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Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa

Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2026-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-15

Feeder Cattle · Knoxville, Iowa · Tue, Sep 15

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2151

← Feb 10Sep 15latest

Receipts

1,138 head

▲ 483 vs last sale 655▲ 1,138 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Knoxville was the Annual Customer Appreciation Lunch. No comparison of todays auction as the previous auction was more than three weeks prior. Demand was good today and included internet bidders. Supply was heavy and included many smaller packages of mostly yearlings and unweaned calves. Two consignors brought more than 300 head.

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 $398.54/cwt on 107 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $398.54.

Average price

$398.54

107 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,137

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$190

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$66.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.58

vs IA average

+44.23 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	401.00	2,143	103
Medium and Large 1-2	583	335.00	1,953	4thin

One grade step is worth $66.00/cwt here — about $190 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 sale107 hd

398.54

—

IA average5 barns · 723 hd

392.95

+5.58

National average171 barns · 9,246 hd

354.31

+44.23

This barn, trailing median1 sales

398.54

+0.00

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	355	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,970	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	375	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,969	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	394	570.75/cwt	567.50–577.50	2,249	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	502.07/cwt	497.50–527.50	2,164	19
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	436	468.99/cwt	460.00–472.50	2,045	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	488.53/cwt	477.50–501.00	2,306	55
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	491	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,124	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,068	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	433.54/cwt	430.00–441.00	2,328	84
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	414.21/cwt	392.00–422.00	2,365	22
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	587	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,160	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	387.25/cwt	371.00–394.00	2,366	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	616	377.38/cwt	341.00–390.00	2,325	24
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,444	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	677	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,295	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	739	361.32/cwt	359.50–368.50	2,670	24
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	350.53/cwt	340.00–361.50	2,703	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	323	579.41/cwt	575.00–585.00	1,871	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	347	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,423	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	369	471.80/cwt	460.00–497.50	1,741	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,713	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	458.91/cwt	450.00–475.00	1,964	24
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	413.27/cwt	409.00–417.00	2,004	25
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	495	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,980	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	504	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	2,157	35
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	394.58/cwt	388.00–400.00	2,060	26
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	564	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,273	20
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	367.90/cwt	360.00–376.00	2,086	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	579	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,044	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	583	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,953	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	609	350.19/cwt	339.00–354.00	2,133	26
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	336.74/cwt	333.00–342.00	2,236	40
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	330.25/cwt	329.50–338.00	2,374	107
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	315.50/cwt	309.50–325.50	2,433	13
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	314.87/cwt	309.50–334.00	2,591	87
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	872	321.68/cwt	304.00–330.00	2,805	10
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	910	304.55/cwt	296.00–311.00	2,771	7

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 Sep 15, 2026

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

Receipts 1,138Last week 655Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	323	575.00–585.00	579.41
35	500–550	504	428.00	428.00
20	550–600	564	403.00	403.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	369	460.00–497.50	471.80
24	400–450	428	450.00–475.00	458.91
25	450–500	485	409.00–417.00	413.27
26	500–550	522	388.00–400.00	394.58
16	550–600	567	360.00–376.00	367.90
26	600–650	609	339.00–354.00	350.19
40	650–700	664	333.00–342.00	336.74
107	700–750	719	329.50–338.00	330.25
13	750–800	771	309.50–325.50	315.50
87	800–850	823	309.50–334.00	314.87
10	850–900	872	304.00–330.00	321.68
7	900–950	910	296.00–311.00	304.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	495	400.00	400.00
6	550–600	579	353.00	353.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	347	410.00	410.00
7	350–400	385	445.00	445.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	583	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	677	339.00	339.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	394	567.50–577.50	570.75
19	400–450	431	497.50–527.50	502.07
55	450–500	472	477.50–501.00	488.53
84	500–550	537	430.00–441.00	433.54
22	550–600	571	392.00–422.00	414.21
15	600–650	611	371.00–394.00	387.25
11	650–700	675	362.00	362.00
24	700–750	739	359.50–368.50	361.32
6	750–800	771	340.00–361.50	350.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	355	555.00	555.00
10	450–500	491	432.50	432.50
24	600–650	616	341.00–390.00	377.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	375	525.00	525.00
11	400–450	436	460.00–472.50	468.99
10	500–550	533	388.00	388.00
8	550–600	587	368.00	368.00

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.