Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report. Trade active with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $173.21/cwt on 395 head.

Average price

$173.21

395 head · 491 lb average

Value per head Derived

$850

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$116

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

$18.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+27.89

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	492	174.55	858	366
Medium and Large 1-2	475	156.34	743	29

One grade step is worth $18.20/cwt here — about $116 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale395 hd

173.21

—

IA average5 barns · 1,703 hd

145.32

+27.89

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

Every lot, as filed

27 lots · USDA AMS · Bloomfield Livestock Feeder Cattle - Bloomfield, IA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	439	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	599	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	716	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	306	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	581	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	661	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	572	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	738	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	145.18/cwt	141.00–151.00	672	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	503	177.75/cwt	177.75–177.75	894	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	164.61/cwt	157.00–167.00	863	70
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	506	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	698	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	154.63/cwt	148.00–159.00	665	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	492	182.02/cwt	177.00–185.75	896	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	166.32/cwt	156.00–170.00	941	45
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	407	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	619	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	337	173.72/cwt	164.00–180.00	585	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	409	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	761	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	184.75/cwt	178.00–189.00	706	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	153.40/cwt	153.00–154.00	824	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	381	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	629	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	133.13/cwt	129.50–135.50	746	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	126.95/cwt	125.00–131.00	603	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	161.89/cwt	161.50–162.50	771	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	156.90/cwt	156.50–157.50	692	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	308	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	539	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	433	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	727	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	596	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	171.87/cwt	168.00–179.00	713	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	735	5

How this sale compares

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 →

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No trend as no recent report. Trade active with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	439	136.50	136.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	592	121.00	121.00
12	—	475	125.00–131.00	126.95
6	—	391	152.50	152.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	463	141.00–151.00	145.18
47	—	430	148.00–159.00	154.63
28	—	337	164.00–180.00	173.72
22	—	560	129.50–135.50	133.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	433	168.00	168.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	306	190.00	190.00
70	—	524	157.00–167.00	164.61
45	—	566	156.00–170.00	166.32
23	—	382	178.00–189.00	184.75
22	—	476	161.50–162.50	161.89
15	—	415	168.00–179.00	171.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	391	169.00	169.00
10	—	537	153.00–154.00	153.40
10	—	441	156.50–157.50	156.90
5	—	487	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	503	177.75	177.75
69	—	492	177.00–185.75	182.02
25	—	409	186.00	186.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	572	129.00	129.00
6	—	506	138.00	138.00
4	—	407	152.00	152.00
3	—	381	165.00	165.00
3	—	308	175.00	175.00

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.

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