Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2026-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as the last report was one month ago (12/9). Trade was very active with good demand. Supply was large with mostly long time weaned offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $467.47/cwt on 215 head. That ranks 2 of 3 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $467.47.

Average price

$467.47

215 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,601

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$500

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

$82.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.83

vs IA average

+1.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	475.50	2,644	184
Large 1	577	463.00	2,672	12thin
Medium and Large 1-2	546	392.56	2,144	19thin

One grade step is worth $82.94/cwt here — about $500 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 sale215 hd

467.47

—

IA average6 barns · 1,333 hd

473.30

−5.83

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

+1.14

This barn, trailing median3 sales

467.47

+0.00

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

39 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 1Fancy	450–500	480	514.86/cwt	510.00–517.50	2,471	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,608	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	517.41/cwt	510.00–547.50	1,728	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	425.47/cwt	417.50–440.00	2,229	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	386.41/cwt	375.00–399.00	2,431	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	407.01/cwt	390.00–420.00	2,336	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	461.72/cwt	444.00–485.00	2,692	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	3,008	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	439.66/cwt	416.00–452.50	2,765	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	378.82/cwt	375.00–381.00	2,182	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	536.69/cwt	525.00–550.00	1,739	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	339.25/cwt	339.25–339.25	2,931	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	527	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,385	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	370	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,906	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	416.16/cwt	377.00–436.75	2,805	121
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,030	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	3,142	8
Steers	Large 1	550–600	577	463.00/cwt	463.00–463.00	2,672	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	523.13/cwt	515.00–542.50	1,946	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	618	383.97/cwt	376.00–395.00	2,373	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	508.86/cwt	485.00–532.00	2,178	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	483	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,294	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	373.65/cwt	359.00–386.25	2,459	311
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	496.30/cwt	475.00–507.50	1,921	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	851	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,808	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	498.37/cwt	480.00–513.00	2,432	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	390.01/cwt	377.00–400.25	2,824	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	353.04/cwt	337.50–359.50	2,874	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	411.96/cwt	395.00–426.00	1,986	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	475.09/cwt	460.00–502.50	2,033	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	335.53/cwt	331.00–340.00	2,419	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	372.56/cwt	360.50–384.50	2,869	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	493.20/cwt	450.00–521.00	2,594	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	407.83/cwt	405.00–410.00	2,092	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	459.95/cwt	437.50–485.00	2,171	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	581	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,272	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	517	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,120	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	435	447.58/cwt	445.00–450.00	1,947	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	709	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,893	41
Steers	Large 1	650–700	683	405.25/cwt	405.25–405.25	2,768	12

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 6, 2026

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

Receipts 1,720Last week 513Year ago 1,691

No trend as the last report was one month ago (12/9). Trade was very active with good demand. Supply was large with mostly long time weaned offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	480	510.00–517.50	514.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	334	510.00–547.50	517.41
17	350–400	387	475.00–507.50	496.30
34	400–450	428	460.00–502.50	475.09
54	450–500	472	437.50–485.00	459.95
125	500–550	524	417.50–440.00	425.47
111	550–600	574	390.00–420.00	407.01
77	600–650	629	375.00–399.00	386.41
311	650–700	658	359.00–386.25	373.65
42	700–750	721	331.00–340.00	335.53
4	800–850	828	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
20	850–900	851	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	482	395.00–426.00	411.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	435	445.00–450.00	447.58
8	500–550	517	410.00	410.00
14	550–600	581	391.00	391.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	324	525.00–550.00	536.69
19	350–400	372	515.00–542.50	523.13
38	400–450	428	485.00–532.00	508.86
24	450–500	488	480.00–513.00	498.37
82	500–550	526	450.00–521.00	493.20
97	550–600	583	444.00–485.00	461.72
169	600–650	629	416.00–452.50	439.66
121	650–700	674	377.00–436.75	416.16
96	700–750	724	377.00–400.25	390.01
49	750–800	770	360.50–384.50	372.56
45	800–850	814	337.50–359.50	353.04
11	850–900	864	339.25	339.25
7	900–950	917	328.00	328.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	513	405.00–410.00	407.83
10	550–600	576	375.00–381.00	378.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	370	515.00	515.00
4	450–500	483	475.00	475.00
5	500–550	527	452.50	452.50
14	600–650	618	376.00–395.00	383.97
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	577	463.00	463.00
12	650–700	683	405.25	405.25
8	1000–1050	1,030	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
41	700–750	709	408.00	408.00

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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