679	51
Steers	Large 1	500–550	519	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,614	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	253.17/cwt	240.00–262.50	1,190	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,959	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	272.79/cwt	270.00–277.50	1,612	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	253.41/cwt	251.00–255.00	1,673	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	346.89/cwt	327.50–359.00	1,440	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,684	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	324.58/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,526	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	317.49/cwt	311.00–319.00	1,692	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,863	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	248.27/cwt	244.50–257.50	1,805	25

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 21, 2024

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

Receipts 835Last week 615Year ago 653

No trend as no recent report. Trade active with good 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
13	350–400	387	362.50–375.00	366.19
6	400–450	425	356.00	356.00
63	450–500	479	371.00–382.50	375.55
25	500–550	535	335.00–350.00	341.16
69	550–600	587	306.00–335.00	318.71
32	600–650	618	295.00–319.00	312.62
34	650–700	674	280.00–290.00	287.60
63	700–750	710	274.00–282.50	278.88
30	750–800	766	245.00–264.00	258.95
20	850–900	852	240.50	240.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	331	300.00–330.00	311.98
6	450–500	490	312.50	312.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	500–550	519	311.00	311.00
16	600–650	628	281.00	281.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	526	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	511	280.00	280.00
5	650–700	691	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	498	295.00	295.00
34	600–650	600	253.00	253.00
13	700–750	748	239.00	239.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	536	297.50	297.50
6	600–650	635	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	349	285.00	285.00
4	400–450	430	307.50	307.50
5	450–500	470	240.00–262.50	253.17
5	500–550	538	277.50	277.50
8	550–600	591	270.00–277.50	272.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	400–450	415	327.50–359.00	346.89
42	450–500	470	315.00–335.00	324.58
57	500–550	533	311.00–319.00	317.49
51	550–600	565	289.00–300.00	297.24
9	600–650	626	269.00	269.00
15	650–700	660	251.00–255.00	253.41
25	700–750	727	244.50–257.50	248.27
7	750–800	773	241.00	241.00
5	800–850	813	241.00	241.00
4	850–900	850	222.50	222.50

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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