Sale reports / Iowa / Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2020-01-21

Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Knoxville, Iowa · Tue, Jan 21
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2151
Receipts
2,153 head
201 vs last sale 2,354 2,153 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous Tuesday steer calves 300-650 lbs. mostly steady, 650-750 lbs. 4.00-8.00 higher, 750-850 lbs. 5.00 lower. Heifer calves 350-550 lbs. mostly steady , instances 3.00 higher to 4.00 lower, 550-600 lbs. 8.00 higher, 600-700 lbs. steady, 700-850 lbs. on limited offerings 5.00-8.00 lower. A nice run of very good feeders had active trade with very good demand from buyers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $160.19/cwt on 918 head.
Average price
$160.19
918 head · 628 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,005
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$23
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$21.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.56
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1622161.971,008824
Medium and Large 1-2579152.7988514thin
Medium 1661145.3996148
Large 1736140.001,03032
One grade step is worth $21.97/cwt here — about −$23 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 sale918 hd
160.19
IA average13 barns · 10,552 hd
151.64
+8.56
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

34 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy618170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0519
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy643129.25/cwt129.25–129.2583116
HeifersMedium 1712121.00/cwt121.00–121.0086211
HeifersMedium 1623123.50/cwt123.50–123.5076915
HeifersMedium and Large 1377165.37/cwt163.00–167.0062310
HeifersMedium and Large 1830122.99/cwt122.00–125.001,02112
HeifersMedium and Large 1424153.84/cwt145.00–159.0065224
HeifersMedium and Large 1572147.09/cwt139.00–152.25841163
SteersMedium and Large 1377194.00/cwt194.00–194.007315
SteersMedium and Large 1624161.88/cwt153.00–165.001,010124
SteersMedium and Large 1314184.56/cwt184.00–185.005807
SteersMedium and Large 1852134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,14211
SteersMedium and Large 1734151.69/cwt148.75–156.001,11366
SteersMedium and Large 1770138.68/cwt132.00–146.001,06870
SteersLarge 1736140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,03032
SteersMedium and Large 1828134.55/cwt132.00–136.501,11453
SteersMedium and Large 1478179.40/cwt177.50–182.5085878
SteersMedium and Large 1684160.75/cwt150.00–169.001,100113
SteersMedium 1571144.00/cwt144.00–144.008227
SteersMedium 1676145.63/cwt145.00–148.0098441
SteersMedium and Large 1582167.88/cwt157.50–173.00977124
HeifersMedium and Large 1672140.91/cwt133.00–146.25947125
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2376144.00/cwt144.00–144.005416
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2473142.00/cwt142.00–142.006726
SteersMedium and Large 1531170.60/cwt164.00–179.00906129
SteersMedium and Large 1-2579152.79/cwt151.00–154.0088514
SteersMedium and Large 1424179.64/cwt173.00–184.0076235
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2522144.11/cwt142.00–145.0075210
HeifersMedium and Large 1772127.27/cwt125.00–130.5098335
HeifersMedium and Large 1478151.40/cwt148.00–157.0072443
HeifersMedium and Large 1624141.26/cwt135.00–145.7588175
HeifersMedium and Large 1718130.87/cwt129.00–132.0094085
HeifersMedium and Large 1533153.12/cwt144.00–158.0081697
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement651147.50/cwt147.50–147.5096054

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.