Sale reports / Iowa / Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2022-03-22

Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Knoxville, Iowa · Tue, Mar 22
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2151
Receipts
1,230 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 1,225▲ 1,230 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report available for a comparison. 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 $166.71/cwt on 627 head.
Average price
$166.71
627 head · 721 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,203
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$152
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1
$22.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.78
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1726167.601,217580
Medium and Large 1-2654157.131,02731
Large 1669155.831,04212thin
Medium 1734145.001,0644thin
One grade step is worth $22.60/cwt here — about $152 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 sale627 hd
166.71
—
IA average8 barns · 3,768 hd
170.49
−3.78
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

47 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 1393207.50/cwt207.50–207.508151
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned423196.00/cwt196.00–196.008294
Steers—Medium and Large 1463184.58/cwt181.00–191.0085512
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed475209.50/cwt209.50–209.5099515
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned513171.00/cwt171.00–171.008774
Steers—Medium and Large 1535209.11/cwt196.50–215.001,11925
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2546185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0108
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy553179.00/cwt179.00–179.009908
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2569160.00/cwt160.00–160.0091010
Steers—Medium and Large 1584193.50/cwt193.50–193.501,13016
Steers—Medium and Large 1629168.79/cwt164.50–177.001,06231
Steers—Large 1639159.77/cwt159.00–160.001,0219
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy665173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,15038
Steers—Medium and Large 1682148.84/cwt145.00–152.001,01510
Steers—Medium and Large 1716162.06/cwt154.50–165.001,16024
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed731173.14/cwt172.50–174.251,266212
Steers—Medium 1734145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0644
Steers—Large 1758144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,0923
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2775140.12/cwt139.00–141.001,0869
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2809132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,0724
Steers—Medium and Large 1829149.52/cwt144.75–150.101,240158
Steers—Medium and Large 1958138.50/cwt138.50–138.501,3273
Steers—Medium and Large 11,026131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,34419
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2335152.50/cwt152.50–152.505113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2364142.50/cwt142.50–142.505194
Heifers—Medium and Large 1383188.78/cwt182.50–195.0072319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426184.63/cwt172.00–188.0078718
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned463160.00/cwt160.00–160.007413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2463145.08/cwt130.00–150.0067211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473169.89/cwt161.00–178.0080415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2512140.31/cwt135.00–145.007188
Heifers—Medium and Large 1538173.33/cwt172.00–175.5093336
Heifers—Medium and Large 1566154.13/cwt141.00–159.0087272
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620152.58/cwt145.00–157.0094637
Heifers—Medium and Large 1668145.84/cwt136.50–149.0097475
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full671128.00/cwt128.00–128.008595
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2676120.00/cwt120.00–120.008116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1731137.30/cwt133.00–140.001,00441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1777135.83/cwt135.00–137.001,05522
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2780125.27/cwt122.00–128.509776
Heifers—Medium and Large 1819130.75/cwt128.25–136.501,07155
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement822140.63/cwt140.50–140.751,15670
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2917102.00/cwt102.00–102.009353
Heifers—Medium and Large 1972128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,2443
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,012123.86/cwt123.00–124.001,25314
Heifers—Large 11,081117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,2654
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,13592.50/cwt92.50–92.501,0502

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.