Sale reports / Iowa / Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2023-04-11

Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Knoxville, Iowa · Tue, Apr 11
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2151
Receipts
633 head
▼ 1,102 vs last sale 1,735▼ 597 vs year ago 1,230 · −48.5%
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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 $220.92/cwt on 298 head.
Average price
$220.92
298 head · 628 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,388
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$62
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$41.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.82
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1623223.911,396273
Medium and Large 1-2573198.571,1379thin
Medium 1500184.009203thin
Large 1800182.191,45813thin
One grade step is worth $41.72/cwt here — about −$62 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 sale298 hd
220.92
—
IA average8 barns · 4,796 hd
229.74
−8.82
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

51 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1350260.00/cwt260.00–260.009101
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2370210.00/cwt210.00–210.007771
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned380247.86/cwt240.00–250.009429
Steers—Medium and Large 1492246.90/cwt244.00–263.001,21551
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy498205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0213
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned499238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,18811
Steers—Medium 1500184.00/cwt184.00–184.009203
Steers—Medium and Large 1520230.30/cwt219.00–237.501,1989
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2540190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0261
Steers—Medium and Large 1560222.54/cwt219.00–234.501,24610
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy565202.28/cwt201.00–204.001,1437
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned579218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,2629
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2583195.72/cwt193.00–197.001,1413
Steers—Medium and Large 1619234.28/cwt211.00–238.001,45086
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2624200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2484
Steers—Medium and Large 1674197.10/cwt191.00–205.001,3285
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned712198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,41010
Steers—Medium and Large 1715213.93/cwt197.50–221.001,53010
Steers—Large 1740185.35/cwt184.00–191.001,37210
Steers—Medium and Large 1791195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,54221
Steers—Medium and Large 1882186.33/cwt181.50–194.501,64328
Steers—Large 1900190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,7101
Steers—Medium and Large 1902190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,7143
Steers—Large 11,050162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,7062
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned330210.00/cwt210.00–210.006931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2360197.50/cwt197.50–197.507111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1396240.00/cwt240.00–240.009503
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned405207.50/cwt207.50–207.508403
Heifers—Medium and Large 1406218.74/cwt215.00–220.008884
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2423189.73/cwt185.00–195.008032
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476213.58/cwt206.00–222.001,01726
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2479191.00/cwt191.00–191.009154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned484222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,07410
Heifers—Medium 1506180.00/cwt180.00–180.009114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned513190.00/cwt190.00–190.009753
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528158.84/cwt152.50–165.008392
Heifers—Medium and Large 1545206.41/cwt200.00–208.001,1255
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy558218.50/cwt218.50–218.501,21917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580194.48/cwt192.00–206.001,12811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned612190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1633
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2616141.50/cwt141.50–141.508728
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628194.20/cwt188.50–196.001,22016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1657193.61/cwt178.00–197.251,27242
Heifers—Medium and Large 1732178.94/cwt172.00–182.001,31062
Heifers—Medium and Large 1777175.51/cwt168.00–178.001,3644
Heifers—Medium and Large 1819180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,47419
Heifers—Medium and Large 1913159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,4523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1972144.14/cwt139.00–158.001,4016
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1397200.00/cwt200.00–200.007943
Bulls—Medium and Large 1410200.00/cwt200.00–200.008202
Bulls—Medium and Large 1540205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,1073

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.