Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2025-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report for a comparison. Trade was active with a moderate demand for the moderate offerings.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $338.82/cwt on 96 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −76.36 against this barn's trailing median of $415.18.

Average price

$338.82

96 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,855

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$140

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

$18.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.10

vs IA average

+9.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	339.59	1,861	92
Medium and Large 1-2	536	321.00	1,721	4thin

One grade step is worth $18.59/cwt here — about $140 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 sale96 hd

338.82

—

IA average7 barns · 692 hd

340.91

−2.10

National average176 barns · 11,721 hd

329.34

+9.48

This barn, trailing median3 sales

415.18

−76.36

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

37 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 1-2	400–450	447	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,609	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,721	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	351.26/cwt	340.00–359.00	1,869	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	321.50/cwt	312.50–338.00	1,858	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	553	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,212	9
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	493	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,622	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,659	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	457.05/cwt	442.50–465.00	1,271	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	288.43/cwt	287.00–290.00	2,062	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	306	438.31/cwt	395.00–455.00	1,341	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	390.18/cwt	372.50–420.00	1,682	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	301	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,430	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,088	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	478	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,709	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	360.06/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,415	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	288.81/cwt	288.00–289.00	2,253	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	313.87/cwt	304.00–324.00	1,798	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,563	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	358.39/cwt	337.50–390.00	1,856	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	401	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,654	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,139	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,768	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	347.97/cwt	330.00–360.00	2,018	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	330.18/cwt	290.00–345.00	2,186	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	449	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,612	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	393.71/cwt	387.50–400.00	1,803	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	522	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,177	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	473.66/cwt	460.00–500.00	1,549	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	316.62/cwt	307.00–334.00	1,966	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	438.22/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,692	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	305.90/cwt	297.00–307.00	2,080	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	492.12/cwt	450.00–535.00	1,378	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	289.02/cwt	276.00–309.00	1,806	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	362.96/cwt	335.00–390.00	1,753	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	834	278.75/cwt	278.75–278.75	2,325	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	360	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,206	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	523	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,757	6

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 29, 2025

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

Receipts 675Last week 1,500Year ago 615

No trend as no recent report for a comparison. Trade was active with a moderate demand for the moderate offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	447	360.00	360.00
4	500–550	536	321.00	321.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	278	442.50–465.00	457.05
8	300–350	306	395.00–455.00	438.31
2	350–400	375	442.50	442.50
21	400–450	431	372.50–420.00	390.18
43	450–500	483	335.00–390.00	362.96
53	500–550	532	340.00–359.00	351.26
33	550–600	578	312.50–338.00	321.50
22	600–650	625	276.00–309.00	289.02
83	650–700	680	297.00–307.00	305.90
5	700–750	715	287.00–290.00	288.43
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	493	329.00	329.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	360	335.00	335.00
31	400–450	449	359.00	359.00
6	500–550	523	336.00	336.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
16	800–850	834	278.75	278.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	522	417.00	417.00
9	550–600	553	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	301	475.00	475.00
5	400–450	401	412.50	412.50
25	450–500	478	357.50	357.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	320.00	320.00
2	350–400	393	350.00–370.00	360.06
1	500–550	500	312.50	312.50
2	550–600	573	304.00–324.00	313.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	280	450.00–535.00	492.12
6	300–350	327	460.00–500.00	473.66
13	350–400	386	420.00–460.00	438.22
5	400–450	442	400.00	400.00
12	450–500	458	387.50–400.00	393.71
30	500–550	518	337.50–390.00	358.39
25	550–600	580	330.00–360.00	347.97
34	600–650	621	307.00–334.00	316.62
63	650–700	662	290.00–345.00	330.18
2	700–750	735	291.00	291.00
5	750–800	780	288.00–289.00	288.81

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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