Sale reports / Iowa / Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2021-03-09

Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Knoxville, Iowa · Tue, Mar 9
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2151
Receipts
764 head
▼ 441 vs last sale 1,205▲ 764 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend. Trade light with moderate demand for moderate offerings of many small groups.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.09/cwt on 393 head.
Average price
$134.09
393 head · 656 lb average
Value per head Derived
$880
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$344
per head · Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$32.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.23
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Large 1406143.5058314thin
Medium and Large 1637137.61877314
Medium 1796115.5192059
Medium and Large 1-2837110.759276thin
One grade step is worth $32.75/cwt here — about −$344 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 sale393 hd
134.09
—
IA average10 barns · 5,130 hd
132.86
+1.23
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

43 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1381170.04/cwt164.00–176.006486
Steers—Medium and Large 1458174.00/cwt174.00–174.007973
Steers—Medium 1474166.50/cwt166.50–166.507896
Steers—Medium and Large 1514167.12/cwt165.00–170.0085914
Steers—Medium and Large 1579154.72/cwt154.00–155.0089611
Steers—Medium 1598135.00/cwt135.00–135.0080712
Steers—Medium and Large 1613146.88/cwt140.25–149.2590025
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy657150.25/cwt150.25–150.2598717
Steers—Medium and Large 1667141.09/cwt136.25–145.2594153
Steers—Medium 1710134.00/cwt134.00–134.009514
Steers—Medium and Large 1715143.45/cwt134.00–144.751,02647
Steers—Medium and Large 1761127.04/cwt120.00–131.5096719
Steers—Medium and Large 1822125.27/cwt120.00–127.501,03030
Steers—Medium and Large 1866124.54/cwt119.00–126.751,0798
Steers—Medium and Large 1921125.75/cwt125.75–125.751,1589
Steers—Medium 1951113.50/cwt113.50–113.501,07912
Steers—Medium and Large 1965117.50/cwt117.00–118.001,1344
Steers—Medium and Large 11,072105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,12614
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1356162.82/cwt159.00–166.005807
Heifers—Large 1406143.50/cwt141.00–146.0058314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1483150.63/cwt149.00–151.0072811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1514149.65/cwt146.00–152.0076920
Heifers—Medium 1527134.00/cwt134.00–134.0070610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy567152.00/cwt152.00–152.008626
Heifers—Medium and Large 1581140.16/cwt135.00–143.0081442
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618140.08/cwt133.00–145.0086682
Heifers—Medium 1632129.50/cwt129.50–129.5081811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1674131.30/cwt126.00–138.0088551
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy690143.00/cwt143.00–143.0098714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1712126.70/cwt126.25–127.2590246
Heifers—Medium 1723121.35/cwt121.25–121.508777
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy733134.00/cwt134.00–134.0098210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement769145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,11911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1776119.22/cwt119.00–120.009259
Heifers—Medium and Large 1806119.00/cwt119.00–119.009595
Heifers—Medium 1832114.00/cwt114.00–114.009486
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2837110.75/cwt110.75–110.759276
Heifers—Medium 1900100.00/cwt100.00–100.009008
Heifers—Medium 11,029101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,03917
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1487152.59/cwt151.00–156.007433
Bulls—Medium and Large 1550152.00/cwt152.00–152.008361
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned614137.50/cwt137.50–137.508444
Bulls—Medium and Large 1640141.00/cwt141.00–141.009021

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.