Sale reports / Iowa / Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2024-03-26

Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Knoxville, Iowa · Tue, Mar 26
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2151
Receipts
1,109 head
▲ 324 vs last sale 785▼ 403 vs year ago 1,512 · −26.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report. Trade active with moderate demand for the moderate offerings of desirable feeders.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $332.45/cwt on 112 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −89.76 against this barn's trailing median of $422.21.
Average price
$332.45
112 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,816
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+1.88
vs IA average
+22.19 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546332.451,816112
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale112 hd
332.45
—
IA average5 barns · 756 hd
330.56
+1.88
National average156 barns · 8,291 hd
310.26
+22.19
This barn, trailing median1 sales
422.21
−89.76
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

27 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1340340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,1563
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1358345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,2353
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1427342.10/cwt340.00–345.001,46119
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473323.21/cwt301.00–345.001,52916
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525342.82/cwt310.00–352.501,80057
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568321.70/cwt285.00–331.001,82755
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1614306.79/cwt301.00–310.001,88414
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673289.92/cwt270.00–300.001,951109
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1731284.02/cwt280.00–287.002,07655
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1762262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,99621
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1829245.88/cwt236.00–252.002,03890
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1858248.38/cwt238.50–254.602,13167
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1915235.84/cwt233.50–237.002,15824
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1986215.00/cwt215.00–215.002,12022
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1398327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,3039
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420311.59/cwt300.00–322.501,30922
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474294.08/cwt275.00–308.001,39434
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1503302.35/cwt292.50–304.001,52114
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575282.42/cwt280.00–284.001,62438
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618273.20/cwt249.00–283.001,688103
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1694244.66/cwt240.00–245.001,69869
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1743250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,85815
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1760230.82/cwt225.00–232.501,75422
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1810229.50/cwt223.00–234.001,85978
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1879221.26/cwt211.00–223.501,94528
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1492308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,5153
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1596277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,6543

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.