Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2020-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report. Trade very active with large offerings of good cattle met with very good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $155.11/cwt on 1,356 head.

Average price

$155.11

1,356 head · 632 lb average

Value per head Derived

$981

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$222

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

$4.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.26

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	638	155.30	991	1,294
Medium and Large 1-2	509	151.18	769	62

One grade step is worth $4.11/cwt here — about $222 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 sale1,356 hd

155.11

—

IA average12 barns · 12,912 hd

153.85

+1.26

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

31 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 1	—	767	131.71/cwt	125.00–135.50	1,010	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	160.95/cwt	150.00–165.00	613	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	147.71/cwt	138.00–154.00	645	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	135.70/cwt	134.50–136.50	911	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	147.94/cwt	142.00–155.50	712	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,000	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	170.83/cwt	165.00–180.00	647	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	171.50/cwt	168.00–177.00	813	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	135.85/cwt	133.00–137.00	1,099	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	156.80/cwt	151.50–162.50	978	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	179.39/cwt	176.00–186.00	784	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	163.10/cwt	155.00–168.25	946	216
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	147.06/cwt	143.00–154.75	1,068	219
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	152.11/cwt	145.00–160.75	1,033	330
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	165.04/cwt	163.00–169.00	700	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	152.42/cwt	147.00–156.00	794	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	138.73/cwt	136.00–140.00	1,050	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	144.09/cwt	138.00–152.50	758	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	137.97/cwt	129.50–142.25	872	216
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	144.81/cwt	137.00–152.00	817	270
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	142.01/cwt	140.00–142.50	818	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	165.47/cwt	158.25–176.00	865	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	150.41/cwt	142.00–156.00	739	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	132.83/cwt	128.00–140.00	639	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	413	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	132.01/cwt	130.00–133.00	741	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	143.57/cwt	143.00–144.00	548	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	128.01/cwt	122.50–132.00	671	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	134.90/cwt	132.35–137.00	978	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	703	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,146	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	637	146.67/cwt	145.00–150.25	934	94

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 Jan 7, 2020

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

Receipts 2,830Last week 0Year ago 0

No trend as no recent report. Trade very active with large offerings of good cattle met with very good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	767	125.00–135.50	131.71
32	—	381	150.00–165.00	160.95
65	—	437	138.00–154.00	147.71
77	—	671	134.50–136.50	135.70
82	—	481	142.00–155.50	147.94
5	—	810	123.50	123.50
114	—	526	138.00–152.50	144.09
216	—	632	129.50–142.25	137.97
270	—	564	137.00–152.00	144.81
113	—	725	132.35–137.00	134.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	481	128.00–140.00	132.83
3	—	330	125.00	125.00
9	—	561	130.00–133.00	132.01
12	—	382	143.00–144.00	143.57
13	—	524	122.50–132.00	128.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	703	163.00	163.00
94	—	637	145.00–150.25	146.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	379	165.00–180.00	170.83
51	—	474	168.00–177.00	171.50
86	—	809	133.00–137.00	135.85
172	—	624	151.50–162.50	156.80
12	—	437	176.00–186.00	179.39
216	—	580	155.00–168.25	163.10
219	—	726	143.00–154.75	147.06
330	—	679	145.00–160.75	152.11
31	—	757	136.00–140.00	138.73
143	—	523	158.25–176.00	165.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	424	163.00–169.00	165.04
22	—	521	147.00–156.00	152.42
10	—	576	140.00–142.50	142.01
24	—	491	142.00–156.00	150.41

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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