Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2019-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend. Demand on calves moderate to fair, on yearlings demand good and trade very active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $144.03/cwt on 383 head.

Average price

$144.03

383 head · 702 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,012

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$143

per head · Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$27.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.56

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	448	147.70	662	24
Medium and Large 1	721	146.41	1,055	292
Medium and Large 1-2	668	135.49	905	25
Medium 1	764	134.14	1,025	31
Medium and Large 2	671	120.00	805	11thin

One grade step is worth $27.70/cwt here — about −$143 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 sale383 hd

144.03

—

IA average6 barns · 1,934 hd

137.47

+6.56

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

46 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	—	370	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	592	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	671	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	805	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	658	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	928	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	303	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	576	8
Steers	Large 1	—	583	138.67/cwt	137.50–139.50	808	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	123.85/cwt	123.00–126.00	785	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	135.06/cwt	132.00–137.00	848	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	857	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,136	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	711	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	524	152.68/cwt	150.00–156.00	800	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	144.40/cwt	142.50–147.00	1,054	24
Steers	Large 1	—	352	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	556	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	131.42/cwt	128.00–134.00	898	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	691	140.05/cwt	136.75–141.25	968	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	932	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,128	9
Heifers	Large 1	—	556	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	723	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	131.51/cwt	130.00–133.00	886	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	141.17/cwt	140.00–143.50	887	28
Steers	Medium 1	—	718	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	969	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	788	128.25/cwt	128.25–128.25	1,011	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	565	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	774	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	134.39/cwt	133.50–135.50	1,036	11
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	420	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	592	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	592	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	136.27/cwt	136.00–136.35	969	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	145.79/cwt	144.00–147.00	555	5
Steers	Large 1	—	451	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	640	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	174.83/cwt	173.00–177.50	661	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	467	162.27/cwt	162.00–162.50	758	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	766	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,011	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	330	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	568	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	507	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	745	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	151.42/cwt	148.00–153.00	659	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	718	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	780	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	858	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,110	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	145.30/cwt	144.00–145.50	1,175	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	703	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	963	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	670	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	871	1
Heifers	Medium 1	—	751	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	916	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,093	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	499	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	679	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	631	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	681	4
Steers	Medium 1	—	771	134.01/cwt	131.00–136.00	1,033	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	139.62/cwt	135.00–142.50	1,227	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	139.73/cwt	139.00–140.00	743	7

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 8, 2019

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

Receipts 1,189Last week 0Year ago 0

No trend. Demand on calves moderate to fair, on yearlings demand good and trade very active.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	370	160.00	160.00
2	—	423	168.00	168.00
2	—	330	172.00	172.00
1	—	670	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	671	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	658	141.00	141.00
34	—	524	150.00–156.00	152.68
11	—	467	162.00–162.50	162.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	303	190.00	190.00
24	—	730	142.50–147.00	144.40
28	—	628	140.00–143.50	141.17
7	—	378	173.00–177.50	174.83
4	—	776	143.00	143.00
77	—	809	144.00–145.50	145.30
76	—	879	135.00–142.50	139.62
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	583	137.50–139.50	138.67
10	—	352	158.00	158.00
7	—	451	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	674	130.00–133.00	131.51
7	—	766	132.00	132.00
7	—	703	137.00	137.00
7	—	532	139.00–140.00	139.73
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	718	135.00	135.00
27	—	771	131.00–136.00	134.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	634	123.00–126.00	123.85
7	—	683	128.00–134.00	131.42
8	—	788	128.25	128.25
5	—	381	144.00–147.00	145.79
4	—	540	133.00	133.00
4	—	499	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	628	132.00–137.00	135.06
9	—	857	132.50	132.50
108	—	691	136.75–141.25	140.05
9	—	932	121.00	121.00
11	—	771	133.50–135.50	134.39
4	—	370	160.00	160.00
22	—	711	136.00–136.35	136.27
3	—	507	147.00	147.00
17	—	435	148.00–153.00	151.42
11	—	828	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	556	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	565	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	420	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	780	110.00	110.00
4	—	631	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	751	122.00	122.00

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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