Sale reports / Iowa / Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2020-01-14

Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Knoxville, Iowa · Tue, Jan 14
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2151
Receipts
2,354 head
▼ 476 vs last sale 2,830▲ 2,354 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago steer calves 350-550 lbs. 5.00-10.00 higher, 550-850 lbs. 3.00-5.00 higher. Heifer calves 400-450 lbs. 10.00 higher, other weights steady to 5.00 higher. A nice offering of good cattle kept trade active with 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 $160.93/cwt on 997 head.
Average price
$160.93
997 head · 604 lb average
Value per head Derived
$973
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$46
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1
$31.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.11
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1600161.83972947
Medium and Large 1-2671145.3297645
Medium 1783130.001,0185thin
One grade step is worth $31.83/cwt here — about −$46 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 sale997 hd
160.93
—
IA average12 barns · 12,514 hd
155.82
+5.11
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

46 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1328163.00/cwt161.00–171.0053510
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2366176.00/cwt176.00–176.006444
Steers—Medium and Large 1397198.49/cwt197.00–200.007888
Steers—Medium and Large 1417189.69/cwt178.50–195.5079152
Steers—Medium and Large 1483176.05/cwt171.00–188.00850115
Steers—Medium and Large 1518171.72/cwt163.00–175.00890133
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2562155.00/cwt155.00–155.008719
Steers—Medium and Large 1575163.48/cwt160.00–167.50940133
Steers—Medium and Large 1623159.45/cwt153.50–163.25993180
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned629142.75/cwt142.75–142.7589820
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2646149.00/cwt149.00–149.0096315
Steers—Medium and Large 1670153.68/cwt148.75–158.501,03076
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy691143.00/cwt143.00–143.0098811
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned711136.00/cwt136.00–136.009679
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy713154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,09837
Steers—Medium and Large 1725146.13/cwt141.00–151.751,05990
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2733132.00/cwt132.00–132.009686
Steers—Medium and Large 1757146.02/cwt144.75–147.001,10532
Steers—Medium 1Fleshy783130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0185
Steers—Medium and Large 1816141.78/cwt138.50–143.501,15727
Steers—Medium and Large 1851140.25/cwt140.25–140.251,19414
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed873128.50/cwt128.50–128.501,12211
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1338174.00/cwt174.00–174.005886
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2348141.86/cwt141.00–142.504947
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2350123.00/cwt123.00–123.004315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1390160.57/cwt144.50–166.0062625
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418159.87/cwt155.00–164.0066836
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469148.84/cwt141.00–156.00698101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned474138.00/cwt138.00–138.006548
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2489135.53/cwt134.00–138.006638
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525147.37/cwt140.00–152.00774154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2541133.70/cwt125.00–135.5072354
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2562121.00/cwt121.00–121.006803
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned573129.00/cwt129.00–129.0073920
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578136.51/cwt128.00–141.5078986
Heifers—Medium and Large 1629142.37/cwt132.50–145.5089696
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2643129.61/cwt127.00–130.5083334
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement652144.25/cwt144.25–144.2594122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy666125.00/cwt125.00–125.008335
Heifers—Medium and Large 1669138.72/cwt137.00–139.5092833
Heifers—Medium and Large 1715137.80/cwt130.00–140.75985107
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement722156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,12622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement775153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,1869
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2788115.00/cwt115.00–115.009066
Heifers—Medium and Large 1797137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,0927
Heifers—Medium and Large 1861127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,0984

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.