Sale reports / Iowa / Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2022-01-22

Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Knoxville, Iowa · Sat, Jan 22
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2151
Receipts
2,600 head
▲ 1,850 vs last sale 750▲ 1,155 vs year ago 1,445 · +79.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as this was a Special Cattle Sale for the Greater Midwest Auctioneer Contest. Trade was active with good demand for the large run of feeders.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $169.15/cwt on 1,486 head.
Average price
$169.15
1,486 head · 653 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,105
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$249
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1
$19.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.29
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1658170.901,1241,327
Medium and Large 1-2633155.57984114
Medium 1577151.7287545
One grade step is worth $19.18/cwt here — about $249 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 sale1,486 hd
169.15
—
IA average11 barns · 10,902 hd
167.86
+1.29
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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned387178.70/cwt170.00–202.506927
Steers—Medium and Large 1412189.67/cwt188.00–191.0078116
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned470176.00/cwt176.00–176.008271
Steers—Medium 1477157.30/cwt156.00–161.0075014
Steers—Medium and Large 1479180.51/cwt172.00–190.0086559
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned500184.00/cwt184.00–184.009208
Steers—Medium 1Unweaned500163.00/cwt163.00–163.008156
Steers—Medium and Large 1524186.39/cwt184.00–188.5097774
Steers—Medium 1539161.00/cwt161.00–161.0086810
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned564177.00/cwt177.00–177.009989
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2577160.64/cwt153.00–169.0092759
Steers—Medium and Large 1579178.13/cwt171.00–189.501,031191
Steers—Medium and Large 1626177.67/cwt170.50–184.501,112169
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2668154.00/cwt151.00–158.501,02932
Steers—Medium and Large 1675172.05/cwt164.50–179.001,161393
Steers—Medium and Large 1722166.11/cwt150.00–172.001,199224
Steers—Medium 1726135.81/cwt132.00–141.0098615
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2727144.74/cwt141.00–147.001,05223
Steers—Medium and Large 1775151.52/cwt143.50–158.751,17443
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy800157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,26035
Steers—Medium and Large 1813143.96/cwt136.25–149.001,17037
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned839134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,1246
Steers—Medium and Large 1855141.60/cwt140.50–147.001,21155
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1331156.00/cwt156.00–156.005164
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned356152.00/cwt152.00–152.005414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned425143.00/cwt143.00–143.0060811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428156.89/cwt147.00–166.0067151
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2439138.50/cwt138.50–138.506087
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned469148.30/cwt142.50–152.006968
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474155.98/cwt146.00–163.0073973
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2477139.88/cwt134.00–146.0066711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527148.40/cwt142.50–155.00782113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned538138.00/cwt138.00–138.007427
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2547132.00/cwt131.00–133.007228
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned566135.98/cwt134.00–140.0077016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570149.06/cwt140.00–156.00850171
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed616156.50/cwt156.50–156.5096414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1630143.64/cwt133.50–149.50905169
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement669152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,01723
Heifers—Medium and Large 1669144.18/cwt136.50–149.00965133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1707141.87/cwt139.00–143.001,00354
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy750150.50/cwt150.50–150.501,12946
Heifers—Medium and Large 1879128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,12513

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.