Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2026-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Knoxville was the Annual Customer Appreciation Lunch. No comparison of todays auction as the previous auction was more than three weeks prior. Demand was good today and included internet bidders. Supply was heavy and included many smaller packages of mostly yearlings and unweaned calves. Two consignors brought more than 300 head.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $398.54/cwt on 107 head, down $40.75 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 3 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $398.54.

Average price

$398.54

▼ 40.75 vs prior sale

107 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,137

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$190

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

$66.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.58

vs IA average

+43.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	401.00	2,143	103
Medium and Large 1-2	583	335.00	1,953	4thin

One grade step is worth $66.00/cwt here — about $190 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $439.29, low $397.82, median $398.54 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale107 hd

398.54

—

IA average5 barns · 723 hd

392.95

+5.58

National average162 barns · 8,982 hd

355.16

+43.38

This barn, trailing median3 sales

398.54

+0.00

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	323	579.41/cwt	575.00–585.00	1,871	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	564	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,273	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	504	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	2,157	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	677	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,295	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	304.55/cwt	296.00–311.00	2,771	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	321.68/cwt	304.00–330.00	2,805	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	314.87/cwt	309.50–334.00	2,591	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	387.25/cwt	371.00–394.00	2,366	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	330.25/cwt	329.50–338.00	2,374	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	414.21/cwt	392.00–422.00	2,365	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	502.07/cwt	497.50–527.50	2,164	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	350.19/cwt	339.00–354.00	2,133	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	361.32/cwt	359.50–368.50	2,670	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	394	570.75/cwt	567.50–577.50	2,249	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	315.50/cwt	309.50–325.50	2,433	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	367.90/cwt	360.00–376.00	2,086	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	336.74/cwt	333.00–342.00	2,236	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	488.53/cwt	477.50–501.00	2,306	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	458.91/cwt	450.00–475.00	1,964	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	433.54/cwt	430.00–441.00	2,328	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	471.80/cwt	460.00–497.50	1,741	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	579	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,044	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	394.58/cwt	388.00–400.00	2,060	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	355	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,970	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	616	377.38/cwt	341.00–390.00	2,325	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	347	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,423	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	495	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,980	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,969	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,444	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	413.27/cwt	409.00–417.00	2,004	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	491	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,124	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,160	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	350.53/cwt	340.00–361.50	2,703	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	468.99/cwt	460.00–472.50	2,045	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	583	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,953	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,713	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,068	10

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	323	575.00–585.00	579.41
35	500–550	504	428.00	428.00
20	550–600	564	403.00	403.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	369	460.00–497.50	471.80
24	400–450	428	450.00–475.00	458.91
25	450–500	485	409.00–417.00	413.27
26	500–550	522	388.00–400.00	394.58
16	550–600	567	360.00–376.00	367.90
26	600–650	609	339.00–354.00	350.19
40	650–700	664	333.00–342.00	336.74
107	700–750	719	329.50–338.00	330.25
13	750–800	771	309.50–325.50	315.50
87	800–850	823	309.50–334.00	314.87
10	850–900	872	304.00–330.00	321.68
7	900–950	910	296.00–311.00	304.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	495	400.00	400.00
6	550–600	579	353.00	353.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	347	410.00	410.00
7	350–400	385	445.00	445.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	583	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	677	339.00	339.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	394	567.50–577.50	570.75
19	400–450	431	497.50–527.50	502.07
55	450–500	472	477.50–501.00	488.53
84	500–550	537	430.00–441.00	433.54
22	550–600	571	392.00–422.00	414.21
15	600–650	611	371.00–394.00	387.25
11	650–700	675	362.00	362.00
24	700–750	739	359.50–368.50	361.32
6	750–800	771	340.00–361.50	350.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	355	555.00	555.00
10	450–500	491	432.50	432.50
24	600–650	616	341.00–390.00	377.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	375	525.00	525.00
11	400–450	436	460.00–472.50	468.99
10	500–550	533	388.00	388.00
8	550–600	587	368.00	368.00

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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