Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2025-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report to compare with. Trade active with moderate demand for the moderate offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $397.17/cwt on 76 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −63.73 against this barn's trailing median of $460.91.

Average price

$397.17

76 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,163

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$306

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

$27.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−35.74

vs IA average

−33.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	401.95	2,217	63
Small and Medium 1	511	374.00	1,911	13thin

One grade step is worth $27.95/cwt here — about $306 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale76 hd

397.17

—

IA average10 barns · 1,944 hd

432.91

−35.74

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

−33.46

This barn, trailing median2 sales

460.91

−63.73

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

55 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	350–400	380	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,482	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	315	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,118	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	427	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,135	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	546	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,993	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	577	352.44/cwt	345.00–355.00	2,034	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	507	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,698	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	683	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,254	6
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	611	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,151	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	496	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,088	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	342.51/cwt	338.00–347.00	2,483	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	309	497.49/cwt	490.00–500.00	1,537	4
Steers	Small and Medium 1	450–500	482	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,217	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	363.99/cwt	363.50–367.00	2,286	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	471.65/cwt	455.00–500.00	1,929	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	370	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,702	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	470.49/cwt	437.50–505.00	2,127	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	418.17/cwt	400.00–432.00	2,162	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	364.51/cwt	361.00–378.00	2,453	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	387.21/cwt	374.00–390.00	2,257	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	661	390.25/cwt	390.25–390.25	2,580	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	292	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,504	2
Steers	Large 1	850–900	882	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,403	2
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	673	323.54/cwt	320.00–327.00	2,177	2
Steers	Medium 1	750–800	788	301.87/cwt	301.00–306.00	2,379	11
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	455	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,593	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	220	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	979	2
Steers	Small and Medium 1	500–550	511	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,911	13
Heifers	Large 1	800–850	826	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,156	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	613	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,286	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,904	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,599	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	966	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,632	6
Heifers	Small and Medium 1	500–550	519	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,752	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	329.99/cwt	326.00–339.00	2,260	13
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	385	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,579	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,715	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	377.06/cwt	351.00–383.00	2,006	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	351.17/cwt	349.00–363.00	2,072	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	452.97/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,762	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	424.60/cwt	412.50–445.00	1,792	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,161	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	313.06/cwt	304.00–322.00	1,772	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,251	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,124	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	249	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,158	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,392	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	552	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,987	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	692	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,104	8
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	550	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,766	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	643	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,495	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,619	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	320	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,424	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	478	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,654	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	400	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,600	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	260	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,326	1

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 Dec 9, 2025

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

Receipts 513Last week 1,496Year ago 0

No trend as no recent report to compare with. Trade active with moderate demand for the moderate offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	315	355.00	355.00
1	350–400	380	390.00	390.00
2	400–450	427	500.00	500.00
5	500–550	546	365.00	365.00
4	550–600	577	345.00–355.00	352.44
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	507	335.00	335.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	690	276.00	276.00
1	750–800	780	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	460.00	460.00
3	450–500	496	421.00	421.00
6	650–700	683	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	455	350.00	350.00
6	600–650	611	352.00	352.00
2	650–700	673	320.00–327.00	323.54
11	750–800	788	301.00–306.00	301.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	292	515.00	515.00
4	300–350	309	490.00–500.00	497.49
6	400–450	409	455.00–500.00	471.65
6	450–500	452	437.50–505.00	470.49
30	500–550	517	400.00–432.00	418.17
33	550–600	583	374.00–390.00	387.21
21	600–650	628	363.50–367.00	363.99
48	650–700	673	361.00–378.00	364.51
13	700–750	725	338.00–347.00	342.51
Steers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	482	252.50	252.50
13	500–550	511	374.00	374.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	600–650	643	388.00	388.00
23	650–700	661	390.25	390.25
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	850–900	882	272.50	272.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	220	445.00	445.00
3	400–450	426	380.00	380.00
8	550–600	566	304.00–322.00	313.06
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	800–850	826	261.00	261.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	613	373.00	373.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	249	465.00	465.00
1	300–350	320	435.00	435.00
5	350–400	389	450.00–460.00	452.97
11	400–450	422	412.50–445.00	424.60
3	450–500	483	355.00	355.00
28	500–550	532	351.00–383.00	377.06
40	550–600	590	349.00–363.00	351.17
7	600–650	645	349.00	349.00
13	650–700	685	326.00–339.00	329.99
2	700–750	715	297.00	297.00
8	750–800	761	284.00	284.00
6	950–1000	966	272.50	272.50
Heifers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	519	337.50	337.50
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	410.00	410.00
3	550–600	550	321.00	321.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	510.00	510.00
1	300–350	320	445.00	445.00
4	400–450	400	400.00	400.00
4	450–500	478	346.00	346.00
8	550–600	552	360.00	360.00
8	650–700	692	304.00	304.00

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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