Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as there was no recent report for comparison. Demand was good for the light offerings. Trade was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $180.94/cwt on 414 head.

Average price

$180.94

414 head · 501 lb average

Value per head Derived

$906

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$96

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

$31.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+33.09

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	499	182.22	909	397
Medium and Large 1-2	538	151.18	813	17thin

One grade step is worth $31.04/cwt here — about $96 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 sale414 hd

180.94

—

IA average9 barns · 5,778 hd

147.86

+33.09

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

32 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	200.58/cwt	187.00–204.50	826	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	320	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	624	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	456	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	702	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,028	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	191.25/cwt	191.25–191.25	914	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	471	187.06/cwt	180.50–190.75	881	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	147.96/cwt	146.00–150.00	931	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	175.28/cwt	171.50–176.50	938	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	529	172.38/cwt	162.00–176.00	912	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	176.25/cwt	176.25–176.25	978	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	570	168.59/cwt	168.50–169.00	961	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	397	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	822	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	427	189.38/cwt	187.00–193.50	809	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	598	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	897	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	142.09/cwt	141.50–143.50	956	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	356	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	744	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	546	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	819	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	430	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	641	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	401	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	666	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	268	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	576	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	758	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	433	163.70/cwt	157.00–170.00	709	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	636	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	527	142.79/cwt	138.00–146.00	753	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	586	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	331	173.75/cwt	170.00–175.00	575	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	488	143.23/cwt	140.00–144.00	699	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	415	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	618	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	293	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	483	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	589	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	169.59/cwt	169.00–173.50	741	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	859	4

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 Sep 16, 2020

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

Receipts 701Last week 1,194Year ago 753

No trend as there was no recent report for comparison. Demand was good for the light offerings. Trade was active.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	412	187.00–204.50	200.58
6	—	714	144.00	144.00
91	—	478	191.25	191.25
4	—	629	146.00–150.00	147.96
42	—	535	171.50–176.50	175.28
22	—	555	176.25	176.25
15	—	397	207.00	207.00
10	—	673	141.50–143.50	142.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	320	195.00	195.00
58	—	471	180.50–190.75	187.06
46	—	529	162.00–176.00	172.38
44	—	570	168.50–169.00	168.59
34	—	427	187.00–193.50	189.38
11	—	356	209.00	209.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	456	154.00	154.00
6	—	598	150.00	150.00
6	—	546	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	430	149.00	149.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	401	166.00	166.00
3	—	268	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	489	155.00	155.00
8	—	381	167.00	167.00
3	—	330	177.50	177.50
66	—	437	169.00–173.50	169.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	433	157.00–170.00	163.70
18	—	527	138.00–146.00	142.79
12	—	331	170.00–175.00	173.75
10	—	488	140.00–144.00	143.23
4	—	293	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	415	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	395	149.00	149.00
4	—	690	124.50	124.50

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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