Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2021-01-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous week steer calves mixed, 5.00 higher to 4.00 lower. Heifer calves 350-500 lbs. 5.00-15.00 higher, 500-750 lbs. firm to 4.00 lower. Trade was moderate with many offerings on the fleshy side.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $141.91/cwt on 675 head.

Average price

$141.91

675 head · 667 lb average

Value per head Derived

$946

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$117

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$6.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.11

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	668	142.11	950	653
Medium 1	613	135.77	833	22

One grade step is worth $6.34/cwt here — about $117 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 sale675 hd

141.91

—

IA average15 barns · 17,859 hd

141.80

+0.11

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

37 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 1	—	581	118.56/cwt	116.00–120.00	689	11
Heifers	Medium 1	—	478	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	641	14
Steers	Medium 1	—	730	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	891	8
Steers	Medium 1	—	496	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	739	9
Steers	Medium 1	—	638	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	855	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	579	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	822	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	679	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	839	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	590	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	817	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	543	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	747	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	637	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	777	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	715	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	930	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	753	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,069	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	346	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	661	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	154.47/cwt	151.50–158.00	905	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	131.67/cwt	124.00–137.00	754	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	175.28/cwt	172.50–176.00	647	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	175.31/cwt	171.00–183.50	756	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	640	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	851	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	168.06/cwt	162.50–170.00	892	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	137.21/cwt	136.00–138.75	981	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	120.51/cwt	116.00–128.00	810	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	913	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	787	127.88/cwt	126.75–133.00	1,006	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	121.69/cwt	120.00–126.00	764	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	293	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	609	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	122.67/cwt	121.75–123.75	1,010	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	817	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,021	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	149.84/cwt	145.00–151.00	706	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	173.04/cwt	163.00–179.00	827	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	146.65/cwt	140.00–149.75	912	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	930	115.98/cwt	115.00–117.00	1,079	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	137.18/cwt	132.00–143.00	934	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	138.50/cwt	135.00–142.00	748	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	656	147.35/cwt	147.35–147.35	967	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	576	143.76/cwt	143.00–146.00	828	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	697	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,031	7

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 12, 2021

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

Receipts 1,242Last week 1,382Year ago 2,354

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	581	116.00–120.00	118.56
14	—	478	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	579	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	543	137.50	137.50
5	—	637	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	715	130.00	130.00
15	—	753	142.00	142.00
13	—	640	133.00	133.00
6	—	817	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	573	124.00–137.00	131.67
5	—	369	172.50–176.00	175.28
85	—	672	116.00–128.00	120.51
9	—	767	119.00	119.00
25	—	628	120.00–126.00	121.69
37	—	471	145.00–151.00	149.84
8	—	540	135.00–142.00	138.50
4	—	420	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	730	122.00	122.00
9	—	496	149.00	149.00
5	—	638	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	679	123.50	123.50
7	—	590	138.50	138.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	346	191.00	191.00
75	—	586	151.50–158.00	154.47
17	—	431	171.00–183.50	175.31
34	—	531	162.50–170.00	168.06
45	—	715	136.00–138.75	137.21
79	—	787	126.75–133.00	127.88
2	—	293	208.00	208.00
58	—	823	121.75–123.75	122.67
25	—	478	163.00–179.00	173.04
50	—	622	140.00–149.75	146.65
8	—	930	115.00–117.00	115.98
177	—	681	132.00–143.00	137.18
7	—	859	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	656	147.35	147.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	576	143.00–146.00	143.76

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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