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Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa

Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2024-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-30

Feeder Cattle · Knoxville, Iowa · Tue, Apr 30

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2151

← Mar 26Apr 30May 21 →

Receipts

615 head

▼ 494 vs last sale 1,109▼ 135 vs year ago 750 · −18.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report. Trade active with moderate demand for the limiter offerings.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $324.39/cwt on 94 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −97.82 against this barn's trailing median of $422.21.

Average price

$324.39

94 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,798

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$118

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$7.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.22

vs IA average

+15.78 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	324.95	1,807	87
Medium and Large 1-2	532	317.50	1,689	7thin

One grade step is worth $7.45/cwt here — about $118 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale94 hd

324.39

—

IA average6 barns · 1,173 hd

326.61

−2.22

National average166 barns · 9,614 hd

308.61

+15.78

This barn, trailing median1 sales

422.21

−97.82

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

Every lot

31 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,436	6
Steers	400–450	Large 1	404	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,303	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	351.88/cwt	350.00–352.50	1,443	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	442	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,492	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	346.56/cwt	342.50–352.50	1,605	17
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	498	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,638	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	342.03/cwt	335.00–347.00	1,809	30
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	530	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,643	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,689	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	316.66/cwt	300.00–321.00	1,821	51
Steers	600–650	Large 1	603	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,737	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	313.53/cwt	308.00–315.00	1,972	36
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	275.25/cwt	263.00–282.50	1,841	40
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	688	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,837	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	266.95/cwt	258.00–277.50	1,935	25
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	869	228.77/cwt	226.50–229.50	1,988	20
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,005	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	2,050	12
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	322	328.42/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,058	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	342.78/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,275	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,391	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,305	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	461	291.18/cwt	287.50–295.00	1,342	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	316.11/cwt	315.00–317.00	1,539	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,600	4
Heifers	500–550	Large 1	515	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,481	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	259.20/cwt	252.50–269.00	1,350	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	269.80/cwt	265.00–288.00	1,557	59
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	249.41/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,581	29
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	691	239.99/cwt	230.00–249.00	1,658	23
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	859	216.75/cwt	216.75–216.75	1,862	33
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	976	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,893	11

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 Apr 30, 2024

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

Receipts 615Last week 1,109Year ago 750

No trend as no recent report. Trade active with moderate demand for the limiter offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	322	325.00–335.00	328.42
7	350–400	372	340.00–345.00	342.78
6	400–450	412	337.50	337.50
18	450–500	487	315.00–317.00	316.11
4	500–550	512	312.50	312.50
59	550–600	577	265.00–288.00	269.80
29	600–650	634	245.00–255.00	249.41
23	650–700	691	230.00–249.00	239.99
33	850–900	859	216.75	216.75
11	950–1000	976	194.00	194.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	435	300.00	300.00
8	450–500	461	287.50–295.00	291.18
11	500–550	521	252.50–269.00	259.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	515	287.50	287.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	442	337.50	337.50
6	450–500	498	329.00	329.00
7	500–550	532	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	404	322.50	322.50
8	600–650	603	288.00	288.00
12	1000–1050	1,005	204.00	204.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	378	380.00	380.00
13	400–450	410	350.00–352.50	351.88
17	450–500	463	342.50–352.50	346.56
30	500–550	529	335.00–347.00	342.03
51	550–600	575	300.00–321.00	316.66
36	600–650	629	308.00–315.00	313.53
40	650–700	669	263.00–282.50	275.25
25	700–750	725	258.00–277.50	266.95
20	850–900	869	226.50–229.50	228.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	530	310.00	310.00
11	650–700	688	267.00	267.00

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.