Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2021-02-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report two weeks ago (2/2) steer calves 550-750 lbs. steady to 2.00 lower, 750-900 lbs. 6.00-10.00 higher. Heifer calves mostly 8.00-10.00 higher. Trade active with good demand for a moderate run .

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $142.26/cwt on 738 head.

Average price

$142.26

738 head · 732 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,042

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$280

per head · Medium 1 over Medium and Large 1

$6.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.54

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	522	148.51	775	37
Medium and Large 1	743	141.93	1,055	701

One grade step is worth $6.58/cwt here — about −$280 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 sale738 hd

142.26

—

IA average14 barns · 10,290 hd

145.79

−3.54

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

24 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	—	751	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	882	10
Heifers	Medium 1	—	614	123.92/cwt	123.00–126.00	761	20
Steers	Medium 1	—	432	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	702	10
Steers	Medium 1	—	555	143.33/cwt	142.00–145.00	795	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	689	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	930	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	834	138.60/cwt	138.60–138.60	1,156	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	147.97/cwt	144.50–151.50	940	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	131.22/cwt	126.75–131.75	1,096	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	728	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,056	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	638	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	912	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	139.63/cwt	128.50–142.75	1,060	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	143.30/cwt	140.00–147.50	752	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	126.99/cwt	124.75–127.75	865	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	128.99/cwt	123.50–132.50	924	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	148.23/cwt	145.00–150.00	691	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	143.07/cwt	133.00–146.75	1,062	208
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	136.52/cwt	131.00–138.75	867	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	140.75/cwt	134.00–146.00	802	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	676	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	936	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,067	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	865	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	129.75/cwt	124.25–131.00	1,138	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	146.93/cwt	142.00–153.25	987	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	156.07/cwt	153.00–158.25	911	60

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 Feb 23, 2021

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

Receipts 1,205Last week 1,095Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	751	117.50	117.50
20	—	614	123.00–126.00	123.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	689	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	728	145.00	145.00
16	—	638	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	525	140.00–147.50	143.30
23	—	681	124.75–127.75	126.99
50	—	716	123.50–132.50	128.99
18	—	466	145.00–150.00	148.23
75	—	635	131.00–138.75	136.52
79	—	570	134.00–146.00	140.75
7	—	445	152.00	152.00
9	—	936	114.00	114.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	432	162.50	162.50
27	—	555	142.00–145.00	143.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	834	138.60	138.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	635	144.50–151.50	147.97
55	—	835	126.75–131.75	131.22
176	—	759	128.50–142.75	139.63
208	—	742	133.00–146.75	143.07
3	—	537	161.00	161.00
37	—	877	124.25–131.00	129.75
58	—	672	142.00–153.25	146.93
60	—	584	153.00–158.25	156.07

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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