Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Trade active. Demand good. This was the annual yearling sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $150.73/cwt on 1,047 head.

Average price

$150.73

1,047 head · 760 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,145

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$149

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

$10.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.02

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	761	151.04	1,149	1,016
Medium and Large 1-2	712	140.50	1,000	31

One grade step is worth $10.54/cwt here — about $149 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 sale1,047 hd

150.73

—

IA average7 barns · 4,472 hd

144.71

+6.02

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

28 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	147.25/cwt	147.00–148.00	1,263	246
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	154.18/cwt	147.25–155.60	1,189	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	151.78/cwt	143.50–156.00	1,111	181
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	140.67/cwt	138.50–141.50	1,020	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	757	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,045	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	143.36/cwt	140.00–149.00	824	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	153.95/cwt	142.00–159.60	1,041	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	841	145.90/cwt	135.00–148.25	1,227	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	156.39/cwt	153.75–158.00	993	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	158.52/cwt	152.50–163.00	910	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,188	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	881	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	128.69/cwt	125.50–133.00	734	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	967	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	884	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	134.77/cwt	130.00–137.00	721	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	832	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	145.55/cwt	138.25–146.00	958	259
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	143.74/cwt	137.00–147.00	831	185
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	142.28/cwt	141.00–144.50	878	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	134.91/cwt	126.00–136.75	1,048	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	125.59/cwt	119.00–127.75	1,034	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	135.47/cwt	132.00–138.75	971	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	155.61/cwt	155.00–156.00	671	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	149.78/cwt	146.00–158.00	722	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,051	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	744	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	907	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,088	2

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 →

Bloomfield Livestock Feeder Cattle - Bloomfield, IA

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

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No comparison. Trade active. Demand good. This was the annual yearling sale.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
246	—	858	147.00–148.00	147.25
183	—	771	147.25–155.60	154.18
181	—	732	143.50–156.00	151.78
138	—	676	142.00–159.60	153.95
97	—	841	135.00–148.25	145.90
88	—	635	153.75–158.00	156.39
40	—	574	152.50–163.00	158.52
32	—	910	130.50	130.50
11	—	518	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	725	138.50–141.50	140.67
6	—	757	138.00	138.00
4	—	575	140.00–149.00	143.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	570	125.50–133.00	128.69
6	—	813	119.00	119.00
5	—	657	134.50	134.50
3	—	535	130.00–137.00	134.77
1	—	635	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
259	—	658	138.25–146.00	145.55
185	—	578	137.00–147.00	143.74
138	—	617	141.00–144.50	142.28
90	—	777	126.00–136.75	134.91
61	—	823	119.00–127.75	125.59
54	—	717	132.00–138.75	135.47
13	—	431	155.00–156.00	155.61
12	—	482	146.00–158.00	149.78
5	—	869	121.00	121.00
5	—	522	142.50	142.50
2	—	907	120.00	120.00

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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