Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as this was a calf sale and last week had to few calves for a true price value. Trade was very active with very good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $172.95/cwt on 445 head.

Average price

$172.95

445 head · 483 lb average

Value per head Derived

$836

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$33

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

$22.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+37.00

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	482	173.15	835	441
Medium and Large 1-2	575	151.00	868	4thin

One grade step is worth $22.15/cwt here — about −$33 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 sale445 hd

172.95

—

IA average4 barns · 2,386 hd

135.94

+37.00

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

27 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 1Unweaned	—	368	163.70/cwt	161.00–164.00	602	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	526	135.85/cwt	135.00–136.50	715	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	448	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	775	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	162.61/cwt	156.00–171.00	624	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	158.13/cwt	152.00–163.00	810	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	416	146.66/cwt	142.50–165.00	610	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	160.73/cwt	156.50–167.00	543	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	162.44/cwt	157.00–166.00	698	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	542	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	883	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	500	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	114.75/cwt	110.00–121.00	717	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	161.07/cwt	156.00–162.50	760	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	349	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	524	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	553	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	375	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	615	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	167.71/cwt	167.00–168.00	1,020	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	166.54/cwt	162.00–174.00	794	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	174.57/cwt	170.50–179.00	906	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	868	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	134.57/cwt	134.00–136.00	964	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	406	177.72/cwt	173.00–180.00	722	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	178.52/cwt	167.50–184.00	668	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	475	171.62/cwt	169.00–172.00	815	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	264	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	449	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	308	172.69/cwt	170.00–180.00	532	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	172.88/cwt	170.00–179.50	982	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	568	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	983	24

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 8, 2020

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

Receipts 880Last week 871Year ago 0

No trend as this was a calf sale and last week had to few calves for a true price value. Trade was very active with very good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	368	161.00–164.00	163.70
20	—	448	173.00	173.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	526	135.00–136.50	135.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	384	156.00–171.00	162.61
61	—	512	152.00–163.00	158.13
32	—	338	156.50–167.00	160.73
57	—	430	157.00–166.00	162.44
5	—	625	110.00–121.00	114.75
55	—	472	156.00–162.50	161.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	416	142.50–165.00	146.66
27	—	542	163.00	163.00
5	—	349	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	345	145.00	145.00
1	—	395	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	375	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	608	167.00–168.00	167.71
30	—	477	162.00–174.00	166.54
122	—	519	170.50–179.00	174.57
7	—	716	134.00–136.00	134.57
26	—	406	173.00–180.00	177.72
75	—	374	167.50–184.00	178.52
5	—	264	170.00	170.00
23	—	308	170.00–180.00	172.69
73	—	568	170.00–179.50	172.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	575	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	475	169.00–172.00	171.62
24	—	568	173.00	173.00

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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