Sale reports / Iowa / Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2021-04-06

Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Knoxville, Iowa · Tue, Apr 6
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2151
Receipts
1,356 head
▲ 592 vs last sale 764▲ 1,356 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report. Trade active with moderate to good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $158.03/cwt on 660 head.
Average price
$158.03
660 head · 679 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,073
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$76
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$31.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.55
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1685158.941,090608
Medium and Large 1-2584149.4987347
Large 1-2798127.001,0135thin
One grade step is worth $31.94/cwt here — about $76 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 sale660 hd
158.03
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IA average9 barns · 4,105 hd
150.48
+7.55
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

40 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1376187.50/cwt187.50–187.507059
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2380174.58/cwt167.50–176.006636
Steers—Medium and Large 1423191.83/cwt181.00–202.5081114
Steers—Medium and Large 1489198.00/cwt198.00–198.0096825
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed511190.16/cwt188.75–191.0097218
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2517165.27/cwt156.00–167.008549
Steers—Medium and Large 1525171.52/cwt169.00–175.0090023
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2559149.81/cwt146.00–151.0083713
Steers—Medium and Large 1592171.13/cwt168.00–181.001,01386
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy625144.00/cwt144.00–144.009005
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2625143.00/cwt143.00–143.008946
Steers—Medium and Large 1629168.08/cwt164.00–170.251,05718
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed636173.50/cwt173.50–173.501,1037
Steers—Medium and Large 1685159.90/cwt149.00–166.001,095110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2686129.39/cwt120.00–137.008887
Steers—Medium and Large 1716151.83/cwt137.00–155.251,08741
Steers—Medium and Large 1761148.51/cwt138.00–153.251,130183
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2782130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0176
Steers—Large 1-2798127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,0135
Steers—Medium and Large 1841137.28/cwt128.00–138.351,15547
Steers—Medium and Large 1895129.50/cwt129.50–129.501,1597
Steers—Medium and Large 1959128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,22815
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1331164.95/cwt162.00–166.505466
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370164.41/cwt163.00–165.006089
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned380154.00/cwt154.00–154.005851
Heifers—Medium and Large 1421155.76/cwt145.00–162.0065618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1488159.53/cwt150.00–160.25779139
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527142.59/cwt135.00–149.5075115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1587143.63/cwt132.00–146.5084370
Heifers—Medium 1610125.00/cwt125.00–125.007636
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed616150.00/cwt150.00–150.0092410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627140.96/cwt131.00–146.5088472
Heifers—Medium and Large 1687137.17/cwt130.00–139.7594290
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement722142.53/cwt140.75–147.501,02969
Heifers—Medium and Large 1736135.42/cwt135.00–137.0099733
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2736121.19/cwt114.00–129.5089224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1773126.66/cwt121.00–127.7597914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1823123.42/cwt122.00–125.501,01610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1867119.91/cwt119.00–122.001,04010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2867109.50/cwt109.50–109.509497

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.