Sale reports / Iowa / Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2019-12-10

Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Knoxville, Iowa · Tue, Dec 10
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2151
Receipts
1,543 head
▼ 1,616 vs last sale 3,159▲ 1,543 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago light steers ended mixed 2.00 lower to 6.00 higher. Light heifers finished mostly 1.00 to 6.00 higher. Demand was good for the moderate to heavy offerings.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $145.52/cwt on 631 head.
Average price
$145.52
631 head · 597 lb average
Value per head Derived
$869
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$87
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.72
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1601147.03884524
Medium and Large 1-2577138.13797107
One grade step is worth $8.90/cwt here — about $87 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale631 hd
145.52
—
IA average11 barns · 9,695 hd
147.24
−1.72
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

51 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2279179.00/cwt179.00–179.004993
Steers—Medium and Large 1336190.00/cwt190.00–190.006384
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2374159.53/cwt152.00–165.0059712
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned424163.00/cwt162.00–165.006916
Steers—Medium and Large 1435169.93/cwt163.50–177.5073934
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned438163.00/cwt163.00–163.007143
Steers—Medium and Large 1488157.98/cwt155.00–169.0077135
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned493155.33/cwt152.50–159.5076622
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2493148.00/cwt148.00–148.007306
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned501156.58/cwt152.00–157.5078424
Steers—Medium and Large 1513156.39/cwt153.00–158.0080234
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2532141.68/cwt141.00–142.007546
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned533132.89/cwt127.00–137.007085
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned562142.92/cwt138.00–144.0080321
Steers—Medium and Large 1567150.69/cwt142.00–154.0085452
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned570135.00/cwt135.00–135.007703
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2576134.26/cwt130.00–140.0077327
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned615137.64/cwt136.00–140.0084610
Steers—Medium and Large 1618144.76/cwt137.00–149.7589580
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2622135.50/cwt135.50–135.5084315
Steers—Medium and Large 1668142.78/cwt138.00–146.2595447
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2669122.00/cwt122.00–122.008169
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy676125.50/cwt125.50–125.5084815
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned678133.77/cwt132.00–137.5090728
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned703130.00/cwt130.00–130.0091413
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2731126.84/cwt120.50–133.0092713
Steers—Medium and Large 1732138.23/cwt130.00–140.601,01299
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2835125.50/cwt125.50–125.501,0485
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2246155.00/cwt155.00–155.003814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned363156.00/cwt156.00–156.005663
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2364133.85/cwt128.00–143.0048712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373156.21/cwt152.00–161.0058328
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2412127.50/cwt127.50–127.505253
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned416152.00/cwt152.00–152.006329
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427145.89/cwt141.00–154.2562357
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470136.00/cwt131.00–139.5063954
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned475138.67/cwt134.50–141.0065940
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2492128.00/cwt128.00–128.006303
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned493127.12/cwt125.00–130.006277
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned514131.50/cwt131.50–131.506766
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523137.11/cwt133.00–140.2571724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530124.77/cwt119.00–129.0066122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned570130.26/cwt124.50–138.0074229
Heifers—Medium and Large 1582128.67/cwt127.00–132.0074954
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615124.96/cwt122.50–128.5076945
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned624125.77/cwt124.50–128.5078519
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2668111.00/cwt111.00–111.007415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678128.01/cwt124.50–136.0086825
Heifers—Medium and Large 1711118.42/cwt111.50–122.0084226
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1592119.00/cwt119.00–119.007043
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned645104.00/cwt104.00–104.006712

This sale against other markets

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.