Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2020-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent market coverage for comparison. Trade was active with good demand for the moderate offerings.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.52/cwt on 538 head.

Average price

$124.52

538 head · 634 lb average

Value per head Derived

$789

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$64

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$19.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.49

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	635	125.63	798	451
Medium and Large 1-2	598	120.61	722	76
Large 1	813	106.00	862	11thin

One grade step is worth $19.63/cwt here — about −$64 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 sale538 hd

124.52

—

IA average2 barns · 1,285 hd

122.03

+2.49

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	115.65/cwt	113.00–118.00	885	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	127.91/cwt	120.00–133.00	851	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	129.62/cwt	126.50–133.00	682	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	114.81/cwt	112.00–122.75	843	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	108.19/cwt	108.00–108.50	764	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	119.72/cwt	112.00–123.00	746	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	598	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	694	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	141.02/cwt	138.50–146.00	606	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	134.16/cwt	127.50–138.00	837	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	894	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	548	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	133.33/cwt	131.00–134.00	637	17
Heifers	Large 1	—	813	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	862	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	137.75/cwt	135.00–141.25	530	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	130.15/cwt	123.00–135.00	746	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	144.82/cwt	139.00–148.00	691	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	685	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	726	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	117.28/cwt	114.00–119.00	795	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	406	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	585	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	506	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	784	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	380	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	642	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	728	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	118.93/cwt	118.50–119.25	979	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	161.71/cwt	155.00–169.50	847	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	117.60/cwt	117.60–117.60	1,014	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	147.98/cwt	141.00–150.00	697	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	704	138.75/cwt	138.75–138.75	977	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	118.51/cwt	115.00–120.25	910	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	139.88/cwt	136.50–141.00	940	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	123.02/cwt	120.00–131.50	885	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	147.71/cwt	145.50–151.00	787	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	141.93/cwt	135.00–147.00	837	34
Steers	Large 1	—	759	112.75/cwt	112.75–112.75	856	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	168.55/cwt	166.50–172.00	662	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	160.31/cwt	158.00–161.00	765	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	155.26/cwt	150.00–163.00	871	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	142.74/cwt	139.00–153.00	898	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	135.48/cwt	127.00–137.00	845	27

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 Apr 28, 2020

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

Receipts 1,200Last week 935Year ago 0

No recent market coverage for comparison. Trade was active with good demand for the moderate offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	765	113.00–118.00	115.65
30	—	665	120.00–133.00	127.91
55	—	526	126.50–133.00	129.62
113	—	734	112.00–122.75	114.81
14	—	430	138.50–146.00	141.02
53	—	624	127.50–138.00	134.16
58	—	824	108.50	108.50
14	—	385	135.00–141.25	137.75
41	—	573	123.00–135.00	130.15
56	—	477	139.00–148.00	144.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	706	108.00–108.50	108.19
25	—	623	112.00–123.00	119.72
6	—	418	131.00	131.00
17	—	478	131.00–134.00	133.33
12	—	678	114.00–119.00	117.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	598	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	813	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	685	106.00	106.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	406	144.00	144.00
4	—	506	155.00	155.00
4	—	380	169.00	169.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	441	165.00	165.00
19	—	823	118.50–119.25	118.93
30	—	524	155.00–169.50	161.71
60	—	862	117.60	117.60
15	—	768	115.00–120.25	118.51
29	—	672	136.50–141.00	139.88
58	—	719	120.00–131.50	123.02
8	—	393	166.50–172.00	168.55
20	—	477	158.00–161.00	160.31
33	—	561	150.00–163.00	155.26
68	—	629	139.00–153.00	142.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	471	141.00–150.00	147.98
8	—	533	145.50–151.00	147.71
34	—	590	135.00–147.00	141.93
27	—	624	127.00–137.00	135.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	704	138.75	138.75
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	759	112.75	112.75

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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