Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent market coverage for comparison. Demand was moderate for moderate offerings. Some load lots were included in the mix.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.60/cwt on 624 head.

Average price

$149.60

624 head · 794 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,188

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$36

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

$6.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.82

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	792	150.73	1,194	514
Medium and Large 1-2	802	144.35	1,157	110

One grade step is worth $6.38/cwt here — about $36 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 sale624 hd

149.60

—

IA average11 barns · 7,219 hd

148.78

+0.82

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

19 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	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	823	143.85/cwt	143.85–143.85	1,184	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,030	125.68/cwt	124.00–129.00	1,295	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	134.31/cwt	127.25–134.75	1,236	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	542	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	705	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	688	145.15/cwt	144.00–145.50	999	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	150.40/cwt	147.00–153.50	1,068	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	827	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	851	146.75/cwt	146.75–146.75	1,249	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	993	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	143.67/cwt	143.25–143.75	1,312	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	153.22/cwt	150.00–157.00	1,178	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	761	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,096	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	142.04/cwt	137.00–144.50	940	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	776	144.25/cwt	144.25–144.25	1,119	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	853	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,267	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	959	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,367	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	152.77/cwt	151.00–154.85	1,260	159
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	133.81/cwt	131.00–139.00	965	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	580	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	812	3

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

Wed Nov 20, 2019

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

Receipts 800Last week 2,025Year ago 0

No recent market coverage for comparison. Demand was moderate for moderate offerings. Some load lots were included in the mix.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	823	143.85	143.85
10	—	776	144.25	144.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	920	127.25–134.75	134.31
12	—	712	139.50	139.50
9	—	662	137.00–144.50	142.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	542	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,030	124.00–129.00	125.68
13	—	688	144.00–145.50	145.15
112	—	710	147.00–153.50	150.40
25	—	913	143.25–143.75	143.67
168	—	769	150.00–157.00	153.22
8	—	853	148.50	148.50
17	—	959	142.50	142.50
159	—	825	151.00–154.85	152.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	591	140.00	140.00
67	—	851	146.75	146.75
25	—	761	144.00	144.00
12	—	721	131.00–139.00	133.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	580	140.00	140.00

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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