Sale reports / Iowa / Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2023-09-12

Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Knoxville, Iowa · Tue, Sep 12
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2151
Receipts
1,080 head
▲ 427 vs last sale 653▼ 430 vs year ago 1,510 · −28.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report. " CUSTOMER APPRECIATION SALE" . Trade active with moderate demand with the bulk of sales unweaned calves having at least one round of shots .

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $282.32/cwt on 507 head.
Average price
$282.32
507 head · 598 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,687
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$520
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2
$44.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+15.13
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1592284.371,684407
Large 1642279.351,79372
Medium and Large 1-2583265.761,55022
Medium 2485240.001,1646thin
One grade step is worth $44.37/cwt here — about $520 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 sale507 hd
282.32
—
IA average9 barns · 8,458 hd
267.19
+15.13
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

52 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 1Fleshy319330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,0533
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned444327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,4545
Steers—Large 1Unweaned446326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,45413
Steers—Medium and Large 1465309.90/cwt306.00–320.001,44114
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned485309.37/cwt299.00–316.001,50031
Steers—Medium 2485240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1646
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2520276.11/cwt270.00–282.501,4367
Steers—Large 1Unweaned524299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,56721
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned525293.64/cwt270.00–308.001,54247
Steers—Medium and Large 1526305.32/cwt300.00–311.001,60621
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2581272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,5834
Steers—Medium and Large 1582282.49/cwt275.00–300.501,64435
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned583286.45/cwt278.00–293.001,670116
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2624256.72/cwt251.00–261.001,60211
Steers—Medium and Large 1632276.87/cwt265.00–282.001,75037
Steers—Large 1656251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,6477
Steers—Medium and Large 1666269.53/cwt253.00–275.001,79524
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned667261.78/cwt255.00–265.001,74636
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy688284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,9542
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned717253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,81411
Steers—Medium and Large 1730257.23/cwt247.00–265.001,8789
Steers—Large 1753256.50/cwt256.50–256.501,93116
Steers—Medium and Large 1805257.50/cwt257.50–257.502,07312
Steers—Large 1851249.00/cwt249.00–249.002,11915
Steers—Medium and Large 1935240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,2444
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned395287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,1362
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned425225.00/cwt225.00–225.009562
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned428271.41/cwt270.00–275.001,16217
Heifers—Large 1Unweaned453287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,30010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned466276.37/cwt261.00–281.001,28818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned478260.38/cwt255.00–262.501,24511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1484274.47/cwt265.00–285.001,32820
Heifers—Medium and Large 1509266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,3544
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2509250.61/cwt250.00–254.001,27614
Heifers—Large 1Unweaned519260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3496
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned532247.44/cwt242.50–252.501,3164
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned539267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,43951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2558237.81/cwt230.00–250.001,32712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned570264.44/cwt264.00–265.001,50721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572273.70/cwt272.50–275.001,56636
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624253.77/cwt243.00–266.001,58421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned631247.60/cwt245.00–252.501,56229
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2641211.89/cwt200.00–230.001,3585
Heifers—Large 1669241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,6128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1677265.26/cwt264.00–269.001,79620
Heifers—Medium and Large 1712259.63/cwt259.00–260.001,84925
Heifers—Large 1757242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,83619
Heifers—Large 1870212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,8444
Heifers—Medium and Large 1954217.00/cwt217.00–217.002,07018
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1443295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,3072
Bulls—Medium and Large 1486302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,4704
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned504300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5127

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.