Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2024-01-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report for a comparison. Trade was active with good demand for the moderate offering of uniform quality feeders.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $274.34/cwt on 449 head.

Average price

$274.34

449 head · 599 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,643

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$99

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

$34.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+22.23

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	462	289.43	1,337	21
Medium and Large 1	610	275.37	1,678	391
Medium and Large 1-2	563	254.95	1,436	37

One grade step is worth $34.48/cwt here — about −$99 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 sale449 hd

274.34

—

IA average5 barns · 3,351 hd

252.11

+22.23

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

45 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	—	720	230.56/cwt	230.00–231.00	1,660	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	350.95/cwt	350.00–357.00	1,369	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	237.77/cwt	236.00–242.00	1,710	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	992	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	235.02/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,429	4
Steers	Medium 1	—	397	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,251	4
Steers	Medium 1	—	645	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,587	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	624	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	1,626	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	742	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,521	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	478	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,401	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	283.60/cwt	275.00–287.50	1,656	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	503	300.64/cwt	287.50–307.00	1,512	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,285	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	263.64/cwt	254.00–269.00	1,740	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	231.98/cwt	229.00–234.50	1,772	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	315.22/cwt	315.00–317.00	1,500	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	276.20/cwt	270.00–290.00	920	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	245.69/cwt	238.00–252.50	1,319	56
Heifers	Medium 1	—	588	232.78/cwt	229.00–234.00	1,369	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	481	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,097	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	400	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	930	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	290	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	754	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	692	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,716	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	678	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,519	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	338.25/cwt	332.50–348.00	1,427	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,568	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	258.05/cwt	238.00–265.00	1,453	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	925	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	215.62/cwt	209.00–220.00	1,050	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	461	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,056	6
Steers	Medium 1	—	505	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,364	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	274.67/cwt	270.00–279.50	1,722	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,169	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	231.99/cwt	225.00–236.00	1,471	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	257.29/cwt	246.00–262.75	1,217	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	205.50/cwt	205.50–205.50	1,562	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	754	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,840	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	553	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,653	26
Steers	Medium 1	—	416	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,248	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	212.30/cwt	210.00–217.50	1,323	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	284.73/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,059	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	217.96/cwt	200.00–222.50	713	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	242.25/cwt	237.00–246.00	1,369	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	233.57/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,556	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	265.24/cwt	256.00–270.00	1,159	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 Jan 2, 2024

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

Receipts 876Last week 683Year ago 968

No trend as no recent report for a comparison. Trade was active with good demand for the moderate offering of uniform quality feeders.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	720	230.00–231.00	230.56
3	—	333	270.00–290.00	276.20
56	—	537	238.00–252.50	245.69
52	—	634	225.00–236.00	231.99
63	—	473	246.00–262.75	257.29
5	—	760	205.50	205.50
22	—	372	280.00–290.00	284.73
25	—	565	237.00–246.00	242.25
36	—	666	225.00–235.00	233.57
16	—	437	256.00–270.00	265.24
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	588	229.00–234.00	232.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	692	248.00	248.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	678	224.00	224.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	250.00	250.00
5	—	487	209.00–220.00	215.62
9	—	623	210.00–217.50	212.30
5	—	327	200.00–222.50	217.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	461	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	390	350.00–357.00	350.95
30	—	719	236.00–242.00	237.77
2	—	315	315.00	315.00
51	—	584	275.00–287.50	283.60
13	—	503	287.50–307.00	300.64
67	—	660	254.00–269.00	263.64
39	—	764	229.00–234.50	231.98
39	—	476	315.00–317.00	315.22
17	—	422	332.50–348.00	338.25
42	—	627	270.00–279.50	274.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	608	230.00–240.00	235.02
4	—	485	265.00	265.00
4	—	676	232.00	232.00
23	—	563	238.00–265.00	258.05
2	—	410	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	397	315.00	315.00
3	—	645	246.00	246.00
4	—	505	270.00	270.00
10	—	416	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	624	260.50	260.50
14	—	742	205.00	205.00
7	—	478	293.00	293.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	754	244.00	244.00
26	—	553	299.00	299.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	481	228.00	228.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	400	232.50	232.50
1	—	290	260.00	260.00

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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