Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2025-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $384.29/cwt on 136 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −83.18 against this barn's trailing median of $467.47.

Average price

$384.29

136 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,117

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$454

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$46.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.61

vs IA average

+6.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	396.07	2,228	92
Medium and Large 1-2	545	369.32	2,014	22
Large 1	507	350.00	1,775	22

One grade step is worth $46.07/cwt here — about $454 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 sale136 hd

384.29

—

IA average6 barns · 1,345 hd

398.90

−14.61

National average157 barns · 12,981 hd

378.05

+6.24

This barn, trailing median3 sales

467.47

−83.18

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

43 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	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	600	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,932	3
Heifers	Large 1	350–400	365	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,679	4
Heifers	Large 1	450–500	450	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,710	10
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	692	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,034	13
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	528	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,811	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	328.37/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,019	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	364.97/cwt	348.00–374.00	1,891	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	521	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,876	4
Steers	Large 1	600–650	603	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,111	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,015	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	354.22/cwt	352.50–357.50	2,387	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	440	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,870	2
Steers	Large 1	400–450	428	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,712	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,661	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,006	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	289.00/cwt	282.00–295.00	2,240	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	310.44/cwt	304.00–323.00	2,213	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,093	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	382.11/cwt	350.00–387.00	2,342	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	412.15/cwt	370.00–435.00	1,962	32
Steers	Large 1	650–700	697	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,258	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,986	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	421.99/cwt	417.50–425.00	2,228	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,300	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,395	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,669	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	390.10/cwt	370.00–401.50	2,247	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	553	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,936	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	481	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,741	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	465	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,051	1
Steers	Large 1	500–550	507	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,775	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	305.22/cwt	304.00–306.00	2,063	5
Steers	Large 1	900–950	919	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,389	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,645	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,944	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	555.33/cwt	540.00–570.00	1,277	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	304.61/cwt	303.00–305.00	2,184	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,225	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	355	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,385	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,047	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	412.65/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,770	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	378.31/cwt	377.50–382.50	1,759	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	464.98/cwt	445.00–475.00	1,762	16

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 May 20, 2025

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

Receipts 525Last week 675Year ago 835

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	600	322.00	322.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	440	425.00	425.00
4	500–550	521	360.00	360.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	428	400.00	400.00
22	500–550	507	350.00	350.00
13	600–650	603	350.00	350.00
7	650–700	697	324.00	324.00
6	900–950	919	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	536	376.00	376.00
7	550–600	565	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	565.00	565.00
1	300–350	310	450.00	450.00
1	350–400	365	455.00	455.00
7	400–450	427	465.00	465.00
32	450–500	476	370.00–435.00	412.15
21	500–550	528	417.50–425.00	421.99
67	550–600	576	370.00–401.50	390.10
23	600–650	613	350.00–387.00	382.11
38	650–700	674	352.50–357.50	354.22
3	700–750	713	304.00–323.00	310.44
3	750–800	775	282.00–295.00	289.00
2	800–850	805	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	441.00	441.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	365	460.00	460.00
10	450–500	450	380.00	380.00
18	500–550	528	343.00	343.00
13	650–700	692	294.00	294.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	230	540.00–570.00	555.33
1	250–300	250	490.00	490.00
16	350–400	379	445.00–475.00	464.98
17	400–450	429	400.00–435.00	412.65
13	450–500	465	377.50–382.50	378.31
40	500–550	518	348.00–374.00	364.97
6	550–600	565	344.00	344.00
16	600–650	615	320.00–330.00	328.37
5	650–700	676	304.00–306.00	305.22
10	700–750	717	303.00–305.00	304.61
5	750–800	758	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	445	375.00	375.00
5	500–550	514	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	390.00	390.00
3	450–500	481	362.00	362.00
6	550–600	553	350.00	350.00

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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