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Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa

Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2024-02-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-06

Feeder Cattle · Knoxville, Iowa · Tue, Feb 6

● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2151

← Jan 23Feb 6Mar 26 →

Receipts

785 head

▼ 1,023 vs last sale 1,808▼ 950 vs year ago 1,735 · −54.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report two weeks ago (1/23) steer calves 10.00-20.00 higher, heifer calves 20.00-25.00 higher. Trade active with moderate demand for the moderate offerings.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $273.07/cwt on 425 head.

Average price

$273.07

425 head · 661 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,806

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$195

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$88.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.51

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	645	278.18	1,795	380
Medium 1	674	249.90	1,683	30
Large 1	1,047	190.00	1,989	15thin

One grade step is worth $88.18/cwt here — about −$195 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 sale425 hd

273.07

—

IA average10 barns · 10,500 hd

258.57

+14.51

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

38 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	383	318.06/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,218	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	486	304.89/cwt	287.50–315.00	1,482	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	518	310.10/cwt	300.00–322.00	1,606	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	577	301.18/cwt	282.50–307.25	1,738	60
Steers	—	Medium 1	614	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,547	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	631	284.76/cwt	268.00–293.00	1,797	143
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	686	272.80/cwt	270.00–274.50	1,871	16
Steers	—	Medium 1	699	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,741	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	719	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,718	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	724	250.19/cwt	240.00–255.50	1,811	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	785	243.97/cwt	237.50–246.00	1,915	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	800	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,984	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	854	222.11/cwt	206.00–227.00	1,897	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	928	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,930	9
Steers	—	Large 1	1,047	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,989	15
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	341	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	921	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	379	292.44/cwt	291.00–295.00	1,108	11
Heifers	—	Medium 1	405	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	952	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	432	275.87/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,192	15
Heifers	—	Medium 1	451	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,128	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	464	265.05/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,230	17
Heifers	—	Medium 1	516	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,187	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	534	268.37/cwt	262.00–279.00	1,433	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	255.03/cwt	245.00–259.50	1,449	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	618	212.68/cwt	210.00–217.00	1,314	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	248.43/cwt	235.00–257.00	1,543	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,463	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	678	228.44/cwt	219.00–236.00	1,549	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	723	225.86/cwt	221.00–228.00	1,633	52
Heifers	—	Large 1	723	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,562	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	781	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,617	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	820	195.32/cwt	188.00–198.00	1,602	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	917	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,811	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	987	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,846	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	345	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,070	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	476	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,447	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	515	235.63/cwt	232.00–237.50	1,213	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	625	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,563	1

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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Knoxville Regional Feeder Cattle - Knoxville, IA

Tue Feb 6, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Receipts 785Last week 1,808Year ago 1,735

Compared to the last report two weeks ago (1/23) steer calves 10.00-20.00 higher, heifer calves 20.00-25.00 higher. Trade active with moderate demand for the moderate offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	250.00	250.00
3	—	476	304.00	304.00
3	—	515	232.00–237.50	235.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	345	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	618	210.00–217.00	212.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	723	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	405	235.00	235.00
5	—	451	250.00	250.00
4	—	516	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	464	260.00–270.00	265.05
4	—	917	197.50	197.50
10	—	678	219.00–236.00	228.44
4	—	341	270.00	270.00
11	—	820	188.00–198.00	195.32
2	—	987	187.00	187.00
3	—	781	207.00	207.00
53	—	621	235.00–257.00	248.43
27	—	568	245.00–259.50	255.03
36	—	534	262.00–279.00	268.37
11	—	379	291.00–295.00	292.44
15	—	432	275.00–285.00	275.87
52	—	723	221.00–228.00	225.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	650	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	928	208.00	208.00
16	—	686	270.00–274.50	272.80
10	—	383	310.00–320.00	318.06
18	—	800	248.00	248.00
13	—	854	206.00–227.00	222.11
39	—	724	240.00–255.50	250.19
60	—	577	282.50–307.25	301.18
22	—	785	237.50–246.00	243.97
143	—	631	268.00–293.00	284.76
21	—	518	300.00–322.00	310.10
24	—	486	287.50–315.00	304.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	719	239.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	614	252.00	252.00
21	—	699	249.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,047	190.00	190.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.