Sale reports / Iowa / Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2020-01-07

Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Knoxville, Iowa · Tue, Jan 7
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2151
Receipts
2,830 head
▲ 2,830 vs last sale 0▲ 2,830 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report. Trade very active with large offerings of good cattle met with very good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $155.11/cwt on 1,356 head.
Average price
$155.11
1,356 head · 632 lb average
Value per head Derived
$981
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$222
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.26
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1638155.309911,294
Medium and Large 1-2509151.1876962
One grade step is worth $4.11/cwt here — about $222 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 sale1,356 hd
155.11
—
IA average12 barns · 12,912 hd
153.85
+1.26
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

31 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1379170.83/cwt165.00–180.0064734
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2424165.04/cwt163.00–169.007006
Steers—Medium and Large 1437179.39/cwt176.00–186.0078412
Steers—Medium and Large 1474171.50/cwt168.00–177.0081351
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2491150.41/cwt142.00–156.0073924
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2521152.42/cwt147.00–156.0079422
Steers—Medium and Large 1523165.47/cwt158.25–176.00865143
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2576142.01/cwt140.00–142.5081810
Steers—Medium and Large 1580163.10/cwt155.00–168.25946216
Steers—Medium and Large 1624156.80/cwt151.50–162.50978172
Steers—Medium and Large 1679152.11/cwt145.00–160.751,033330
Steers—Medium and Large 1726147.06/cwt143.00–154.751,068219
Steers—Medium and Large 1757138.73/cwt136.00–140.001,05031
Steers—Medium and Large 1809135.85/cwt133.00–137.001,09986
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2330125.00/cwt125.00–125.004133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1381160.95/cwt150.00–165.0061332
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2382143.57/cwt143.00–144.0054812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1437147.71/cwt138.00–154.0064565
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481147.94/cwt142.00–155.5071282
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2481132.83/cwt128.00–140.0063918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2524128.01/cwt122.50–132.0067113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526144.09/cwt138.00–152.50758114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2561132.01/cwt130.00–133.007419
Heifers—Medium and Large 1564144.81/cwt137.00–152.00817270
Heifers—Medium and Large 1632137.97/cwt129.50–142.25872216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement637146.67/cwt145.00–150.2593494
Heifers—Medium and Large 1671135.70/cwt134.50–136.5091177
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement703163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,14610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1725134.90/cwt132.35–137.00978113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1767131.71/cwt125.00–135.501,01030
Heifers—Medium and Large 1810123.50/cwt123.50–123.501,0005

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.