Sale reports / Iowa / Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2023-11-21

Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Knoxville, Iowa · Tue, Nov 21
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2151
Receipts
1,567 head
▲ 487 vs last sale 1,080▲ 467 vs year ago 1,100 · +42.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report for a comparison. Trade active with moderate demand for the moderate offerings. Many unweaned feeders with one or two rounds of shots today.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $220.91/cwt on 720 head.
Average price
$220.91
720 head · 580 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,281
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$270
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$21.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.34
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1568224.371,274517
Medium 1444216.4096215thin
Large 1645213.191,375160
Medium and Large 1-2494203.361,00428
One grade step is worth $21.01/cwt here — about $270 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 sale720 hd
220.91
—
IA average14 barns · 6,634 hd
223.25
−2.34
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

66 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1320345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,1042
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned384288.21/cwt282.50–290.001,1078
Steers—Medium and Large 1396285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1293
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned396255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,0103
Steers—Medium 1Unweaned422225.00/cwt225.00–225.009508
Steers—Medium and Large 1434273.15/cwt267.50–287.001,18512
Steers—Medium 1441267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,1807
Steers—Large 1Unweaned452230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,04016
Steers—Medium 1455226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,0288
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned477232.03/cwt220.00–242.501,10734
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2512228.75/cwt222.50–235.001,1718
Steers—Medium 1513233.27/cwt230.00–235.001,1979
Steers—Large 1Unweaned521248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,29222
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned530244.67/cwt230.00–254.001,29710
Steers—Medium and Large 1535289.24/cwt276.00–298.501,54774
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy558246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,37314
Steers—Medium 1563227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,2783
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2563219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,23318
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned574239.71/cwt230.00–253.001,37657
Steers—Medium and Large 1584268.90/cwt263.50–277.501,57034
Steers—Large 1Unweaned599231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,38422
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned608248.03/cwt227.00–250.001,50849
Steers—Medium and Large 1621261.28/cwt246.50–268.751,62363
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy664220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4616
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2667205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,36711
Steers—Medium and Large 1668246.21/cwt238.50–249.251,64531
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned670235.33/cwt235.00–239.001,57736
Steers—Large 1682227.76/cwt222.00–233.001,5539
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned714194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,3859
Steers—Medium and Large 1720225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,62011
Steers—Medium and Large 1753229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,72441
Steers—Medium and Large 1836218.50/cwt218.50–218.501,8275
Steers—Large 1952205.50/cwt205.50–205.501,95610
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Large 1Unweaned304200.00/cwt200.00–200.006085
Heifers—Medium and Large 1329250.01/cwt242.50–252.008235
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned372232.47/cwt225.00–240.0086513
Heifers—Large 1Unweaned375226.00/cwt226.00–226.008484
Heifers—Medium and Large 1381232.50/cwt232.50–232.508863
Heifers—Medium 1Unweaned394229.00/cwt229.00–229.009026
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned395210.00/cwt210.00–210.008302
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2431202.51/cwt199.00–210.0087312
Heifers—Large 1Unweaned432233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,00717
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433229.91/cwt220.00–246.0099637
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned437230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0055
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475232.96/cwt227.50–235.001,1077
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475210.00/cwt210.00–210.009986
Heifers—Medium 1Unweaned478208.00/cwt208.00–208.009949
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned492229.16/cwt215.00–235.001,12745
Heifers—Large 1Unweaned492219.40/cwt210.00–220.501,07929
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned526223.26/cwt222.00–225.001,17412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529223.66/cwt200.00–231.001,18364
Heifers—Large 1Unweaned536200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy551200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,10217
Heifers—Large 1Unweaned561209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,17225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned568223.76/cwt213.50–228.501,271111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569230.96/cwt227.50–235.501,31428
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned600225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3508
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615231.22/cwt226.00–235.001,42272
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2627198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,2418
Heifers—Large 1637219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,39512
Heifers—Large 1669206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,3785
Heifers—Medium and Large 1677220.96/cwt213.50–227.001,49647
Heifers—Medium and Large 1737209.33/cwt204.50–210.501,54330
Heifers—Large 1795202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,61013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1834201.69/cwt200.00–202.001,68213
Heifers—Large 1893208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,85746

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.