Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2023-03-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder calf sale today: No comparison. Trade active. Demand good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $189.92/cwt on 642 head.

Average price

$189.92

642 head · 620 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,178

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$245

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

$22.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.06

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	626	192.10	1,202	581
Medium and Large 1-2	566	169.17	957	61

One grade step is worth $22.93/cwt here — about $245 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 sale642 hd

189.92

—

IA average8 barns · 2,782 hd

187.86

+2.06

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

48 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	—	395	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	703	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	199.76/cwt	190.00–203.00	1,043	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	161.34/cwt	160.00–162.00	1,089	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	174.77/cwt	167.00–185.00	989	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,140	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	893	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	171.45/cwt	162.00–181.00	760	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	172.92/cwt	170.00–183.50	1,228	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	192.72/cwt	177.00–202.00	1,474	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	247.60/cwt	222.50–267.00	1,065	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	192.84/cwt	187.00–193.10	1,595	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	852	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,559	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	945	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,531	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	187.14/cwt	182.00–205.00	1,001	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	183.76/cwt	150.00–203.00	1,047	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	187.15/cwt	180.00–200.00	777	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,296	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,085	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	242.73/cwt	220.00–257.50	920	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	217.88/cwt	217.75–219.00	1,451	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	240.90/cwt	230.00–265.00	1,298	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	229.79/cwt	212.50–232.00	1,478	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	253.82/cwt	215.00–273.00	1,195	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	223.35/cwt	217.50–240.00	735	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	187.25/cwt	177.50–191.00	912	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,252	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	186.44/cwt	181.00–192.50	602	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,066	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	165.22/cwt	156.00–168.00	1,008	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,062	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	166.95/cwt	162.00–179.00	786	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	208.06/cwt	187.00–227.00	1,101	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	176.75/cwt	170.00–179.50	1,200	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	161.95/cwt	154.00–167.50	1,317	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	174.88/cwt	166.50–183.00	932	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	170.18/cwt	150.00–176.00	992	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	217.56/cwt	201.00–227.00	716	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	164.46/cwt	162.00–169.50	1,171	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	968	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,529	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	210.02/cwt	195.00–219.00	893	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	185.17/cwt	169.00–191.25	1,191	164
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	205.63/cwt	180.00–210.75	1,172	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	223.95/cwt	208.00–236.00	1,274	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	780	175.07/cwt	173.00–176.75	1,366	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	735	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	1,334	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	807	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	1,424	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	391	207.57/cwt	202.50–210.00	812	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	497	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,024	6

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 Mar 14, 2023

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

Receipts 1,512Last week 1,735Year ago 1,225

Feeder calf sale today: No comparison. Trade active. Demand good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	178.00	178.00
4	—	443	162.00–181.00	171.45
3	—	773	162.00	162.00
2	—	323	181.00–192.50	186.44
1	—	730	146.00	146.00
10	—	610	156.00–168.00	165.22
5	—	681	156.00	156.00
4	—	471	162.00–179.00	166.95
16	—	533	166.50–183.00	174.88
15	—	583	150.00–176.00	170.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	529	187.00–227.00	208.06
34	—	679	170.00–179.50	176.75
11	—	813	154.00–167.50	161.95
6	—	329	201.00–227.00	217.56
3	—	712	162.00–169.50	164.46
2	—	968	158.00	158.00
35	—	425	195.00–219.00	210.02
164	—	643	169.00–191.25	185.17
104	—	570	180.00–210.75	205.63
9	—	391	202.50–210.00	207.57
6	—	497	206.00	206.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	780	173.00–176.75	175.07
19	—	735	181.50	181.50
71	—	807	176.50	176.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	522	190.00–203.00	199.76
6	—	675	160.00–162.00	161.34
7	—	566	167.00–185.00	174.77
1	—	755	151.00	151.00
2	—	480	186.00	186.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	710	170.00–183.50	172.92
23	—	765	177.00–202.00	192.72
32	—	430	222.50–267.00	247.60
46	—	827	187.00–193.10	192.84
3	—	852	183.00	183.00
3	—	945	162.00	162.00
10	—	379	220.00–257.50	242.73
59	—	666	217.75–219.00	217.88
64	—	539	230.00–265.00	240.90
72	—	643	212.50–232.00	229.79
75	—	471	215.00–273.00	253.82
7	—	329	217.50–240.00	223.35
51	—	569	208.00–236.00	223.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	535	182.00–205.00	187.14
18	—	570	150.00–203.00	183.76
3	—	415	180.00–200.00	187.15
9	—	629	206.00	206.00
2	—	723	150.00	150.00
11	—	487	177.50–191.00	187.25

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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