Sale reports / Iowa / Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2024-05-21

Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Knoxville, Iowa · Tue, May 21
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2151
Receipts
835 head
▲ 220 vs last sale 615▲ 182 vs year ago 653 · +27.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $321.33/cwt on 124 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −100.88 against this barn's trailing median of $422.21.
Average price
$321.33
124 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,801
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$230
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$14.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.40
vs IA average
+7.23 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1573324.681,86194
Large 1519311.001,61425
Medium and Large 1-2526310.001,6315thin
One grade step is worth $14.68/cwt here — about $230 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 sale124 hd
321.33
—
IA average5 barns · 1,739 hd
333.73
−12.40
National average158 barns · 11,390 hd
314.10
+7.23
This barn, trailing median1 sales
422.21
−100.88
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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2331311.98/cwt300.00–330.001,0335
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1387366.19/cwt362.50–375.001,41713
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425356.00/cwt356.00–356.001,5136
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1479375.55/cwt371.00–382.501,79963
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2490312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,5316
Steers500–550Large 1519311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,61425
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned526310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6315
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1535341.16/cwt335.00–350.001,82525
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1587318.71/cwt306.00–335.001,87169
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1618312.62/cwt295.00–319.001,93232
Steers600–650Large 1628281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,76516
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1674287.60/cwt280.00–290.001,93834
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1710278.88/cwt274.00–282.501,98063
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1766258.95/cwt245.00–264.001,98430
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1852240.50/cwt240.50–240.502,04920
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2349285.00/cwt285.00–285.009958
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415346.89/cwt327.50–359.001,44030
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,3224
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470324.58/cwt315.00–335.001,52642
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470253.17/cwt240.00–262.501,1905
Heifers450–500Large 1498295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,46914
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1533317.49/cwt311.00–319.001,69257
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned536297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,59512
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2538277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,4935
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565297.24/cwt289.00–300.001,67951
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2591272.79/cwt270.00–277.501,6128
Heifers600–650Large 1600253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,51834
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1626269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,6849
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned635255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,6196
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1660253.41/cwt251.00–255.001,67315
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1727248.27/cwt244.50–257.501,80525
Heifers700–750Large 1748239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,78813
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1773241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,8637
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1813241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,9595
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1850222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,8914
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1511280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,4314
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1691255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,7625

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.