Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2023-09-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report. " CUSTOMER APPRECIATION SALE" . Trade active with moderate demand with the bulk of sales unweaned calves having at least one round of shots .

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $282.32/cwt on 507 head.

Average price

$282.32

507 head · 598 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,687

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$520

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$44.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.13

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	592	284.37	1,684	407
Large 1	642	279.35	1,793	72
Medium and Large 1-2	583	265.76	1,550	22
Medium 2	485	240.00	1,164	6thin

One grade step is worth $44.37/cwt here — about $520 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 sale507 hd

282.32

—

IA average9 barns · 8,458 hd

267.19

+15.13

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

52 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 1Unweaned	—	539	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,439	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	570	264.44/cwt	264.00–265.00	1,507	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	935	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,244	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	276.11/cwt	270.00–282.50	1,436	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	717	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,814	11
Steers	Large 1	—	851	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,119	15
Steers	Medium 2	—	485	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,164	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	309.90/cwt	306.00–320.00	1,441	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	305.32/cwt	300.00–311.00	1,606	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,583	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	583	286.45/cwt	278.00–293.00	1,670	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	667	261.78/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,746	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,073	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	257.23/cwt	247.00–265.00	1,878	9
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	—	446	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,454	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	525	293.64/cwt	270.00–308.00	1,542	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	282.49/cwt	275.00–300.50	1,644	35
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	—	524	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,567	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	485	309.37/cwt	299.00–316.00	1,500	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	444	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,454	5
Heifers	Large 1	—	757	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,836	19
Heifers	Large 1	—	669	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,612	8
Heifers	Large 1	—	870	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,844	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	486	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,470	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	443	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,307	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	504	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,512	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	259.63/cwt	259.00–260.00	1,849	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	466	276.37/cwt	261.00–281.00	1,288	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	273.70/cwt	272.50–275.00	1,566	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	250.61/cwt	250.00–254.00	1,276	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	211.89/cwt	200.00–230.00	1,358	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	265.26/cwt	264.00–269.00	1,796	20
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	—	519	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,349	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	395	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,136	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	274.47/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,328	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	237.81/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,327	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,354	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	425	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	956	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	688	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,954	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	631	247.60/cwt	245.00–252.50	1,562	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	428	271.41/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,162	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	253.77/cwt	243.00–266.00	1,584	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	478	260.38/cwt	255.00–262.50	1,245	11
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	—	453	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,300	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	269.53/cwt	253.00–275.00	1,795	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	256.72/cwt	251.00–261.00	1,602	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	532	247.44/cwt	242.50–252.50	1,316	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	954	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,070	18
Steers	Large 1	—	656	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,647	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	319	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,053	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	276.87/cwt	265.00–282.00	1,750	37
Steers	Large 1	—	753	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	1,931	16

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 Sep 12, 2023

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

Receipts 1,080Last week 653Year ago 1,510

No trend as no recent report. " CUSTOMER APPRECIATION SALE" . Trade active with moderate demand with the bulk of sales unweaned calves having at least one round of shots .

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	539	267.00	267.00
21	—	570	264.00–265.00	264.44
18	—	466	261.00–281.00	276.37
2	—	395	287.50	287.50
29	—	631	245.00–252.50	247.60
17	—	428	270.00–275.00	271.41
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	757	242.50	242.50
8	—	669	241.00	241.00
4	—	870	212.00	212.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	712	259.00–260.00	259.63
36	—	572	272.50–275.00	273.70
20	—	677	264.00–269.00	265.26
20	—	484	265.00–285.00	274.47
4	—	509	266.00	266.00
21	—	624	243.00–266.00	253.77
18	—	954	217.00	217.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	509	250.00–254.00	250.61
5	—	641	200.00–230.00	211.89
12	—	558	230.00–250.00	237.81
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	519	260.00	260.00
10	—	453	287.00	287.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	225.00	225.00
11	—	478	255.00–262.50	260.38
4	—	532	242.50–252.50	247.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	935	240.00	240.00
14	—	465	306.00–320.00	309.90
21	—	526	300.00–311.00	305.32
12	—	805	257.50	257.50
9	—	730	247.00–265.00	257.23
35	—	582	275.00–300.50	282.49
24	—	666	253.00–275.00	269.53
37	—	632	265.00–282.00	276.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	520	270.00–282.50	276.11
4	—	581	272.50	272.50
11	—	624	251.00–261.00	256.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	717	253.00	253.00
116	—	583	278.00–293.00	286.45
36	—	667	255.00–265.00	261.78
47	—	525	270.00–308.00	293.64
31	—	485	299.00–316.00	309.37
5	—	444	327.50	327.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	851	249.00	249.00
7	—	656	251.00	251.00
16	—	753	256.50	256.50
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	485	240.00	240.00
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	446	326.00	326.00
21	—	524	299.00	299.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	688	284.00	284.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	319	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	486	302.50	302.50
2	—	443	295.00	295.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	504	300.00	300.00

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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