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Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Knoxville, Iowa · Tue, Dec 14
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2151
Receipts
750 head
▼ 660 vs last sale 1,410▲ 750 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 demand for the moderate offerings.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $169.91/cwt on 399 head.
Average price
$169.91
399 head · 598 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,015
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$612
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$62.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.11
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1605174.521,056324
Medium 1600156.9094160
Small and Medium 1471137.506486thin
Small 1397112.004459thin
One grade step is worth $62.52/cwt here — about $612 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 sale399 hd
169.91
—
IA average11 barns · 9,747 hd
169.80
+0.11
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

46 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned383190.50/cwt190.50–190.507302
Steers—Small 1397112.00/cwt112.00–112.004459
Steers—Medium 1423180.35/cwt180.00–181.007638
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned434188.33/cwt185.00–198.008174
Steers—Medium and Large 1435192.72/cwt190.00–202.5083829
Steers—Small and Medium 1471137.50/cwt137.50–137.506486
Steers—Medium and Large 1473186.00/cwt186.00–186.008802
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned475175.00/cwt175.00–175.008312
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned516178.27/cwt171.00–179.0092011
Steers—Medium and Large 1521181.80/cwt174.00–183.2594748
Steers—Medium 1521160.57/cwt151.00–162.0083724
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned579170.00/cwt170.00–170.009844
Steers—Medium and Large 1593184.12/cwt184.00–186.001,09293
Steers—Medium 1599171.50/cwt171.50–171.501,0275
Steers—Medium and Large 1618175.75/cwt170.00–179.001,08627
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned632167.64/cwt166.50–169.001,05915
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy647163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,0553
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned664159.29/cwt159.00–159.501,0587
Steers—Medium and Large 1692159.26/cwt156.00–166.001,10220
Steers—Medium and Large 1716162.25/cwt162.25–162.251,16223
Steers—Medium 1743141.75/cwt141.75–141.751,05323
Steers—Medium and Large 1791151.50/cwt151.50–151.501,19811
Steers—Medium and Large 1833137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,14523
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1313174.00/cwt174.00–174.005452
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned335159.00/cwt159.00–159.005332
Heifers—Small 134985.00/cwt85.00–85.002975
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2372150.00/cwt150.00–150.005583
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373164.66/cwt158.00–166.006149
Heifers—Small 1384117.50/cwt117.50–117.504515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned395161.00/cwt161.00–161.006361
Heifers—Medium 1430137.00/cwt137.00–137.005892
Heifers—Medium and Large 1448158.00/cwt158.00–158.007085
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned449161.00/cwt161.00–161.007237
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472153.90/cwt150.00–160.0072644
Heifers—Medium 1510147.75/cwt147.00–148.007548
Heifers—Medium and Large 1543156.60/cwt152.00–159.5085082
Heifers—Medium and Large 1556149.40/cwt149.00–150.0083110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned559148.68/cwt148.00–150.008316
Heifers—Medium 1573141.77/cwt140.00–143.5081210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned615152.75/cwt152.75–152.759399
Heifers—Medium 1Unweaned618130.00/cwt130.00–130.008033
Heifers—Medium 1631139.26/cwt137.00–140.008798
Heifers—Medium and Large 1633148.93/cwt146.50–150.009439
Heifers—Medium and Large 1652153.75/cwt153.75–153.751,00210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned657147.87/cwt145.00–149.0097212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1726141.50/cwt141.50–141.501,02715

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.