Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.74/cwt on 439 head.

Average price

$121.74

439 head · 697 lb average

Value per head Derived

$849

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$186

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

$6.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.95

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	699	121.82	851	434
Medium and Large 1-2	578	115.00	665	5thin

One grade step is worth $6.82/cwt here — about $186 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 sale439 hd

121.74

—

IA average7 barns · 2,450 hd

127.70

−5.95

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

24 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	—	768	128.75/cwt	128.75–128.75	989	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	665	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	747	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	124.66/cwt	120.00–127.00	841	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	400	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	500	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	108.68/cwt	105.00–112.75	906	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	119.18/cwt	110.00–120.00	859	224
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	833	127.25/cwt	127.25–127.25	1,060	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	341	128.99/cwt	126.00–130.00	440	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	127.93/cwt	125.00–129.00	658	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	125.08/cwt	120.00–130.00	789	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	725	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	921	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	842	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	132.99/cwt	131.25–133.75	1,025	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	123.16/cwt	115.00–123.85	1,068	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	794	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	977	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	559	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	148.98/cwt	140.50–150.50	876	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,004	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	140.58/cwt	140.00–142.00	789	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	560	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	921	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	825	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	127.44/cwt	125.50–134.00	847	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	135.15/cwt	130.75–136.50	970	92

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 Apr 1, 2020

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

Receipts 871Last week 0Year ago 0

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	768	128.75	128.75
27	—	833	127.25	127.25
18	—	725	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	578	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	586	127.50	127.50
21	—	675	120.00–127.00	124.66
7	—	400	125.00	125.00
19	—	834	105.00–112.75	108.68
224	—	721	110.00–120.00	119.18
4	—	341	126.00–130.00	128.99
16	—	514	125.00–129.00	127.93
76	—	631	120.00–130.00	125.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	510	165.00	165.00
41	—	771	131.25–133.75	132.99
72	—	867	115.00–123.85	123.16
2	—	335	167.00	167.00
22	—	588	140.50–150.50	148.98
70	—	830	121.00	121.00
6	—	625	132.00	132.00
47	—	665	125.50–134.00	127.44
92	—	718	130.75–136.50	135.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	794	123.00	123.00
7	—	561	140.00–142.00	140.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	560	164.50	164.50

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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