Sale reports / Iowa / Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2024-09-10

Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Knoxville, Iowa · Tue, Sep 10
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2151
Receipts
865 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 835▼ 215 vs year ago 1,080 · −19.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

"SPECIAL CUSTOMER APPRECIATION SALE". No trend as no recent report to compare with. Trade was active with good demand for the moderate offerings. Many unweaned offerings having several rounds of shots.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $298.24/cwt on 145 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −123.97 against this barn's trailing median of $422.21.
Average price
$298.24
145 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,625
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$34
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$29.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.97
vs IA average
+30.04 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541300.851,627132
Large 1586271.771,59413thin
One grade step is worth $29.08/cwt here — about $34 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale145 hd
298.24
—
IA average6 barns · 1,499 hd
293.28
+4.97
National average178 barns · 13,815 hd
268.20
+30.04
This barn, trailing median1 sales
422.21
−123.97
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

53 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2327340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,1122
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned366343.25/cwt327.50–350.001,2567
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,2922
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1408309.44/cwt299.00–320.001,2634
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned437326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,42514
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1477300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4316
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned490299.62/cwt287.00–309.001,46824
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2493281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,3853
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned523300.70/cwt290.00–309.001,57339
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526299.05/cwt285.00–309.001,57326
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned554303.12/cwt298.00–304.501,67952
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568296.49/cwt287.00–308.001,68415
Steers550–600Large 1Unweaned585269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,5744
Steers550–600Large 1587273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,6039
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1619277.06/cwt270.00–285.001,71556
Steers600–650Large 1623264.08/cwt260.00–267.001,6457
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned624278.71/cwt277.00–281.001,73956
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2630261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,6446
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675275.50/cwt275.50–275.501,8609
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned713241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,7183
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1735260.61/cwt257.00–266.501,91557
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1764259.16/cwt258.00–261.501,9806
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1848238.50/cwt238.50–238.502,0224
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1865235.38/cwt225.50–240.002,03637
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned320347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,1122
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned389319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,24112
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned404309.72/cwt306.00–311.001,25112
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy417318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,3264
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423289.17/cwt281.00–295.001,22313
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned431279.12/cwt267.50–290.001,2034
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435274.03/cwt272.50–275.001,1925
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned473286.62/cwt280.00–290.001,3563
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1484282.00/cwt279.00–286.001,36514
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy507281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,42510
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned511283.60/cwt282.00–284.001,44935
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1529261.68/cwt255.00–270.001,38411
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1577259.84/cwt251.00–267.001,49934
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned594256.58/cwt256.50–257.001,52425
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy611264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,61327
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned613253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,55135
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1628252.86/cwt247.00–257.001,58870
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1668258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,7234
Heifers650–700Large 1689233.32/cwt220.00–240.001,6086
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned698231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,6123
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fancy737244.31/cwt241.00–246.001,80130
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1743232.78/cwt232.00–236.001,73010
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1762228.15/cwt225.00–231.001,73917
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1842222.91/cwt221.00–224.001,87711
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1878228.50/cwt228.50–228.502,0066
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1917220.50/cwt220.50–220.502,02211
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned463276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,2783
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned541265.50/cwt265.00–266.001,4364
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1570224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,2774

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.