Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the most recent market coverage two weeks ago steers under 550 lbs. ended mixed, while the 550-700 lb. steers sold 5.00-12.00 higher. The 700-850 lb. steers were 4.00-7.00 higher. Heifers under 500 lbs. also ended mixed and the 500-650 lb. heifers were 2.50-13.00 higher. Heifers 650-800 lbs. were steady to 7.00 higher. Demand was good for the moderate to heavy offerings. Trading was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $153.84/cwt on 940 head.

Average price

$153.84

940 head · 648 lb average

Value per head Derived

$997

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$180

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

$0.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.48

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	657	153.90	1,011	870
Medium and Large 1-2	543	153.07	831	70

One grade step is worth $0.84/cwt here — about $180 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 sale940 hd

153.84

—

IA average4 barns · 2,281 hd

147.36

+6.48

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

37 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	—	549	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	645	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	290	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	525	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	601	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	153.35/cwt	150.00–154.00	633	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	349	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	581	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	136.62/cwt	134.50–143.50	715	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	139.09/cwt	137.00–141.50	796	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	124.97/cwt	120.00–125.50	981	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,118	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	139.13/cwt	133.50–145.50	877	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	131.80/cwt	129.75–133.60	937	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	149.92/cwt	141.25–156.00	712	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	136.67/cwt	130.00–139.50	927	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	605	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	868	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	758	132.10/cwt	132.10–132.10	1,001	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	649	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	663	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	598	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	768	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	126.27/cwt	122.50–128.50	768	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	344	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	671	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	159.84/cwt	155.00–165.00	849	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	129.41/cwt	126.00–130.10	1,074	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	183.53/cwt	181.50–190.00	771	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	149.94/cwt	148.00–150.75	1,017	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	181.02/cwt	171.00–183.00	827	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	144.02/cwt	141.50–149.25	1,033	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	156.83/cwt	150.00–158.10	1,013	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	163.17/cwt	155.00–166.50	925	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	140.88/cwt	138.00–141.85	1,090	275
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	661	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,008	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	722	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,061	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	510	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	746	131.66/cwt	130.50–134.00	982	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	699	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	968	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	157.53/cwt	155.00–160.00	745	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	168.77/cwt	167.50–171.00	726	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	149.63/cwt	149.00–153.00	866	27

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 May 13, 2020

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

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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
6	—	549	117.50	117.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	290	181.00	181.00
4	—	364	165.00	165.00
19	—	413	150.00–154.00	153.35
26	—	349	166.50	166.50
38	—	523	134.50–143.50	136.62
49	—	572	137.00–141.50	139.09
53	—	785	120.00–125.50	124.97
60	—	860	130.00	130.00
89	—	630	133.50–145.50	139.13
103	—	711	129.75–133.60	131.80
107	—	475	141.25–156.00	149.92
132	—	678	130.00–139.50	136.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	605	143.50	143.50
23	—	758	132.10	132.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	515	126.00	126.00
9	—	489	135.50	135.50
12	—	598	128.50	128.50
16	—	608	122.50–128.50	126.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	344	195.00	195.00
24	—	531	155.00–165.00	159.84
39	—	830	126.00–130.10	129.41
47	—	420	181.50–190.00	183.53
47	—	678	148.00–150.75	149.94
74	—	457	171.00–183.00	181.02
78	—	717	141.50–149.25	144.02
94	—	646	150.00–158.10	156.83
119	—	567	155.00–166.50	163.17
275	—	774	138.00–141.85	140.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	661	152.50	152.50
39	—	722	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	300	170.00	170.00
6	—	746	130.50–134.00	131.66
8	—	699	138.50	138.50
11	—	473	155.00–160.00	157.53
13	—	430	167.50–171.00	168.77
27	—	579	149.00–153.00	149.63

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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