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Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa

Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2026-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-10

Feeder Cattle · Knoxville, Iowa · Tue, Feb 10

● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2151

← Jan 20Feb 10Sep 15 →

Receipts

655 head

▼ 808 vs last sale 1,463▲ 655 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report three weeks ago (1/20) steer calves 450-550 lbs 15.00 higher, 550-750 lbs. 40.00 higher, 800 lbs. 25.00 higher. Heifer calves 400-750 lbs. 30.00-50.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on the moderate offerings.

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 $439.29/cwt on 109 head. That ranks 2 of 1 comparable sales and sits +40.75 against this barn's trailing median of $398.54.

Average price

$439.29

109 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,455

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.25

vs IA average

+15.34 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	439.29	2,455	109

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale109 hd

439.29

—

IA average4 barns · 560 hd

439.04

+0.25

National average187 barns · 18,214 hd

423.95

+15.34

This barn, trailing median1 sales

398.54

+40.75

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

Every lot

39 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	286	645.00/cwt	645.00–645.00	1,845	13
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,890	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	384	539.12/cwt	480.00–580.00	2,070	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	524.19/cwt	510.00–527.50	2,333	22
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	518.98/cwt	509.00–527.50	2,418	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	516.92/cwt	497.50–528.00	2,667	41
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	493.10/cwt	472.00–503.00	2,776	16
Steers	550–600	Medium 1	589	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,586	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	602	449.53/cwt	427.00–465.00	2,706	35
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	406.63/cwt	392.00–418.00	2,785	49
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	711	411.37/cwt	409.00–412.00	2,925	47
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	826	360.75/cwt	360.75–360.75	2,980	20
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	312	543.77/cwt	520.00–600.00	1,697	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	337	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,921	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	375	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,988	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	504.56/cwt	480.00–580.00	1,953	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	441	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,139	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	474.80/cwt	455.00–492.50	2,246	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	444.48/cwt	437.00–447.50	2,147	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	491	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,529	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	532	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,367	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	449.69/cwt	445.00–455.00	2,401	32
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550	499.00/cwt	499.00–499.00	2,745	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	427.02/cwt	391.00–450.00	2,477	58
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,438	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,358	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	631	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,410	17
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,619	14
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	689	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,494	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	712	379.72/cwt	355.00–382.00	2,704	35
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	792	338.24/cwt	330.00–341.00	2,679	87
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	419.28/cwt	380.00–460.00	1,753	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	507	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,028	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,483	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,145	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	686	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,784	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	753	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,523	3
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	827	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,881	4
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	845	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,603	2

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 10, 2026

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

Receipts 655Last week 1,463Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	418	380.00–460.00	419.28
4	500–550	507	400.00	400.00
3	600–650	645	385.00	385.00
1	650–700	660	325.00	325.00
3	750–800	753	335.00	335.00
2	800–850	845	308.00	308.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	686	260.00	260.00
4	800–850	827	227.50	227.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	250–300	286	645.00	645.00
5	350–400	378	500.00	500.00
22	400–450	445	510.00–527.50	524.19
15	450–500	466	509.00–527.50	518.98
41	500–550	516	497.50–528.00	516.92
16	550–600	563	472.00–503.00	493.10
35	600–650	602	427.00–465.00	449.53
49	650–700	685	392.00–418.00	406.63
47	700–750	711	409.00–412.00	411.37
20	800–850	826	360.75	360.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	384	480.00–580.00	539.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	589	439.00	439.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	337	570.00	570.00
1	350–400	375	530.00	530.00
14	500–550	532	445.00	445.00
17	600–650	631	382.00	382.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	312	520.00–600.00	543.77
8	350–400	387	480.00–580.00	504.56
8	400–450	441	485.00	485.00
10	450–500	473	455.00–492.50	474.80
32	500–550	534	445.00–455.00	449.69
58	550–600	580	391.00–450.00	427.02
11	600–650	611	399.00	399.00
14	650–700	663	395.00	395.00
35	700–750	712	355.00–382.00	379.72
87	750–800	792	330.00–341.00	338.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	483	437.00–447.50	444.48
7	600–650	627	376.00	376.00
5	650–700	689	362.00	362.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	491	515.00	515.00
5	550–600	550	499.00	499.00

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.