Sale reports / Iowa / Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2020-02-04

Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Knoxville, Iowa · Tue, Feb 4
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2151
Receipts
1,558 head
▼ 595 vs last sale 2,153▲ 1,558 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two ago; steer calves under 600 lbs not enough comparable sales to trend; 600-700 lbs mostly 1.00-3.00 lower; over 700 lbs instance up to 6.00 higher. Heifer calves under 600 lbs mostly 2.00-5.00 lower, with instance up to 8.00 lower, over 700 lbs steady to firm. Trade was active with good demand on a nice run of feeders.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.71/cwt on 514 head.
Average price
$139.71
514 head · 600 lb average
Value per head Derived
$838
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$71
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$19.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.92
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1598140.70842488
Medium and Large 1-2637121.0077026
One grade step is worth $19.70/cwt here — about $71 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 sale514 hd
139.71
—
IA average10 barns · 6,159 hd
137.79
+1.92
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

28 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 1355158.85/cwt156.00–166.0056412
Steers—Medium and Large 1425179.20/cwt172.00–182.5076221
Steers—Medium and Large 1479179.19/cwt175.75–186.5085841
Steers—Medium and Large 1532174.77/cwt164.00–179.0093035
Steers—Medium and Large 1567173.35/cwt171.75–178.0098341
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned588165.50/cwt165.50–165.5097319
Steers—Medium and Large 1611158.69/cwt154.50–160.5097071
Steers—Medium and Large 1665159.58/cwt151.00–163.751,06152
Steers—Medium and Large 1729152.13/cwt143.50–156.001,10941
Steers—Medium and Large 1791145.27/cwt143.50–145.601,14988
Steers—Medium 1796129.25/cwt129.25–129.251,02917
Steers—Medium and Large 1822132.82/cwt130.50–134.001,0929
Steers—Medium and Large 1883129.65/cwt129.00–130.751,14526
Steers—Medium and Large 1913125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,1417
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1386152.35/cwt148.00–155.0058811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2411123.26/cwt122.00–124.005078
Heifers—Medium and Large 1436148.87/cwt141.00–153.5064940
Heifers—Medium and Large 1479149.50/cwt144.50–154.0071668
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529147.72/cwt146.00–150.0078131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575137.87/cwt132.00–147.2579370
Heifers—Medium and Large 1616139.17/cwt131.00–145.7585789
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement631151.00/cwt151.00–151.0095327
Heifers—Medium and Large 1668138.72/cwt136.00–140.0092774
Heifers—Medium and Large 1726133.39/cwt127.00–137.0096831
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2737120.00/cwt119.00–124.0088418
Heifers—Medium and Large 1770127.00/cwt127.00–127.0097830
Heifers—Medium and Large 1804116.00/cwt116.00–116.009337
Heifers—Medium and Large 1850115.00/cwt115.00–115.0097810

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.