Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2020-03-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report. Trade moderate with moderate demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $143.37/cwt on 446 head.

Average price

$143.37

446 head · 674 lb average

Value per head Derived

$967

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$229

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

$5.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.63

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	519	148.23	769	63
Medium and Large 1	700	142.57	998	383

One grade step is worth $5.65/cwt here — about −$229 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 sale446 hd

143.37

—

IA average5 barns · 2,218 hd

142.74

+0.63

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

38 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	633	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	165.65/cwt	160.00–173.00	870	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	122.85/cwt	122.85–122.85	1,022	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	123.33/cwt	122.00–124.75	1,068	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	494	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	810	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	319	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	483	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	606	142.75/cwt	142.75–142.75	865	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	157.07/cwt	156.00–160.00	880	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	157.94/cwt	148.00–166.00	676	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	153.85/cwt	153.85–153.85	1,003	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	373	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	627	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	767	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	139.75/cwt	139.75–139.75	928	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	157.46/cwt	155.00–160.00	759	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	747	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	982	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	169.53/cwt	168.00–174.00	809	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	155.00/cwt	149.00–157.25	984	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	305	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	531	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	139.62/cwt	136.00–143.00	603	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	161.94/cwt	160.00–166.00	622	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	146.12/cwt	144.00–147.00	634	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	140.05/cwt	135.00–143.75	818	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	761	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,111	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	444	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	673	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	128.26/cwt	126.00–132.00	763	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	145.31/cwt	141.00–150.00	674	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	131.04/cwt	130.00–135.00	815	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	143.51/cwt	134.50–149.00	742	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	343	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	535	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	139.91/cwt	138.00–143.50	511	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	131.87/cwt	126.00–133.00	696	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	769	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	160.87/cwt	152.00–166.00	586	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	129.65/cwt	123.00–130.00	884	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	729	133.33/cwt	125.00–137.00	972	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	528	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	131.38/cwt	126.00–136.00	549	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	141.40/cwt	139.00–145.00	826	14

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 Mar 31, 2020

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

Receipts 935Last week 1,406Year ago 0

No trend as no recent report. Trade moderate with moderate demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	370	171.00	171.00
16	—	525	160.00–173.00	165.65
36	—	832	122.85	122.85
128	—	866	122.00–124.75	123.33
14	—	560	156.00–160.00	157.07
25	—	428	148.00–166.00	157.94
75	—	652	153.85	153.85
9	—	747	131.50	131.50
22	—	477	168.00–174.00	169.53
45	—	635	149.00–157.25	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	494	164.00	164.00
2	—	373	168.00	168.00
1	—	305	174.00	174.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	319	151.50	151.50
9	—	606	142.75	142.75
4	—	540	142.00	142.00
6	—	664	139.75	139.75
16	—	482	155.00–160.00	157.46
3	—	432	136.00–143.00	139.62
6	—	384	160.00–166.00	161.94
14	—	584	139.00–145.00	141.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	434	144.00–147.00	146.12
47	—	584	135.00–143.75	140.05
11	—	464	141.00–150.00	145.31
22	—	622	130.00–135.00	131.04
77	—	517	134.50–149.00	143.51
7	—	809	95.00	95.00
18	—	364	152.00–166.00	160.87
59	—	682	123.00–130.00	129.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	761	146.00	146.00
45	—	729	125.00–137.00	133.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	444	151.50	151.50
2	—	343	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	595	126.00–132.00	128.26
3	—	365	138.00–143.50	139.91
25	—	528	126.00–133.00	131.87
3	—	343	154.00	154.00
13	—	418	126.00–136.00	131.38

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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