Sale reports / Iowa / Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2021-01-05

Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Knoxville, Iowa · Tue, Jan 5
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2151
Receipts
1,382 head
▲ 36 vs last sale 1,346▼ 1,448 vs year ago 2,830 · −51.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as this sale had not been reported for some time while a change of ownership was in effect. Trade was active with good demand for a moderate offering 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 $131.46/cwt on 651 head.
Average price
$131.46
651 head · 587 lb average
Value per head Derived
$772
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$44
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$24.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.67
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1570134.18764568
Large 1585127.4374514thin
Medium and Large 1-2735109.9480869
One grade step is worth $24.24/cwt here — about −$44 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 sale651 hd
131.46
—
IA average10 barns · 6,237 hd
133.13
−1.67
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

57 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1318185.00/cwt185.00–185.005883
Steers—Medium and Large 1375177.57/cwt172.00–182.0066614
Steers—Medium and Large 1439183.82/cwt172.00–186.7580741
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned453168.00/cwt168.00–168.007613
Steers—Medium and Large 1470167.70/cwt165.00–171.5078815
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2480153.82/cwt153.00–154.0073816
Steers—Medium and Large 1525170.76/cwt167.00–173.0089642
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned554149.50/cwt149.50–149.5082810
Steers—Medium and Large 1570158.62/cwt154.00–161.0090429
Steers—Medium and Large 1628149.88/cwt140.00–154.50941155
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2634135.00/cwt135.00–135.008569
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned638133.00/cwt133.00–133.008498
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned669127.36/cwt126.00–130.0085215
Steers—Medium and Large 1687139.15/cwt136.00–142.5095689
Steers—Large 1708121.00/cwt121.00–121.008575
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned710132.00/cwt132.00–132.009376
Steers—Medium and Large 1731131.05/cwt124.00–135.5095871
Steers—Medium and Large 1775128.20/cwt123.00–130.0099431
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned781111.00/cwt111.00–111.0086718
Steers—Large 1826116.99/cwt116.00–118.0096612
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2826110.00/cwt110.00–110.009098
Steers—Large 1861114.00/cwt114.00–114.009827
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned867102.00/cwt102.00–102.0088411
Steers—Medium and Large 1897124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,11725
Steers—Medium and Large 11,14795.00/cwt95.00–95.001,0906
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1257145.00/cwt145.00–145.003733
Heifers—Medium and Large 1332153.51/cwt151.00–156.005104
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned338143.00/cwt143.00–143.004835
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380149.75/cwt148.00–151.0056920
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2384130.00/cwt130.00–130.004995
Heifers—Medium and Large 1421147.35/cwt140.00–156.0062049
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned428137.00/cwt137.00–137.005862
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned450136.00/cwt136.00–136.006123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1486140.46/cwt137.00–147.0068322
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned487124.50/cwt124.50–124.506068
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2490122.00/cwt122.00–122.005982
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532138.13/cwt133.00–142.50735156
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned535125.00/cwt125.00–125.006696
Heifers—Large 1Unweaned558131.00/cwt131.00–131.007319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned561128.49/cwt127.00–131.0072124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1583133.79/cwt130.00–139.0078086
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned614123.75/cwt123.75–123.757609
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623131.49/cwt124.00–136.7581940
Heifers—Large 1633121.00/cwt121.00–121.007665
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement645151.00/cwt151.00–151.0097411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673124.15/cwt121.00–126.0083643
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement688141.00/cwt141.00–141.0097010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1719118.92/cwt117.25–120.5085552
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2728113.98/cwt112.00–116.008308
Heifers—Medium and Large 1769112.92/cwt111.50–117.0086819
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2828104.00/cwt104.00–104.0086146
Heifers—Medium and Large 1853115.50/cwt115.50–115.509854
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned240177.50/cwt177.50–177.504262
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned332178.00/cwt178.00–178.005918
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned434145.00/cwt145.00–145.006295
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned503140.00/cwt140.00–140.007045
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned624116.00/cwt116.00–116.007245

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.