Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2024-03-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report. Trade active with moderate demand for the moderate offerings of desirable feeders.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $332.45/cwt on 112 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −135.02 against this barn's trailing median of $467.47.

Average price

$332.45

112 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,816

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+1.88

vs IA average

+22.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	332.45	1,816	112

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $499.60, low $450.02, median $467.47 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale112 hd

332.45

—

IA average5 barns · 756 hd

330.56

+1.88

National average156 barns · 8,291 hd

310.26

+22.19

This barn, trailing median3 sales

467.47

−135.02

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

27 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,515	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	596	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,654	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	398	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,303	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	302.35/cwt	292.50–304.00	1,521	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,858	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	311.59/cwt	300.00–322.50	1,309	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	248.38/cwt	238.50–254.60	2,131	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	245.88/cwt	236.00–252.00	2,038	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,235	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	273.20/cwt	249.00–283.00	1,688	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	289.92/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,951	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	235.84/cwt	233.50–237.00	2,158	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,996	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	986	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,120	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,156	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	230.82/cwt	225.00–232.50	1,754	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	221.26/cwt	211.00–223.50	1,945	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	294.08/cwt	275.00–308.00	1,394	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	306.79/cwt	301.00–310.00	1,884	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	323.21/cwt	301.00–345.00	1,529	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	342.10/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,461	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	282.42/cwt	280.00–284.00	1,624	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	694	244.66/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,698	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	229.50/cwt	223.00–234.00	1,859	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	321.70/cwt	285.00–331.00	1,827	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	284.02/cwt	280.00–287.00	2,076	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	342.82/cwt	310.00–352.50	1,800	57

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 26, 2024

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

Receipts 1,109Last week 785Year ago 1,512

No trend as no recent report. Trade active with moderate demand for the moderate offerings of desirable feeders.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	492	308.00	308.00
3	550–600	596	277.50	277.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	398	327.50	327.50
22	400–450	420	300.00–322.50	311.59
34	450–500	474	275.00–308.00	294.08
14	500–550	503	292.50–304.00	302.35
38	550–600	575	280.00–284.00	282.42
103	600–650	618	249.00–283.00	273.20
69	650–700	694	240.00–245.00	244.66
15	700–750	743	250.00	250.00
22	750–800	760	225.00–232.50	230.82
78	800–850	810	223.00–234.00	229.50
28	850–900	879	211.00–223.50	221.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	340	340.00	340.00
3	350–400	358	345.00	345.00
19	400–450	427	340.00–345.00	342.10
16	450–500	473	301.00–345.00	323.21
57	500–550	525	310.00–352.50	342.82
55	550–600	568	285.00–331.00	321.70
14	600–650	614	301.00–310.00	306.79
109	650–700	673	270.00–300.00	289.92
55	700–750	731	280.00–287.00	284.02
21	750–800	762	262.00	262.00
90	800–850	829	236.00–252.00	245.88
67	850–900	858	238.50–254.60	248.38
24	900–950	915	233.50–237.00	235.84
22	950–1000	986	215.00	215.00

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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