Sale reports / Iowa / Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2024-10-29

Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Knoxville, Iowa · Tue, Oct 29
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2151
Receipts
640 head
▼ 225 vs last sale 865▼ 440 vs year ago 1,080 · −40.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report to compare with. Trade was active with moderate 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 $295.14/cwt on 99 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −127.07 against this barn's trailing median of $422.21.
Average price
$295.14
99 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,591
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$111
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$27.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.54
vs IA average
−5.55 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537299.311,60784
Large 1551271.771,49615thin
One grade step is worth $27.55/cwt here — about $111 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 sale99 hd
295.14
—
IA average5 barns · 1,193 hd
294.59
+0.54
National average185 barns · 40,108 hd
300.69
−5.55
This barn, trailing median1 sales
422.21
−127.07
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

35 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1355365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,2962
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned397300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1915
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1413331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,3677
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned479307.78/cwt298.00–332.001,47473
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1484308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,4915
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned500322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,61017
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1508310.74/cwt310.00–313.001,57921
Steers500–550Large 1526276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,4527
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned564285.71/cwt273.00–301.001,61146
Steers550–600Large 1572268.06/cwt262.00–274.001,5338
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned616274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,68859
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1622258.74/cwt250.00–264.001,60913
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6504
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned693231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,60114
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1823220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,8114
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1943222.00/cwt222.00–222.002,0938
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,1142
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned336329.54/cwt322.50–331.001,1076
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned378312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,17924
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385322.33/cwt309.50–329.001,2419
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned417294.99/cwt287.00–300.001,23010
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,3183
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned473294.44/cwt279.00–304.001,39370
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1479278.02/cwt274.00–284.501,33246
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned513273.80/cwt266.00–276.001,40518
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572269.50/cwt266.00–275.001,5428
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned580241.43/cwt235.00–262.001,40045
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665238.17/cwt237.00–240.001,5848
Heifers650–700Small and Medium 1686198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,3583
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1765245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,8746
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1397325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,2902
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned402322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,2962
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1526272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,43113
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned575253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,4554
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1657211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,3862

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.