Sale reports / Iowa / Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2020-04-28

Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Knoxville, Iowa · Tue, Apr 28
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2151
Receipts
1,200 head
▲ 265 vs last sale 935▲ 1,200 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent market coverage for comparison. Trade was active with good demand for the moderate offerings.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.52/cwt on 538 head.
Average price
$124.52
538 head · 634 lb average
Value per head Derived
$789
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$64
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$19.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.49
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1635125.63798451
Medium and Large 1-2598120.6172276
Large 1813106.0086211thin
One grade step is worth $19.63/cwt here — about −$64 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 sale538 hd
124.52
—
IA average2 barns · 1,285 hd
122.03
+2.49
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

38 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1393168.55/cwt166.50–172.006628
Steers—Medium and Large 1441165.00/cwt165.00–165.007286
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2471147.98/cwt141.00–150.0069713
Steers—Medium and Large 1477160.31/cwt158.00–161.0076520
Steers—Medium and Large 1524161.71/cwt155.00–169.5084730
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2533147.71/cwt145.50–151.007878
Steers—Medium and Large 1561155.26/cwt150.00–163.0087133
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2590141.93/cwt135.00–147.0083734
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2624135.48/cwt127.00–137.0084527
Steers—Medium and Large 1629142.74/cwt139.00–153.0089868
Steers—Medium and Large 1672139.88/cwt136.50–141.0094029
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy704138.75/cwt138.75–138.759776
Steers—Medium and Large 1719123.02/cwt120.00–131.5088558
Steers—Large 1759112.75/cwt112.75–112.758565
Steers—Medium and Large 1768118.51/cwt115.00–120.2591015
Steers—Medium and Large 1823118.93/cwt118.50–119.2597919
Steers—Medium and Large 1862117.60/cwt117.60–117.601,01460
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385137.75/cwt135.00–141.2553014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2418131.00/cwt131.00–131.005486
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430141.02/cwt138.50–146.0060614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1477144.82/cwt139.00–148.0069156
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2478133.33/cwt131.00–134.0063717
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526129.62/cwt126.50–133.0068255
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573130.15/cwt123.00–135.0074641
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy598116.00/cwt116.00–116.006945
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2623119.72/cwt112.00–123.0074625
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624134.16/cwt127.50–138.0083753
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665127.91/cwt120.00–133.0085130
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2678117.28/cwt114.00–119.0079512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy685106.00/cwt106.00–106.007268
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2706108.19/cwt108.00–108.507648
Heifers—Medium and Large 1734114.81/cwt112.00–122.75843113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1765115.65/cwt113.00–118.0088512
Heifers—Large 1813106.00/cwt106.00–106.0086211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1824108.50/cwt108.50–108.5089458
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1380169.00/cwt169.00–169.006424
Bulls—Medium and Large 1406144.00/cwt144.00–144.005858
Bulls—Medium and Large 1506155.00/cwt155.00–155.007844

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.