Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2023-01-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report. Trade active with good demand for the moderate offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $186.48/cwt on 478 head.

Average price

$186.48

478 head · 633 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,180

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$42

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

$13.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.11

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	431	190.63	822	8thin
Medium and Large 1	646	186.99	1,207	443
Large 1	629	177.00	1,113	5thin
Medium and Large 1-2	441	176.81	780	22

One grade step is worth $13.81/cwt here — about $42 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 sale478 hd

186.48

—

IA average7 barns · 8,850 hd

189.59

−3.11

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

46 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	—	715	176.42/cwt	168.50–182.75	1,261	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	168.59/cwt	164.00–170.00	1,389	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	332	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	740	5
Steers	Medium 1	—	535	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	963	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	843	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,307	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	199.66/cwt	190.00–210.50	1,044	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	217.47/cwt	212.00–227.50	818	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	193.80/cwt	189.00–199.50	1,196	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	181.09/cwt	170.00–184.75	1,242	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	174.12/cwt	170.00–182.50	1,005	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	172.99/cwt	166.00–177.00	906	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	201.00/cwt	200.00–205.00	870	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	173.59/cwt	164.50–182.35	1,328	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	178.16/cwt	172.50–192.00	795	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	883	163.75/cwt	163.75–163.75	1,446	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	746	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,164	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	350	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	791	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	746	159.95/cwt	154.00–161.00	1,193	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	760	6
Heifers	Large 1	—	601	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	908	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,209	2
Heifers	Large 1	—	565	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	887	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	384	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	707	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	879	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	373	164.25/cwt	164.00–164.50	613	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	175.16/cwt	164.00–179.50	823	47
Steers	Large 1	—	629	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,113	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	493	210.00/cwt	200.00–213.50	1,035	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	403	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	935	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	615	202.75/cwt	202.75–202.75	1,247	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	644	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,179	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	690	180.66/cwt	177.00–181.50	1,247	21
Steers	Medium 1	—	369	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	727	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	357	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	625	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	161.23/cwt	150.00–166.50	1,083	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	550	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	872	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	171.03/cwt	164.00–179.00	977	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	157.98/cwt	157.00–159.00	1,308	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	167.23/cwt	159.50–176.50	1,044	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	577	198.54/cwt	195.50–203.00	1,146	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	169.54/cwt	166.00–174.00	641	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	186.92/cwt	179.00–192.00	617	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	172.27/cwt	170.00–176.00	710	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	716	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,232	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	450	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	756	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	164.03/cwt	162.00–167.00	843	17

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 3, 2023

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

Receipts 968Last week 1,100Year ago 0

No trend as no recent report. Trade active with good demand for the moderate offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	715	168.50–182.75	176.42
5	—	824	164.00–170.00	168.59
5	—	332	223.00	223.00
36	—	523	190.00–210.50	199.66
28	—	376	212.00–227.50	217.47
46	—	617	189.00–199.50	193.80
40	—	686	170.00–184.75	181.09
15	—	577	170.00–182.50	174.12
7	—	433	200.00–205.00	201.00
74	—	765	164.50–182.35	173.59
36	—	883	163.75	163.75
26	—	493	200.00–213.50	210.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	535	180.00	180.00
5	—	369	197.00	197.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	843	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	524	166.00–177.00	172.99
12	—	446	172.50–192.00	178.16
1	—	475	185.00	185.00
5	—	357	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	746	156.00	156.00
3	—	350	226.00	226.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	629	177.00	177.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	403	232.00	232.00
14	—	615	202.75	202.75
33	—	577	195.50–203.00	198.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	746	154.00–161.00	159.95
2	—	775	156.00	156.00
47	—	470	164.00–179.50	175.16
17	—	672	150.00–166.50	161.23
69	—	571	164.00–179.00	171.03
2	—	828	157.00–159.00	157.98
83	—	624	159.50–176.50	167.23
5	—	378	166.00–174.00	169.54
4	—	330	179.00–192.00	186.92
8	—	412	170.00–176.00	172.27
17	—	514	162.00–167.00	164.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	487	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	601	151.00	151.00
3	—	565	157.00	157.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	384	184.00	184.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	373	164.00–164.50	164.25
4	—	550	158.50	158.50
3	—	450	168.00	168.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	644	183.00	183.00
21	—	690	177.00–181.50	180.66
10	—	716	172.00	172.00

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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