Sale reports / Iowa / Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2023-01-03

Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Knoxville, Iowa · Tue, Jan 3
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2151
Receipts
968 head
▼ 132 vs last sale 1,100▲ 968 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 good 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 $186.48/cwt on 478 head.
Average price
$186.48
478 head · 633 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,180
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$42
per head · Medium 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$13.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.11
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1431190.638228thin
Medium and Large 1646186.991,207443
Large 1629177.001,1135thin
Medium and Large 1-2441176.8178022
One grade step is worth $13.81/cwt here — about $42 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 sale478 hd
186.48
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IA average7 barns · 8,850 hd
189.59
−3.11
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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1332223.00/cwt223.00–223.007405
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned350226.00/cwt226.00–226.007913
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2357175.00/cwt175.00–175.006255
Steers—Medium 1369197.00/cwt197.00–197.007275
Steers—Medium and Large 1376217.47/cwt212.00–227.5081828
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy403232.00/cwt232.00–232.009352
Steers—Medium and Large 1433201.00/cwt200.00–205.008707
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2446178.16/cwt172.50–192.0079512
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475185.00/cwt185.00–185.008791
Steers—Medium and Large 1493210.00/cwt200.00–213.501,03526
Steers—Medium and Large 1523199.66/cwt190.00–210.501,04436
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2524172.99/cwt166.00–177.009064
Steers—Medium 1535180.00/cwt180.00–180.009633
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy577198.54/cwt195.50–203.001,14633
Steers—Medium and Large 1577174.12/cwt170.00–182.501,00515
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy615202.75/cwt202.75–202.751,24714
Steers—Medium and Large 1617193.80/cwt189.00–199.501,19646
Steers—Large 1629177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,1135
Steers—Medium and Large 1686181.09/cwt170.00–184.751,24240
Steers—Medium and Large 1715176.42/cwt168.50–182.751,26164
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned746156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,1647
Steers—Medium and Large 1765173.59/cwt164.50–182.351,32874
Steers—Medium and Large 1824168.59/cwt164.00–170.001,3895
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy843155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,3072
Steers—Medium and Large 1883163.75/cwt163.75–163.751,44636
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330186.92/cwt179.00–192.006174
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned373164.25/cwt164.00–164.506138
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378169.54/cwt166.00–174.006415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy384184.00/cwt184.00–184.0070719
Heifers—Medium and Large 1412172.27/cwt170.00–176.007108
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned450168.00/cwt168.00–168.007563
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470175.16/cwt164.00–179.5082347
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2487156.00/cwt156.00–156.007606
Heifers—Medium and Large 1514164.03/cwt162.00–167.0084317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned550158.50/cwt158.50–158.508724
Heifers—Large 1565157.00/cwt157.00–157.008873
Heifers—Medium and Large 1571171.03/cwt164.00–179.0097769
Heifers—Large 1601151.00/cwt151.00–151.009084
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624167.23/cwt159.50–176.501,04483
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement644183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,17919
Heifers—Medium and Large 1672161.23/cwt150.00–166.501,08317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement690180.66/cwt177.00–181.501,24721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement716172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,23210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1746159.95/cwt154.00–161.001,19356
Heifers—Medium and Large 1775156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,2092
Heifers—Medium and Large 1828157.98/cwt157.00–159.001,3082

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.