Sale reports / Iowa / Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2024-02-06

Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Knoxville, Iowa · Tue, Feb 6
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2151
Receipts
785 head
1,023 vs last sale 1,808 950 vs year ago 1,735 · 54.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report two weeks ago (1/23) steer calves 10.00-20.00 higher, heifer calves 20.00-25.00 higher. Trade active with moderate demand for the moderate offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $273.07/cwt on 425 head.
Average price
$273.07
425 head · 661 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,806
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$195
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$88.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.51
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1645278.181,795380
Medium 1674249.901,68330
Large 11,047190.001,98915thin
One grade step is worth $88.18/cwt here — about −$195 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 sale425 hd
273.07
IA average10 barns · 10,500 hd
258.57
+14.51
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

38 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1625250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5631
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned345310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,0702
BullsMedium and Large 1476304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,4473
BullsMedium and Large 1515235.63/cwt232.00–237.501,2133
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy618212.68/cwt210.00–217.001,3148
HeifersLarge 1723216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,5626
SteersMedium and Large 1928208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,9309
SteersMedium and Large 1686272.80/cwt270.00–274.501,87116
SteersMedium and Large 1383318.06/cwt310.00–320.001,21810
SteersMedium and Large 1800248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,98418
SteersMedium and Large 1854222.11/cwt206.00–227.001,89713
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned719239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,7185
SteersMedium and Large 1724250.19/cwt240.00–255.501,81139
SteersMedium and Large 1577301.18/cwt282.50–307.251,73860
HeifersMedium 1405235.00/cwt235.00–235.0095212
HeifersMedium and Large 1464265.05/cwt260.00–270.001,23017
SteersMedium and Large 1785243.97/cwt237.50–246.001,91522
SteersMedium and Large 1631284.76/cwt268.00–293.001,797143
SteersMedium 1614252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,5479
SteersMedium 1699249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,74121
HeifersMedium and Large 1917197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,8114
HeifersMedium and Large 1678228.44/cwt219.00–236.001,54910
SteersMedium and Large 1518310.10/cwt300.00–322.001,60621
SteersMedium and Large 1486304.89/cwt287.50–315.001,48224
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned650225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4636
HeifersMedium and Large 1341270.00/cwt270.00–270.009214
HeifersMedium and Large 1820195.32/cwt188.00–198.001,60211
HeifersMedium 1451250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1285
HeifersMedium and Large 1987187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,8462
SteersLarge 11,047190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,98915
HeifersMedium and Large 1781207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,6173
HeifersMedium and Large 1621248.43/cwt235.00–257.001,54353
HeifersMedium and Large 1568255.03/cwt245.00–259.501,44927
HeifersMedium and Large 1534268.37/cwt262.00–279.001,43336
HeifersMedium and Large 1379292.44/cwt291.00–295.001,10811
HeifersMedium and Large 1432275.87/cwt275.00–285.001,19215
HeifersMedium 1516230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1874
HeifersMedium and Large 1723225.86/cwt221.00–228.001,63352

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.