Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2024-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $295.14/cwt on 99 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −165.77 against this barn's trailing median of $460.91.

Average price

$295.14

99 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,591

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$111

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$27.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.54

vs IA average

−5.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	299.31	1,607	84
Large 1	551	271.77	1,496	15thin

One grade step is worth $27.55/cwt here — about $111 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale99 hd

295.14

—

IA average5 barns · 1,193 hd

294.59

+0.54

National average185 barns · 40,108 hd

300.69

−5.55

This barn, trailing median2 sales

460.91

−165.77

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

35 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	600–650	622	258.74/cwt	250.00–264.00	1,609	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,650	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,367	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,491	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,811	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	397	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,290	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,386	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,431	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	575	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,455	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	402	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,296	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,874	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	310.74/cwt	310.00–313.00	1,579	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	397	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,191	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	693	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,601	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	500	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,610	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	336	329.54/cwt	322.50–331.00	1,107	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	943	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,093	8
Steers	Large 1	550–600	572	268.06/cwt	262.00–274.00	1,533	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	564	285.71/cwt	273.00–301.00	1,611	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	616	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,688	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	479	307.78/cwt	298.00–332.00	1,474	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	513	273.80/cwt	266.00–276.00	1,405	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,296	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	473	294.44/cwt	279.00–304.00	1,393	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	417	294.99/cwt	287.00–300.00	1,230	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	378	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,179	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	580	241.43/cwt	235.00–262.00	1,400	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	269.50/cwt	266.00–275.00	1,542	8
Steers	Large 1	500–550	526	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,452	7
Heifers	Small and Medium 1	650–700	686	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,358	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,114	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,318	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	238.17/cwt	237.00–240.00	1,584	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	322.33/cwt	309.50–329.00	1,241	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	278.02/cwt	274.00–284.50	1,332	46

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 Oct 29, 2024

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

Receipts 640Last week 865Year ago 1,080

No trend as no recent report to compare with. Trade was 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
2	350–400	355	365.00	365.00
7	400–450	413	331.00	331.00
5	450–500	484	308.00	308.00
21	500–550	508	310.00–313.00	310.74
13	600–650	622	250.00–264.00	258.74
4	650–700	660	250.00	250.00
4	800–850	823	220.00	220.00
8	900–950	943	222.00	222.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	397	300.00	300.00
73	450–500	479	298.00–332.00	307.78
17	500–550	500	322.00	322.00
46	550–600	564	273.00–301.00	285.71
59	600–650	616	274.00	274.00
14	650–700	693	231.00	231.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	526	276.00	276.00
8	550–600	572	262.00–274.00	268.06
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	397	325.00	325.00
13	500–550	526	272.00	272.00
2	650–700	657	211.00	211.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	402	322.50	322.50
4	550–600	575	253.00	253.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	332.50	332.50
9	350–400	385	309.50–329.00	322.33
3	400–450	425	310.00	310.00
46	450–500	479	274.00–284.50	278.02
8	550–600	572	266.00–275.00	269.50
8	650–700	665	237.00–240.00	238.17
6	750–800	765	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	336	322.50–331.00	329.54
24	350–400	378	312.00	312.00
10	400–450	417	287.00–300.00	294.99
70	450–500	473	279.00–304.00	294.44
18	500–550	513	266.00–276.00	273.80
45	550–600	580	235.00–262.00	241.43
Heifers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	686	198.00	198.00

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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