Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2024-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

"SPECIAL CUSTOMER APPRECIATION SALE". No trend as no recent report to compare with. Trade was active with good demand for the moderate offerings. Many unweaned offerings having several rounds of shots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $298.24/cwt on 145 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −169.23 against this barn's trailing median of $467.47.

Average price

$298.24

145 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,625

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$34

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$29.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.97

vs IA average

+30.04 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	300.85	1,627	132
Large 1	586	271.77	1,594	13thin

One grade step is worth $29.08/cwt here — about $34 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale145 hd

298.24

—

IA average6 barns · 1,499 hd

293.28

+4.97

National average178 barns · 13,815 hd

268.20

+30.04

This barn, trailing median3 sales

467.47

−169.23

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

53 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
Steers	Large 1	600–650	623	264.08/cwt	260.00–267.00	1,645	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	277.06/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,715	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	259.16/cwt	258.00–261.50	1,980	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	327	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,112	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	296.49/cwt	287.00–308.00	1,684	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	309.44/cwt	299.00–320.00	1,263	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	260.61/cwt	257.00–266.50	1,915	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,292	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	299.05/cwt	285.00–309.00	1,573	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	624	278.71/cwt	277.00–281.00	1,739	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,644	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	523	300.70/cwt	290.00–309.00	1,573	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	490	299.62/cwt	287.00–309.00	1,468	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	848	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	2,022	4
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	550–600	585	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,574	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,431	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	554	303.12/cwt	298.00–304.50	1,679	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	366	343.25/cwt	327.50–350.00	1,256	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	437	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,425	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	713	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,718	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	737	244.31/cwt	241.00–246.00	1,801	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	507	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,425	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	417	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,326	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,277	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	463	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,278	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	541	265.50/cwt	265.00–266.00	1,436	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,723	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	282.00/cwt	279.00–286.00	1,365	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	261.68/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,384	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	228.15/cwt	225.00–231.00	1,739	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	252.86/cwt	247.00–257.00	1,588	70
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	689	233.32/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,608	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	320	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,112	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	611	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,613	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	2,022	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	2,006	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	289.17/cwt	281.00–295.00	1,223	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	842	222.91/cwt	221.00–224.00	1,877	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	613	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,551	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	259.84/cwt	251.00–267.00	1,499	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	404	309.72/cwt	306.00–311.00	1,251	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	698	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,612	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	274.03/cwt	272.50–275.00	1,192	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	232.78/cwt	232.00–236.00	1,730	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	235.38/cwt	225.50–240.00	2,036	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	431	279.12/cwt	267.50–290.00	1,203	4
Steers	Large 1	550–600	587	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,603	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	511	283.60/cwt	282.00–284.00	1,449	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	389	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,241	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	473	286.62/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,356	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	275.50/cwt	275.50–275.50	1,860	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	594	256.58/cwt	256.50–257.00	1,524	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,385	3

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 10, 2024

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

Receipts 865Last week 835Year ago 1,080

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	587	273.00	273.00
7	600–650	623	260.00–267.00	264.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	340.00	340.00
4	400–450	408	299.00–320.00	309.44
6	450–500	477	300.00	300.00
26	500–550	526	285.00–309.00	299.05
15	550–600	568	287.00–308.00	296.49
56	600–650	619	270.00–285.00	277.06
9	650–700	675	275.50	275.50
57	700–750	735	257.00–266.50	260.61
6	750–800	764	258.00–261.50	259.16
4	800–850	848	238.50	238.50
37	850–900	865	225.50–240.00	235.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	327	340.00	340.00
3	450–500	493	281.00	281.00
6	600–650	630	261.00	261.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	366	327.50–350.00	343.25
14	400–450	437	326.00	326.00
24	450–500	490	287.00–309.00	299.62
39	500–550	523	290.00–309.00	300.70
52	550–600	554	298.00–304.50	303.12
56	600–650	624	277.00–281.00	278.71
3	700–750	713	241.00	241.00
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	585	269.00	269.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	417	318.00	318.00
10	500–550	507	281.00	281.00
27	600–650	611	264.00	264.00
30	700–750	737	241.00–246.00	244.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	423	281.00–295.00	289.17
14	450–500	484	279.00–286.00	282.00
11	500–550	529	255.00–270.00	261.68
34	550–600	577	251.00–267.00	259.84
70	600–650	628	247.00–257.00	252.86
4	650–700	668	258.00	258.00
10	700–750	743	232.00–236.00	232.78
17	750–800	762	225.00–231.00	228.15
11	800–850	842	221.00–224.00	222.91
6	850–900	878	228.50	228.50
11	900–950	917	220.50	220.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	689	220.00–240.00	233.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	347.50	347.50
12	350–400	389	319.00	319.00
12	400–450	404	306.00–311.00	309.72
3	450–500	473	280.00–290.00	286.62
35	500–550	511	282.00–284.00	283.60
25	550–600	594	256.50–257.00	256.58
35	600–650	613	253.00	253.00
3	650–700	698	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	435	272.50–275.00	274.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	431	267.50–290.00	279.12
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	570	224.00	224.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	463	276.00	276.00
4	500–550	541	265.00–266.00	265.50

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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