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Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa

Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2025-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-04

Feeder Cattle · Knoxville, Iowa · Tue, Feb 4

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2151

← Jan 21Feb 4Mar 18 →

Receipts

569 head

▼ 1,009 vs last sale 1,578▼ 216 vs year ago 785 · −27.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report two weeks ago Jan. 21 steer calves mostly firm with a stronger undertone, heifer calves also firm with a strong undertone. Trade was active with moderate demand with many offerings in smaller packages than two weeks ago.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $307.34/cwt on 64 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −91.20 against this barn's trailing median of $398.54.

Average price

$307.34

64 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,664

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$128

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$24.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.08

vs IA average

+8.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	308.49	1,670	61
Medium 1	543	284.00	1,542	3thin

One grade step is worth $24.49/cwt here — about $128 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale64 hd

307.34

—

IA average6 barns · 1,075 hd

307.26

+0.08

National average192 barns · 21,303 hd

298.86

+8.48

This barn, trailing median1 sales

398.54

−91.20

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,268	1
Steers	350–400	Medium 1	368	326.45/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,201	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	377.97/cwt	370.00–397.50	1,398	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,763	5
Steers	400–450	Medium 1	437	343.59/cwt	325.00–352.50	1,501	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	438	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,588	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	451	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,657	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	492	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,722	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	363.11/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,892	39
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	360.78/cwt	360.00–367.50	2,060	38
Steers	550–600	Medium 1	574	286.19/cwt	282.50–290.00	1,643	6
Steers	600–650	Medium 1	620	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,724	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	310.49/cwt	292.00–320.00	1,959	24
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	641	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,897	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	686	304.57/cwt	297.00–306.50	2,089	47
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	287.36/cwt	282.00–294.00	2,075	9
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	265.95/cwt	264.50–274.00	2,069	13
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	868	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,153	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	310	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,240	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	325	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,105	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1	377	316.76/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,194	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	342.24/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,475	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1	442	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,348	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	446	293.35/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,308	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	452	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,537	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1	483	312.22/cwt	301.00–316.00	1,508	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	515	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,352	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	310.54/cwt	299.00–315.00	1,646	41
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1	543	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,542	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	566	314.50/cwt	314.50–314.50	1,780	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	593	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,666	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	287.68/cwt	280.00–295.50	1,798	110
Heifers	600–650	Medium 1	637	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,656	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	271.32/cwt	257.00–289.00	1,823	21
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	258.60/cwt	257.00–260.00	1,810	15

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 Feb 4, 2025

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

Receipts 569Last week 1,578Year ago 785

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	566	314.50	314.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	377	310.00–320.00	316.76
4	400–450	442	305.00	305.00
8	450–500	483	301.00–316.00	312.22
3	500–550	543	284.00	284.00
2	600–650	637	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	400.00	400.00
10	400–450	431	335.00–345.00	342.24
7	450–500	452	340.00	340.00
41	500–550	530	299.00–315.00	310.54
3	550–600	593	281.00	281.00
110	600–650	625	280.00–295.50	287.68
21	650–700	672	257.00–289.00	271.32
15	700–750	700	257.00–260.00	258.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	340.00	340.00
3	400–450	446	280.00–300.00	293.35
2	500–550	515	262.50	262.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	438	362.50	362.50
2	450–500	492	350.00	350.00
11	600–650	641	296.00	296.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	390.00	390.00
7	350–400	370	370.00–397.50	377.97
5	400–450	430	410.00	410.00
3	450–500	451	367.50	367.50
39	500–550	521	360.00–370.00	363.11
38	550–600	571	360.00–367.50	360.78
24	600–650	631	292.00–320.00	310.49
47	650–700	686	297.00–306.50	304.57
9	700–750	722	282.00–294.00	287.36
13	750–800	778	264.50–274.00	265.95
4	850–900	868	248.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	368	325.00–330.00	326.45
6	400–450	437	325.00–352.50	343.59
6	550–600	574	282.50–290.00	286.19
5	600–650	620	278.00	278.00

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.