Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-06-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report available. Trade active with very good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.02/cwt on 556 head.

Average price

$134.02

556 head · 632 lb average

Value per head Derived

$847

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$56

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$0.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.36

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	633	134.02	848	544
Large 1	591	134.00	792	12thin

One grade step is worth $0.02/cwt here — about $56 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 sale556 hd

134.02

—

IA average7 barns · 3,010 hd

131.66

+2.36

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	145.52/cwt	137.00–154.00	685	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	125.87/cwt	120.00–127.25	983	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	461	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	641	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	132.08/cwt	130.00–135.00	696	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	132.50/cwt	120.00–134.75	953	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	152.60/cwt	145.00–160.00	653	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	127.81/cwt	120.50–132.25	845	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	163.27/cwt	163.00–164.00	617	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	136.39/cwt	134.00–137.75	772	68
Heifers	Large 1	—	591	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	792	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	132.28/cwt	128.00–135.10	817	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	978	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	1,042	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	127.18/cwt	121.50–129.00	1,053	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	803	136.75/cwt	136.75–136.75	1,098	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	170.68/cwt	166.00–176.00	812	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	133.24/cwt	121.00–136.00	1,046	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	174.19/cwt	170.00–176.00	761	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	145.08/cwt	140.00–152.00	984	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	161.68/cwt	161.50–161.75	849	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	152.28/cwt	146.00–156.00	949	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	565	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	848	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,055	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	138.58/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,003	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	493	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	818	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,005	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,106	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	154.59/cwt	143.50–158.50	875	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	430	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	735	2

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 Jun 10, 2020

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

Receipts 1,194Last week 1,900Year ago 0

No trend as no recent report available. Trade active with very good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	471	137.00–154.00	145.52
44	—	781	120.00–127.25	125.87
29	—	527	130.00–135.00	132.08
160	—	719	120.00–134.75	132.50
26	—	428	145.00–160.00	152.60
103	—	661	120.50–132.25	127.81
11	—	378	163.00–164.00	163.27
68	—	566	134.00–137.75	136.39
63	—	618	128.00–135.10	132.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	461	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	591	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	978	106.50	106.50
43	—	828	121.50–129.00	127.18
32	—	476	166.00–176.00	170.68
93	—	785	121.00–136.00	133.24
29	—	437	170.00–176.00	174.19
78	—	678	140.00–152.00	145.08
26	—	525	161.50–161.75	161.68
52	—	623	146.00–156.00	152.28
8	—	879	120.00	120.00
49	—	724	135.00–140.00	138.58
7	—	1,005	110.00	110.00
49	—	566	143.50–158.50	154.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	803	136.75	136.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	565	150.00	150.00
5	—	493	166.00	166.00
2	—	430	171.00	171.00

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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