Sale reports / Iowa / Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2023-01-17

Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Knoxville, Iowa · Tue, Jan 17
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2151
Receipts
1,735 head
▲ 767 vs last sale 968▲ 985 vs year ago 750 · +131.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report two weeks ago (1/3) steer calves under 500 lbs. firm, over 500 llbs. 8.00-10.00 higher, heifer calves 8.00-13.00 higher. Trade active with very 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 $190.40/cwt on 846 head.
Average price
$190.40
846 head · 636 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,210
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$413
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 1
$30.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.29
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1647192.861,247692
Medium and Large 1-2551186.951,03089
Large 1651169.811,10657
Small and Medium 1513162.508348thin
One grade step is worth $30.36/cwt here — about $413 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 sale846 hd
190.40
—
IA average14 barns · 14,970 hd
190.11
+0.29
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

42 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1315220.00/cwt220.00–220.006931
Steers—Medium and Large 1366221.14/cwt215.00–227.0080913
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2376196.97/cwt195.00–202.007416
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2430198.18/cwt190.00–201.0085220
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2468196.00/cwt196.00–196.009172
Steers—Medium and Large 1483204.75/cwt200.00–211.0098925
Steers—Large 1508177.00/cwt177.00–177.0089916
Steers—Small and Medium 1513162.50/cwt162.50–162.508348
Steers—Medium and Large 1523209.50/cwt198.50–219.751,09695
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2531191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,0144
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2572188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,07532
Steers—Medium and Large 1578200.62/cwt195.00–208.501,16077
Steers—Medium and Large 1628190.50/cwt185.00–197.251,196165
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2636170.99/cwt169.00–175.001,0877
Steers—Medium and Large 1670188.59/cwt183.00–194.501,26476
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2688173.56/cwt170.00–175.001,19418
Steers—Large 1707167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,18141
Steers—Medium and Large 1722186.07/cwt177.00–190.001,343144
Steers—Medium and Large 1776181.00/cwt179.00–182.501,40552
Steers—Medium and Large 1846180.10/cwt180.10–180.101,52444
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1300174.00/cwt174.00–174.005221
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2360143.77/cwt142.50–145.005182
Heifers—Medium and Large 1382181.65/cwt171.00–189.0069421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1417183.29/cwt177.00–185.0076415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2420161.10/cwt160.00–164.006777
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467182.45/cwt174.00–185.0085280
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2527161.01/cwt150.00–163.0084913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529182.26/cwt170.00–191.0096471
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy569191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,08723
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574162.18/cwt156.00–167.0093110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1576179.02/cwt171.50–187.001,031100
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2603160.00/cwt160.00–160.009656
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626172.44/cwt164.50–180.251,07993
Heifers—Medium and Large 1664173.72/cwt171.50–177.501,154126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1716169.66/cwt169.00–171.501,21564
Heifers—Medium and Large 1762170.25/cwt170.25–170.251,29748
Heifers—Medium and Large 1833144.42/cwt142.00–146.001,2035
Heifers—Medium and Large 1941135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,2705
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1333210.00/cwt210.00–210.006992
Bulls—Medium and Large 1443195.00/cwt195.00–195.008643
Bulls—Medium and Large 1511190.00/cwt190.00–190.009717
Bulls—Medium and Large 1589173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,0195

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.