Sale reports / Iowa / Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2023-12-05

Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Knoxville, Iowa · Tue, Dec 5
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2151
Receipts
683 head
▼ 884 vs last sale 1,567▼ 417 vs year ago 1,100 · −37.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report two weeks ago (11/21) feeder steers mixed, firm to 20.00 lower with steers over 600 lbs.. being the stronger, heifer calves also mixed 400-550 lbs. 10.00-20.00 higher, over 550 lbs. 10.00-15.00 lower. Trade moderate with moderate demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $213.80/cwt on 335 head.
Average price
$213.80
335 head · 592 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,265
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$44
per head · Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$17.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.40
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Large 1598219.001,3106thin
Medium and Large 1590214.261,264315
Medium and Large 1-2629201.211,26514thin
One grade step is worth $17.79/cwt here — about $44 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 sale335 hd
213.80
—
IA average9 barns · 5,806 hd
226.20
−12.40
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

37 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1322295.42/cwt280.00–304.009513
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned340285.00/cwt285.00–285.009692
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned425255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,0842
Steers—Medium and Large 1435245.49/cwt245.00–246.001,0682
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned468248.33/cwt237.50–255.001,16211
Steers—Medium and Large 1487248.01/cwt246.00–250.001,20810
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full510240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2248
Steers—Medium and Large 1513254.18/cwt252.50–255.501,3049
Steers—Medium and Large 1551242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,3334
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned565239.76/cwt218.00–250.501,35531
Steers—Medium 1592225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3325
Steers—Large 1615240.50/cwt240.50–240.501,4797
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned620226.90/cwt218.00–230.001,40712
Steers—Medium and Large 1625248.33/cwt239.50–254.501,55237
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned666233.96/cwt228.00–238.501,55816
Steers—Medium and Large 1677231.77/cwt229.00–240.501,56916
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned701223.75/cwt223.75–223.751,56857
Steers—Medium and Large 1711228.98/cwt228.25–230.501,62833
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned783213.25/cwt213.25–213.251,67045
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned338230.00/cwt230.00–230.007773
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429257.47/cwt250.00–266.001,10522
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned439256.53/cwt254.00–257.501,12611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0582
Heifers—Medium and Large 1488242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,18123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned514218.49/cwt210.00–223.001,12312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2536209.50/cwt202.00–212.001,1234
Heifers—Medium and Large 1545222.44/cwt219.00–223.001,21214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned561222.18/cwt221.00–224.001,24613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1581220.27/cwt213.00–224.001,28065
Heifers—Large 1598219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,3106
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned608207.09/cwt201.00–218.001,25953
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626210.63/cwt206.50–216.001,31914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1668203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,3565
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned688181.75/cwt181.75–181.751,25070
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2701191.50/cwt191.50–191.501,3426
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2757190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4382
Heifers—Medium and Large 1798214.50/cwt214.50–214.501,71210

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.