Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2020-09-23

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Sep 23
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162
Receipts
1,491 head
790 vs last sale 701 534 vs year ago 2,025 · 26.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week 600-750 lb. steers sold 7.00-10.00 higher. Other weights of steers and heifers did not have enough numbers for comparison, as last week was a calf sale and this week yearlings. Demand was good for the moderate offerings. Trading was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $149.75/cwt on 889 head.
Average price
$149.75
889 head · 786 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,177
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$305
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.73
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1792149.911,187859
Medium and Large 1-2607145.3388230
One grade step is worth $4.58/cwt here — about $305 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 sale889 hd
149.75
IA average7 barns · 4,288 hd
139.02
+10.73
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

23 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1861145.43/cwt140.00–146.851,252142
SteersMedium and Large 1922137.63/cwt128.00–139.101,269111
SteersMedium and Large 1-2527153.85/cwt151.00–158.0081115
SteersMedium and Large 1839148.07/cwt147.75–150.251,24276
SteersMedium and Large 1-2625137.48/cwt135.00–140.0085910
SteersMedium and Large 1632155.09/cwt151.00–160.0098055
SteersMedium and Large 1-2812135.45/cwt130.00–139.001,1005
SteersMedium and Large 1667152.87/cwt146.00–158.001,02017
SteersMedium and Large 1775153.61/cwt148.00–155.351,190229
SteersMedium and Large 1956126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,2054
SteersMedium and Large 1732154.57/cwt146.50–157.001,131225
HeifersMedium and Large 1644145.38/cwt135.00–148.5093678
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2561126.29/cwt123.00–130.0070813
HeifersMedium and Large 1777127.19/cwt125.00–133.5098830
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2513142.50/cwt142.50–142.5073110
HeifersMedium and Large 1867114.76/cwt110.00–121.0099517
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2668124.50/cwt124.50–124.508329
HeifersMedium and Large 1496148.00/cwt148.00–148.0073412
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2639129.47/cwt125.00–133.008279
HeifersMedium and Large 1585147.50/cwt147.50–147.5086311
HeifersMedium and Large 1713146.43/cwt135.50–147.251,044230
HeifersMedium and Large 1981105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0304
HeifersMedium and Large 1659146.38/cwt137.50–148.25965118

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.