Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2022-04-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as there was no recent report for a comparison. Trade and demand moderate for the moderate offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $164.66/cwt on 410 head.

Average price

$164.66

410 head · 684 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,126

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$62

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

$15.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.90

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	524	168.08	881	32
Medium and Large 1	703	165.23	1,162	353
Large 1-2	620	152.24	944	25

One grade step is worth $15.84/cwt here — about −$62 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 sale410 hd

164.66

—

IA average7 barns · 4,783 hd

170.56

−5.90

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

39 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 1-2	—	358	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	546	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	155.92/cwt	143.50–160.00	982	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	842	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,103	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	558	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	146.02/cwt	141.00–147.25	980	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	137.06/cwt	132.00–147.00	994	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	162.23/cwt	150.00–168.00	910	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	139.61/cwt	139.00–140.00	1,067	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	156.75/cwt	154.00–162.00	643	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	170.73/cwt	162.00–175.00	828	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	903	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,242	27
Steers	Large 1-2	—	628	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	948	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	747	2
Steers	Large 1-2	—	674	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	971	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	174.32/cwt	168.00–178.00	980	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	460	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	846	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	168.55/cwt	163.00–170.00	1,197	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	160.99/cwt	150.25–168.00	1,244	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	424	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	678	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	497	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	755	10
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	482	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	723	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	168.31/cwt	162.00–175.00	917	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	163.29/cwt	157.00–171.00	1,088	29
Steers	Large 1-2	—	496	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	848	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	132.38/cwt	131.00–134.00	902	13
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	588	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	764	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	572	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	847	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	191.21/cwt	185.00–194.00	816	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	190.14/cwt	181.00–194.00	1,000	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	158.03/cwt	154.00–162.00	931	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	162.46/cwt	159.00–165.00	840	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	839	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,007	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	166.56/cwt	166.00–167.00	804	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	186.41/cwt	185.00–191.00	906	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	151.35/cwt	151.00–152.00	972	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	150.86/cwt	147.00–154.00	1,248	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	158.69/cwt	157.50–160.00	522	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	903	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,142	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	164.57/cwt	160.00–171.00	624	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 Apr 19, 2022

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

Receipts 872Last week 1,230Year ago 0

No trend as there was no recent report for a comparison. Trade and demand moderate for the moderate offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	358	152.50	152.50
13	—	681	131.00–134.00	132.38
18	—	839	120.00	120.00
6	—	329	157.50–160.00	158.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	630	143.50–160.00	155.92
19	—	842	131.00	131.00
1	—	310	180.00	180.00
56	—	671	141.00–147.25	146.02
92	—	725	132.00–147.00	137.06
47	—	561	150.00–168.00	162.23
13	—	764	139.00–140.00	139.61
12	—	410	154.00–162.00	156.75
12	—	517	159.00–165.00	162.46
9	—	483	166.00–167.00	166.56
4	—	903	126.50	126.50
7	—	379	160.00–171.00	164.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	424	160.00	160.00
10	—	497	152.00	152.00
3	—	572	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	482	150.00	150.00
10	—	588	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	485	162.00–175.00	170.73
14	—	545	162.00–175.00	168.31
4	—	589	154.00–162.00	158.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	903	137.50	137.50
2	—	360	207.50	207.50
17	—	562	168.00–178.00	174.32
97	—	710	163.00–170.00	168.55
104	—	773	150.25–168.00	160.99
29	—	666	157.00–171.00	163.29
12	—	427	185.00–194.00	191.21
18	—	526	181.00–194.00	190.14
12	—	486	185.00–191.00	186.41
14	—	642	151.00–152.00	151.35
16	—	827	147.00–154.00	150.86
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	628	151.00	151.00
7	—	674	144.00	144.00
4	—	496	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	460	184.00	184.00

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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