Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2026-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report three weeks ago (1/20) steer calves 450-550 lbs 15.00 higher, 550-750 lbs. 40.00 higher, 800 lbs. 25.00 higher. Heifer calves 400-750 lbs. 30.00-50.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on the moderate offerings.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $439.29/cwt on 109 head, up $41.47 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 3 comparable sales and sits +24.11 against this barn's trailing median of $415.18.

Average price

$439.29

▲ 41.47 vs prior sale

109 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,455

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.25

vs IA average

+15.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	439.29	2,455	109

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale109 hd

439.29

—

IA average4 barns · 560 hd

439.04

+0.25

National average187 barns · 18,214 hd

423.95

+15.34

This barn, trailing median3 sales

415.18

+24.11

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,145	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,603	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	827	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,881	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,523	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,028	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	419.28/cwt	380.00–460.00	1,753	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	516.92/cwt	497.50–528.00	2,667	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	518.98/cwt	509.00–527.50	2,418	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	411.37/cwt	409.00–412.00	2,925	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	375	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,988	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	337	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,921	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	427.02/cwt	391.00–450.00	2,477	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	384	539.12/cwt	480.00–580.00	2,070	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	493.10/cwt	472.00–503.00	2,776	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	360.75/cwt	360.75–360.75	2,980	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	474.80/cwt	455.00–492.50	2,246	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	532	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,367	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	631	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,410	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	406.63/cwt	392.00–418.00	2,785	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,890	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	286	645.00/cwt	645.00–645.00	1,845	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	689	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,494	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	312	543.77/cwt	520.00–600.00	1,697	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,358	7
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	589	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,586	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	524.19/cwt	510.00–527.50	2,333	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	602	449.53/cwt	427.00–465.00	2,706	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,483	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,784	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	550	499.00/cwt	499.00–499.00	2,745	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	792	338.24/cwt	330.00–341.00	2,679	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	449.69/cwt	445.00–455.00	2,401	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	379.72/cwt	355.00–382.00	2,704	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	491	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,529	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	504.56/cwt	480.00–580.00	1,953	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,619	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	444.48/cwt	437.00–447.50	2,147	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,438	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,139	8

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

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	418	380.00–460.00	419.28
4	500–550	507	400.00	400.00
3	600–650	645	385.00	385.00
1	650–700	660	325.00	325.00
3	750–800	753	335.00	335.00
2	800–850	845	308.00	308.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	686	260.00	260.00
4	800–850	827	227.50	227.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	250–300	286	645.00	645.00
5	350–400	378	500.00	500.00
22	400–450	445	510.00–527.50	524.19
15	450–500	466	509.00–527.50	518.98
41	500–550	516	497.50–528.00	516.92
16	550–600	563	472.00–503.00	493.10
35	600–650	602	427.00–465.00	449.53
49	650–700	685	392.00–418.00	406.63
47	700–750	711	409.00–412.00	411.37
20	800–850	826	360.75	360.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	384	480.00–580.00	539.12
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	589	439.00	439.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	337	570.00	570.00
1	350–400	375	530.00	530.00
14	500–550	532	445.00	445.00
17	600–650	631	382.00	382.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	312	520.00–600.00	543.77
8	350–400	387	480.00–580.00	504.56
8	400–450	441	485.00	485.00
10	450–500	473	455.00–492.50	474.80
32	500–550	534	445.00–455.00	449.69
58	550–600	580	391.00–450.00	427.02
11	600–650	611	399.00	399.00
14	650–700	663	395.00	395.00
35	700–750	712	355.00–382.00	379.72
87	750–800	792	330.00–341.00	338.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	483	437.00–447.50	444.48
7	600–650	627	376.00	376.00
5	650–700	689	362.00	362.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	491	515.00	515.00
5	550–600	550	499.00	499.00

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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