Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2024-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report. Trade active with moderate demand for the limiter offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $324.39/cwt on 94 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −143.08 against this barn's trailing median of $467.47.

Average price

$324.39

94 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,798

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$118

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

$7.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.22

vs IA average

+15.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	324.95	1,807	87
Medium and Large 1-2	532	317.50	1,689	7thin

One grade step is worth $7.45/cwt here — about $118 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale94 hd

324.39

—

IA average6 barns · 1,173 hd

326.61

−2.22

National average166 barns · 9,614 hd

308.61

+15.78

This barn, trailing median3 sales

467.47

−143.08

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

31 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	600–650	634	249.41/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,581	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	291.18/cwt	287.50–295.00	1,342	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,893	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,391	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	498	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,638	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	691	239.99/cwt	230.00–249.00	1,658	23
Steers	Large 1	600–650	603	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,737	8
Steers	Large 1	400–450	404	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,303	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	342.78/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,275	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	259.20/cwt	252.50–269.00	1,350	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	275.25/cwt	263.00–282.50	1,841	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,305	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	351.88/cwt	350.00–352.50	1,443	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	316.66/cwt	300.00–321.00	1,821	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	313.53/cwt	308.00–315.00	1,972	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	342.03/cwt	335.00–347.00	1,809	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	688	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,837	11
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,005	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	2,050	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,436	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,689	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	530	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,643	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	228.77/cwt	226.50–229.50	1,988	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	346.56/cwt	342.50–352.50	1,605	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	266.95/cwt	258.00–277.50	1,935	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,492	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	216.75/cwt	216.75–216.75	1,862	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	316.11/cwt	315.00–317.00	1,539	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	269.80/cwt	265.00–288.00	1,557	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	328.42/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,058	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,600	4
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	515	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,481	5

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 Apr 30, 2024

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

Receipts 615Last week 1,109Year ago 750

No trend as no recent report. Trade active with moderate demand for the limiter offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	322	325.00–335.00	328.42
7	350–400	372	340.00–345.00	342.78
6	400–450	412	337.50	337.50
18	450–500	487	315.00–317.00	316.11
4	500–550	512	312.50	312.50
59	550–600	577	265.00–288.00	269.80
29	600–650	634	245.00–255.00	249.41
23	650–700	691	230.00–249.00	239.99
33	850–900	859	216.75	216.75
11	950–1000	976	194.00	194.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	435	300.00	300.00
8	450–500	461	287.50–295.00	291.18
11	500–550	521	252.50–269.00	259.20
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	515	287.50	287.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	442	337.50	337.50
6	450–500	498	329.00	329.00
7	500–550	532	317.50	317.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	404	322.50	322.50
8	600–650	603	288.00	288.00
12	1000–1050	1,005	204.00	204.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	378	380.00	380.00
13	400–450	410	350.00–352.50	351.88
17	450–500	463	342.50–352.50	346.56
30	500–550	529	335.00–347.00	342.03
51	550–600	575	300.00–321.00	316.66
36	600–650	629	308.00–315.00	313.53
40	650–700	669	263.00–282.50	275.25
25	700–750	725	258.00–277.50	266.95
20	850–900	869	226.50–229.50	228.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	530	310.00	310.00
11	650–700	688	267.00	267.00

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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