Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2024-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as the last report was from three weeks ago (10/29). Trade was active with good demand for both weaned and feeders off the cow. Supply was moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $256.43/cwt on 294 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −158.74 against this barn's trailing median of $415.18.

Average price

$256.43

294 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,418

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$192

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 1

$37.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.68

vs IA average

−10.62 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	260.30	1,437	264
Small and Medium 1	560	222.40	1,245	30

One grade step is worth $37.90/cwt here — about $192 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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $439.29, low $397.82, median $415.18 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 sale294 hd

256.43

—

IA average8 barns · 1,422 hd

264.11

−7.68

National average196 barns · 21,141 hd

267.05

−10.62

This barn, trailing median3 sales

415.18

−158.74

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

44 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 1Unweaned	500–550	539	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,445	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	635	258.77/cwt	258.00–259.00	1,643	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	332	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,062	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	426	321.03/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,368	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,865	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	436	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,341	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	517	280.36/cwt	277.00–281.00	1,449	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	337	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,340	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	574	293.54/cwt	268.00–303.75	1,685	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	328.51/cwt	315.00–331.00	1,577	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	286.27/cwt	279.00–288.25	1,804	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	529	288.95/cwt	284.00–300.00	1,529	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	474	300.56/cwt	287.00–320.00	1,425	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	298.63/cwt	283.00–307.00	1,741	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	355.33/cwt	345.00–370.00	1,379	9
Steers	Small and Medium 1	550–600	580	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,514	19
Steers	Small and Medium 1	600–650	641	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,692	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	629	274.88/cwt	267.00–291.75	1,729	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	669	270.89/cwt	264.00–275.50	1,812	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	263.44/cwt	263.00–273.00	1,789	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	321.90/cwt	312.50–327.50	1,400	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	433	292.01/cwt	280.00–312.00	1,264	15
Heifers	Small and Medium 1Unweaned	500–550	522	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,190	7
Steers	Small and Medium 1	450–500	461	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,106	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	313.96/cwt	300.00–322.00	1,636	32
Steers	Large 1	600–650	637	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,491	6
Steers	Large 1	750–800	783	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,793	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	263.63/cwt	254.00–272.50	1,508	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	315.82/cwt	312.50–317.50	1,080	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	259.00/cwt	253.50–265.00	1,888	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	524	258.27/cwt	249.00–280.00	1,353	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	460	272.36/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,253	6
Heifers	Small and Medium 1	500–550	534	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,068	9
Heifers	Small and Medium 1	550–600	595	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,392	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	596	239.65/cwt	235.00–248.00	1,428	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	612	236.77/cwt	224.00–245.00	1,449	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	256.11/cwt	245.00–265.75	1,706	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	233.68/cwt	228.00–244.50	1,680	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	240.29/cwt	234.50–256.25	1,514	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	256.98/cwt	240.00–269.50	1,323	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,270	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	279.81/cwt	261.00–300.00	1,307	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	297.06/cwt	285.00–307.50	1,274	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	232.98/cwt	230.50–233.50	1,827	28

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 Nov 19, 2024

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

Receipts 1,385Last week 640Year ago 1,567

No trend as the last report was from three weeks ago (10/29). Trade was active with good demand for both weaned and feeders off the cow. Supply was moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	332	320.00	320.00
7	400–450	426	310.00–335.00	321.03
8	500–550	539	268.00	268.00
9	600–650	635	258.00–259.00	258.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	388	345.00–370.00	355.33
12	400–450	435	312.50–327.50	321.90
21	450–500	480	315.00–331.00	328.51
32	500–550	521	300.00–322.00	313.96
88	550–600	583	283.00–307.00	298.63
56	600–650	630	279.00–288.25	286.27
67	650–700	679	263.00–273.00	263.44
55	700–750	729	253.50–265.00	259.00
33	750–800	777	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	337	397.50	397.50
14	450–500	474	287.00–320.00	300.56
10	500–550	529	284.00–300.00	288.95
51	550–600	574	268.00–303.75	293.54
37	600–650	629	267.00–291.75	274.88
46	650–700	669	264.00–275.50	270.89
Steers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	461	240.00	240.00
19	550–600	580	261.00	261.00
20	600–650	641	264.00	264.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	637	234.00	234.00
10	750–800	783	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	436	307.50	307.50
25	500–550	517	277.00–281.00	280.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	433	280.00–312.00	292.01
6	450–500	460	265.00–280.00	272.36
48	500–550	524	249.00–280.00	258.27
32	550–600	596	235.00–248.00	239.65
40	600–650	612	224.00–245.00	236.77
Heifers — Small and Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	522	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	342	312.50–317.50	315.82
4	350–400	382	332.50	332.50
24	400–450	429	285.00–307.50	297.06
51	450–500	467	261.00–300.00	279.81
41	500–550	515	240.00–269.50	256.98
118	550–600	572	254.00–272.50	263.63
64	600–650	630	234.50–256.25	240.29
44	650–700	666	245.00–265.75	256.11
75	700–750	719	228.00–244.50	233.68
28	750–800	784	230.50–233.50	232.98
Heifers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	534	200.00	200.00
14	550–600	595	234.00	234.00

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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