Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2025-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as there was no recent report for a comparison. Trade was active with good demand for the moderate offerings, several load lots and nice packages of lighter weight calves to suit buyer needs.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $332.57/cwt on 163 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −82.61 against this barn's trailing median of $415.18.

Average price

$332.57

163 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,815

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$63

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$11.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.26

vs IA average

+17.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	333.19	1,818	154
Large 1	545	322.00	1,755	9thin

One grade step is worth $11.19/cwt here — about $63 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

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 sale163 hd

332.57

—

IA average6 barns · 674 hd

327.31

+5.26

National average174 barns · 12,680 hd

314.58

+17.99

This barn, trailing median3 sales

415.18

−82.61

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

54 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 1Unweaned	400–450	437	377.87/cwt	377.50–380.00	1,651	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	687	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,869	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,171	183.06/cwt	178.00–186.00	2,144	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	445.52/cwt	410.00–457.50	1,880	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	2,498	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	303.76/cwt	299.25–316.50	2,220	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,230	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,404	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	245	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	1,268	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	307	504.89/cwt	500.00–507.50	1,550	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	616	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,836	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	531	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,898	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	374.16/cwt	342.50–396.00	2,009	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	339.32/cwt	318.50–351.00	2,094	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	358.66/cwt	339.00–371.00	2,059	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	412	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,895	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	289.63/cwt	283.00–293.75	2,230	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	270.11/cwt	264.50–271.00	2,326	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	414.57/cwt	395.00–430.00	1,953	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	484.68/cwt	460.00–500.00	1,832	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	697	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,216	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,615	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	346.41/cwt	345.00–352.60	1,684	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	367	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,569	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	520	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,573	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	555	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,859	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	452	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,763	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	363	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,615	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	287	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,378	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	291.45/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,670	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	852	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,087	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,867	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,609	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	277.57/cwt	272.50–286.00	2,018	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	754	276.50/cwt	276.50–276.50	2,085	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	384.64/cwt	372.50–410.00	1,650	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	929	230.02/cwt	228.00–234.00	2,137	10
Heifers	Large 1	400–450	445	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,591	8
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	545	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,755	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	426.18/cwt	410.00–435.00	1,577	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	429.05/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,394	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	374.46/cwt	359.00–381.00	1,734	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	293.00/cwt	279.00–298.00	1,966	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,055	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	2,194	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	344.40/cwt	325.00–352.00	1,794	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	804	253.00/cwt	251.00–254.00	2,034	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,313	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	978	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,152	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	321.42/cwt	307.00–328.00	1,867	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	313.08/cwt	304.00–323.50	1,985	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	2,101	25
Steers	Large 1	750–800	763	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,037	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	502	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,063	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	535	321.20/cwt	321.00–322.50	1,718	15

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.

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Knoxville Regional Feeder Cattle - Knoxville, IA

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	437	377.50–380.00	377.87
15	500–550	535	321.00–322.50	321.20
4	650–700	687	272.00	272.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	268	490.00	490.00
16	300–350	325	420.00–440.00	429.05
17	350–400	370	410.00–435.00	426.18
35	400–450	429	372.50–410.00	384.64
43	450–500	463	359.00–381.00	374.46
79	500–550	521	325.00–352.00	344.40
60	550–600	581	307.00–328.00	321.42
47	600–650	634	304.00–323.50	313.08
158	650–700	671	279.00–298.00	293.00
69	700–750	727	272.50–286.00	277.57
65	750–800	754	276.50	276.50
6	800–850	804	251.00–254.00	253.00
25	850–900	856	245.50	245.50
10	900–950	929	228.00–234.00	230.02
3	950–1000	978	220.00	220.00
8	1050–1100	1,055	208.00	208.00
10	1150–1200	1,171	178.00–186.00	183.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	363	445.00	445.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	445	357.50	357.50
9	500–550	545	322.00	322.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	517.50	517.50
1	250–300	270	520.00	520.00
6	300–350	307	500.00–507.50	504.89
11	350–400	378	460.00–500.00	484.68
27	400–450	422	410.00–457.50	445.52
69	450–500	471	395.00–430.00	414.57
82	500–550	537	342.50–396.00	374.16
48	550–600	574	339.00–371.00	358.66
78	600–650	617	318.50–351.00	339.32
10	650–700	697	318.00	318.00
112	700–750	731	299.25–316.50	303.76
74	750–800	770	283.00–293.75	289.63
3	800–850	826	270.00	270.00
71	850–900	861	264.50–271.00	270.11
17	900–950	927	269.50	269.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	412	460.00	460.00
8	500–550	531	357.50	357.50
13	600–650	616	298.00	298.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	750–800	763	267.00	267.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	502	411.00	411.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	287	480.00	480.00
9	400–450	414	390.00	390.00
5	450–500	486	345.00–352.60	346.41
2	500–550	515	312.50	312.50
11	550–600	573	275.00–295.00	291.45
2	750–800	762	245.00	245.00
2	850–900	852	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	367	427.50	427.50
2	450–500	452	390.00	390.00
1	500–550	520	302.50	302.50
2	550–600	555	335.00	335.00

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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