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Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa

Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2020-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-12

Feeder Cattle · Knoxville, Iowa · Tue, May 12

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2151

← Apr 28May 12Jun 2 →

Receipts

1,582 head

▲ 382 vs last sale 1,200▲ 1,582 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers under 600 lbs. sold 2.00-8.00 higher, while the 600-800 lb. steers were mostly 7.00-8.00 higher. Heifers 500-600 lbs. were 6.00-7.00 higher and the 600-850 lb. heifers were 1.00-11.00 higher. Demand was good for the moderate offerings. Trading was active.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $145.99/cwt on 549 head.

Average price

$145.99

549 head · 670 lb average

Value per head Derived

$978

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$83

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$9.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.63

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	671	146.88	986	499
Medium and Large 1-2	658	137.16	903	50

One grade step is worth $9.71/cwt here — about $83 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 sale549 hd

145.99

—

IA average5 barns · 2,694 hd

142.36

+3.63

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

34 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	361	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	697	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	445	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	716	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	166.80/cwt	161.00–173.00	794	59
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	479	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	762	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	534	170.32/cwt	165.00–173.00	910	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	535	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	829	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	542	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	840	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	157.55/cwt	152.00–162.50	903	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	634	150.61/cwt	144.50–154.00	955	112
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	643	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	836	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	147.58/cwt	140.00–150.00	992	62
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	681	135.41/cwt	134.50–136.00	922	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	740	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,010	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	769	125.98/cwt	124.50–127.00	969	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	787	118.82/cwt	118.00–119.00	935	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	821	131.13/cwt	129.50–132.85	1,077	73
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	845	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	997	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	868	124.31/cwt	115.00–125.25	1,079	67
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	908	122.25/cwt	122.25–122.25	1,110	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	385	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	585	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	398	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	613	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	420	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	609	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	483	142.53/cwt	140.00–145.00	688	75
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	509	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	697	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	689	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	532	135.85/cwt	132.00–138.00	723	56
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	581	126.19/cwt	125.00–127.00	733	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	585	136.85/cwt	131.50–140.00	801	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	603	138.73/cwt	132.50–142.50	837	77
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	636	118.02/cwt	116.00–120.00	751	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	677	128.68/cwt	124.00–135.50	871	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	731	126.15/cwt	119.00–128.00	922	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	775	118.25/cwt	118.25–118.25	916	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	831	120.02/cwt	113.00–123.50	997	30

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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Knoxville Regional Feeder Cattle - Knoxville, IA

Tue May 12, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Receipts 1,582Last week 1,200Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	831	113.00–123.50	120.02
34	—	731	119.00–128.00	126.15
75	—	483	140.00–145.00	142.53
13	—	420	145.00	145.00
34	—	585	131.50–140.00	136.85
56	—	532	132.00–138.00	135.85
6	—	385	152.00	152.00
31	—	677	124.00–135.50	128.68
42	—	775	118.25	118.25
77	—	603	132.50–142.50	138.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	509	137.00	137.00
5	—	398	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	581	125.00–127.00	126.19
8	—	636	116.00–120.00	118.02
4	—	528	130.50	130.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	769	124.50–127.00	125.98
41	—	573	152.00–162.50	157.55
67	—	868	115.00–125.25	124.31
6	—	908	122.25	122.25
36	—	534	165.00–173.00	170.32
62	—	672	140.00–150.00	147.58
112	—	634	144.50–154.00	150.61
4	—	361	193.00	193.00
17	—	740	136.50	136.50
59	—	476	161.00–173.00	166.80
73	—	821	129.50–132.85	131.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	479	159.00	159.00
6	—	445	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	542	155.00	155.00
11	—	787	118.00–119.00	118.82
4	—	845	118.00	118.00
10	—	681	134.50–136.00	135.41
6	—	643	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	535	155.00	155.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.