Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago 450 to 600 pound steers sold 1.00 to 6.00 lower, while the 600 to 750 pound steers were 1.00 to 5.00 higher. The 450 to 650 pound heifers sold 2.00 to 7.00 lower. Trade was active. Demand was good for the moderate to heavy offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $148.95/cwt on 568 head.

Average price

$148.95

568 head · 668 lb average

Value per head Derived

$996

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$177

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

$11.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.80

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	679	150.52	1,021	489
Medium and Large 1-2	606	139.28	844	79

One grade step is worth $11.23/cwt here — about $177 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 sale568 hd

148.95

—

IA average12 barns · 10,237 hd

147.15

+1.80

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

39 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	635	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	737	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	667	119.88/cwt	114.00–124.00	800	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	913	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	963	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	137.07/cwt	135.00–140.00	843	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	129.47/cwt	126.00–132.00	760	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	141.10/cwt	141.10–141.10	1,236	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	132.17/cwt	129.00–136.00	965	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	147.60/cwt	147.60–147.60	1,166	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	147.87/cwt	143.00–150.25	936	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	744	149.32/cwt	140.00–152.20	1,111	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	163.59/cwt	162.50–165.00	789	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	155.14/cwt	155.00–155.25	887	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	161.18/cwt	159.00–163.00	849	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	150.70/cwt	150.00–152.00	713	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	132.15/cwt	129.00–135.00	897	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	687	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	143.41/cwt	140.00–146.00	812	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	612	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	134.10/cwt	132.75–137.50	713	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	138.50/cwt	136.00–140.50	662	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	149.73/cwt	141.50–153.85	1,012	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	764	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	871	147.85/cwt	147.85–147.85	1,288	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	815	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	718	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	128.05/cwt	125.00–130.00	668	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	900	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	609	128.11/cwt	125.00–128.50	780	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	142.55/cwt	142.50–142.60	966	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	546	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	792	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	371	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	497	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	517	134.29/cwt	133.00–135.00	694	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	688	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	843	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	532	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	657	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	576	124.93/cwt	123.25–126.50	720	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	561	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	682	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	686	123.74/cwt	121.50–125.00	849	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	628	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	879	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	646	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	846	6

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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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	635	116.00	116.00
5	—	667	114.00–124.00	119.88
8	—	913	105.50	105.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	371	134.00	134.00
11	—	517	133.00–135.00	134.29
20	—	688	122.50	122.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	615	135.00–140.00	137.07
52	—	587	126.00–132.00	129.47
116	—	876	141.10	141.10
4	—	422	145.00	145.00
25	—	532	132.75–137.50	134.10
31	—	478	136.00–140.50	138.50
130	—	678	142.50–142.60	142.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	671	121.50	121.50
9	—	593	121.00	121.00
11	—	522	125.00–130.00	128.05
12	—	732	123.00	123.00
45	—	609	125.00–128.50	128.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	546	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	532	123.50	123.50
13	—	561	121.50	121.50
27	—	686	121.50–125.00	123.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	576	123.25–126.50	124.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	730	129.00–136.00	132.17
12	—	473	150.00–152.00	150.70
31	—	679	129.00–135.00	132.15
8	—	443	155.00	155.00
9	—	566	140.00–146.00	143.41
4	—	516	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	790	147.60	147.60
74	—	633	143.00–150.25	147.87
75	—	744	140.00–152.20	149.32
7	—	482	162.50–165.00	163.59
24	—	572	155.00–155.25	155.14
57	—	527	159.00–163.00	161.18
146	—	676	141.50–153.85	149.73
23	—	871	147.85	147.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	628	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	646	131.00	131.00

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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