Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent market coverage for comparison. Trading was active. Demand was good for the heavy offerings. A strong undertone prevailed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $155.03/cwt on 1,222 head.

Average price

$155.03

1,222 head · 672 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,041

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$120

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

$5.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.11

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	678	155.63	1,055	1,084
Medium and Large 1-2	622	150.28	935	138

One grade step is worth $5.35/cwt here — about $120 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 sale1,222 hd

155.03

—

IA average15 barns · 16,059 hd

153.92

+1.11

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

43 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 1	—	755	140.27/cwt	134.50–141.00	1,059	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	339	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	631	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	707	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	975	127.41/cwt	122.25–131.25	1,242	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	941	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,313	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	187.55/cwt	182.00–193.00	891	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	842	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	948	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	1,085	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	129.85/cwt	129.00–132.50	951	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	149.38/cwt	142.50–155.50	630	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	147.03/cwt	140.00–149.50	685	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	139.88/cwt	130.75–141.50	913	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	154.23/cwt	150.00–158.00	972	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,190	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	167.06/cwt	160.50–170.75	941	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	836	137.57/cwt	128.00–139.00	1,150	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	149.67/cwt	145.00–156.50	1,069	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	155.42/cwt	150.00–157.50	892	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	142.85/cwt	142.50–143.50	1,031	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	175.20/cwt	171.00–179.00	923	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	141.31/cwt	138.00–142.25	1,092	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	156.73/cwt	152.00–158.75	1,067	267
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	197.70/cwt	197.00–199.00	822	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	142.62/cwt	138.00–144.75	746	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	139.08/cwt	135.00–140.50	847	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	136.92/cwt	132.20–139.75	787	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	142.56/cwt	140.00–145.50	905	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	654	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	948	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	860	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	709	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	496	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	135.13/cwt	134.00–136.50	570	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	698	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	890	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	122.02/cwt	120.00–122.50	750	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	396	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	566	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	639	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	783	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	774	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	909	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	557	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	752	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	589	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	916	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	752	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	955	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	493	172.40/cwt	170.00–174.00	850	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	397	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	719	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	492	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	905	9

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 Jan 8, 2020

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

Receipts 2,140Last week 1,285Year ago 0

No recent market coverage for comparison. Trading was active. Demand was good for the heavy offerings. A strong undertone prevailed.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	755	134.50–141.00	140.27
3	—	948	114.50	114.50
27	—	732	129.00–132.50	129.85
31	—	422	142.50–155.50	149.38
61	—	466	140.00–149.50	147.03
79	—	653	130.75–141.50	139.88
92	—	523	138.00–144.75	142.62
114	—	609	135.00–140.50	139.08
136	—	575	132.20–139.75	136.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	541	131.00	131.00
9	—	335	148.00	148.00
9	—	422	134.00–136.50	135.13
9	—	698	127.50	127.50
21	—	615	120.00–122.50	122.02
7	—	396	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	639	122.50	122.50
7	—	774	117.50	117.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	557	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	339	186.00	186.00
5	—	374	189.00	189.00
7	—	975	122.25–131.25	127.41
13	—	941	139.50	139.50
32	—	475	182.00–193.00	187.55
38	—	630	150.00–158.00	154.23
53	—	862	138.00	138.00
76	—	563	160.50–170.75	167.06
83	—	836	128.00–139.00	137.57
142	—	714	145.00–156.50	149.67
115	—	527	171.00–179.00	175.20
174	—	773	138.00–142.25	141.31
267	—	681	152.00–158.75	156.73
25	—	416	197.00–199.00	197.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	536	157.00	157.00
27	—	574	150.00–157.50	155.42
32	—	722	142.50–143.50	142.85
42	—	635	140.00–145.50	142.56
6	—	654	145.00	145.00
16	—	486	177.00	177.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	589	155.50	155.50
7	—	397	181.00	181.00
9	—	492	184.00	184.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	752	127.00	127.00
5	—	493	170.00–174.00	172.40

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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