Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2025-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared the last report two weeks ago (Jan 7) feeder steer calves 5.00-10.00 lower. heifer calves mostly firm with 350-500 lbs. showing a weaker undertone. Trade active with good demand for quality offerings again today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $336.70/cwt on 207 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −130.77 against this barn's trailing median of $467.47.

Average price

$336.70

207 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,870

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−2.51

vs IA average

−4.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	336.70	1,870	207

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 sale207 hd

336.70

—

IA average9 barns · 1,685 hd

339.21

−2.51

National average147 barns · 15,667 hd

340.94

−4.24

This barn, trailing median3 sales

467.47

−130.77

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

41 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	516	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,548	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	615	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,568	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	419	382.76/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,604	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	561	308.74/cwt	306.00–310.50	1,732	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	265.67/cwt	255.00–271.00	1,804	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	242.61/cwt	239.00–243.25	1,890	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	399.47/cwt	385.00–410.00	1,514	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	510	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,390	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	588	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,720	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	309.55/cwt	305.00–323.00	1,953	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	391.27/cwt	365.00–400.00	1,322	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	345.97/cwt	320.00–358.75	1,847	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	880	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	287	399.29/cwt	380.00–407.50	1,146	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	475	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,520	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	328.12/cwt	309.00–335.50	1,890	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	712	292.75/cwt	292.75–292.75	2,084	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	369.87/cwt	355.00–400.00	1,590	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	650	317.25/cwt	317.25–317.25	2,062	13
Steers	Large 1	650–700	654	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,674	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	264.32/cwt	263.75–268.00	2,014	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	573	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,006	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,202	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	619	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,037	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	809	268.25/cwt	268.25–268.25	2,170	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	293.43/cwt	283.50–300.75	2,019	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	286.90/cwt	278.50–296.25	2,071	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	685	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,973	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	342.27/cwt	330.00–372.50	1,595	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	383.93/cwt	372.50–390.00	1,290	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	389	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,303	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	899	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	2,108	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	774	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,113	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	289.48/cwt	278.00–300.50	1,682	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	729	299.50/cwt	299.50–299.50	2,183	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	353.15/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,526	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	382.05/cwt	375.00–387.50	1,410	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	312.58/cwt	302.50–325.00	1,488	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	282.86/cwt	276.00–289.50	1,725	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	311.36/cwt	298.00–317.00	1,638	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	263.65/cwt	260.00–266.00	1,882	23

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 Jan 21, 2025

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

Receipts 1,578Last week 1,691Year ago 1,808

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	516	300.00	300.00
6	600–650	615	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	419	380.00–390.00	382.76
28	550–600	561	306.00–310.50	308.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	336	372.50–390.00	383.93
18	350–400	369	375.00–387.50	382.05
38	400–450	432	340.00–370.00	353.15
49	450–500	476	302.50–325.00	312.58
72	500–550	526	298.00–317.00	311.36
87	550–600	581	278.00–300.50	289.48
59	600–650	610	276.00–289.50	282.86
55	650–700	679	255.00–271.00	265.67
23	700–750	714	260.00–266.00	263.65
13	750–800	779	239.00–243.25	242.61
26	850–900	899	234.50	234.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
67	650–700	685	288.00	288.00
33	750–800	774	273.00	273.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	389	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	400.00	400.00
5	250–300	287	380.00–407.50	399.29
8	300–350	338	365.00–400.00	391.27
15	350–400	379	385.00–410.00	399.47
30	400–450	430	355.00–400.00	369.87
17	450–500	466	330.00–372.50	342.27
91	500–550	534	320.00–358.75	345.97
72	550–600	576	309.00–335.50	328.12
146	600–650	631	305.00–323.00	309.55
57	650–700	688	283.50–300.75	293.43
64	700–750	722	278.50–296.25	286.90
38	750–800	762	263.75–268.00	264.32
12	850–900	850	259.00	259.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	475	320.00	320.00
6	500–550	510	272.50	272.50
6	550–600	588	292.50	292.50
15	700–750	712	292.75	292.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
32	550–600	573	350.00	350.00
15	600–650	619	329.00	329.00
13	650–700	650	317.25	317.25
72	700–750	729	299.50	299.50
44	800–850	809	268.25	268.25
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	654	256.00	256.00

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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