Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2020-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago steer calves 350-550 lbs. 5.00-10.00 higher, 550-850 lbs. 3.00-5.00 higher. Heifer calves 400-450 lbs. 10.00 higher, other weights steady to 5.00 higher. A nice offering of good cattle kept trade active with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $160.93/cwt on 997 head.

Average price

$160.93

997 head · 604 lb average

Value per head Derived

$973

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$46

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$31.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.11

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	600	161.83	972	947
Medium and Large 1-2	671	145.32	976	45
Medium 1	783	130.00	1,018	5thin

One grade step is worth $31.83/cwt here — about −$46 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 sale997 hd

160.93

—

IA average12 barns · 12,514 hd

155.82

+5.11

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	588	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	713	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,098	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	666	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	833	5
Steers	Medium 1Fleshy	—	783	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,018	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	691	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	988	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	861	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,098	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	797	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,092	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	160.57/cwt	144.50–166.00	626	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	138.72/cwt	137.00–139.50	928	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	350	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	431	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	851	140.25/cwt	140.25–140.25	1,194	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	189.69/cwt	178.50–195.50	791	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	153.68/cwt	148.75–158.50	1,030	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	397	198.49/cwt	197.00–200.00	788	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	968	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	871	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	146.13/cwt	141.00–151.75	1,059	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	176.05/cwt	171.00–188.00	850	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	159.45/cwt	153.50–163.25	993	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	163.00/cwt	161.00–171.00	535	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	646	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	963	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	171.72/cwt	163.00–175.00	890	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	163.48/cwt	160.00–167.50	940	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	644	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	141.78/cwt	138.50–143.50	1,157	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	146.02/cwt	144.75–147.00	1,105	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	348	141.86/cwt	141.00–142.50	494	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	135.53/cwt	134.00–138.00	663	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	142.37/cwt	132.50–145.50	896	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	148.84/cwt	141.00–156.00	698	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	137.80/cwt	130.00–140.75	985	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	147.37/cwt	140.00–152.00	774	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	788	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	906	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	129.61/cwt	127.00–130.50	833	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	133.70/cwt	125.00–135.50	723	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	680	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	159.87/cwt	155.00–164.00	668	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	136.51/cwt	128.00–141.50	789	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	775	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,186	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	652	144.25/cwt	144.25–144.25	941	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	722	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,126	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	873	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	1,122	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	573	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	739	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	474	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	654	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	629	142.75/cwt	142.75–142.75	898	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	711	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	967	9

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 14, 2020

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

Receipts 2,354Last week 2,830Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	338	174.00	174.00
4	—	861	127.50	127.50
7	—	797	137.00	137.00
25	—	390	144.50–166.00	160.57
33	—	669	137.00–139.50	138.72
96	—	629	132.50–145.50	142.37
101	—	469	141.00–156.00	148.84
107	—	715	130.00–140.75	137.80
154	—	525	140.00–152.00	147.37
36	—	418	155.00–164.00	159.87
86	—	578	128.00–141.50	136.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	666	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	350	123.00	123.00
7	—	348	141.00–142.50	141.86
8	—	489	134.00–138.00	135.53
6	—	788	115.00	115.00
34	—	643	127.00–130.50	129.61
54	—	541	125.00–135.50	133.70
3	—	562	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	775	153.00	153.00
22	—	652	144.25	144.25
22	—	722	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	573	129.00	129.00
8	—	474	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	713	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	783	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	691	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	851	140.25	140.25
52	—	417	178.50–195.50	189.69
76	—	670	148.75–158.50	153.68
8	—	397	197.00–200.00	198.49
90	—	725	141.00–151.75	146.13
115	—	483	171.00–188.00	176.05
180	—	623	153.50–163.25	159.45
10	—	328	161.00–171.00	163.00
133	—	518	163.00–175.00	171.72
133	—	575	160.00–167.50	163.48
27	—	816	138.50–143.50	141.78
32	—	757	144.75–147.00	146.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	733	132.00	132.00
9	—	562	155.00	155.00
15	—	646	149.00	149.00
4	—	366	176.00	176.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	873	128.50	128.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	629	142.75	142.75
9	—	711	136.00	136.00

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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