Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling sale. Compared to last week steers 500-700 pounds were steady to mostly 2.00 lower, heifers 500-700 pounds were mostly 5.00 lower. Several lot loads today. Demand good for the moderate offerings. Trading active

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $142.29/cwt on 977 head.

Average price

$142.29

977 head · 678 lb average

Value per head Derived

$965

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$126

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

$5.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.69

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	683	142.72	975	898
Medium and Large 1-2	618	137.37	849	79

One grade step is worth $5.36/cwt here — about $126 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 sale977 hd

142.29

—

IA average15 barns · 17,026 hd

141.60

+0.69

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

30 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	—	496	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	739	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	146.72/cwt	140.00–149.00	700	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	148.81/cwt	147.00–155.00	652	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	802	118.79/cwt	111.00–119.50	953	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	139.35/cwt	135.50–146.00	725	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	911	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	146.62/cwt	139.00–153.00	911	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,111	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	691	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	829	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	599	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	749	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	143.19/cwt	134.00–147.10	961	284
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	169.48/cwt	167.00–171.50	797	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	910	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	182.09/cwt	179.00–185.00	774	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	162.36/cwt	153.75–165.50	857	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	132.71/cwt	125.00–134.60	1,014	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	134.91/cwt	130.00–136.60	766	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	130.69/cwt	122.25–132.75	822	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	132.94/cwt	121.00–134.85	901	259
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	129.25/cwt	129.25–129.25	984	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	123.91/cwt	122.85–124.60	1,080	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	136.51/cwt	129.50–138.00	991	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	735	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	816	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	768	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	134.32/cwt	133.50–136.00	651	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	524	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	710	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	131.06/cwt	130.00–131.75	877	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	141.23/cwt	139.50–146.00	829	49

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 Jan 13, 2021

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

Receipts 1,984Last week 2,726Year ago 1,442

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	496	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	477	140.00–149.00	146.72
19	—	438	147.00–155.00	148.81
63	—	802	111.00–119.50	118.79
64	—	520	135.50–146.00	139.35
64	—	735	124.00	124.00
81	—	568	130.00–136.60	134.91
133	—	629	122.25–132.75	130.69
259	—	678	121.00–134.85	132.94
71	—	761	129.25	129.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	691	120.00	120.00
8	—	599	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	588	125.00	125.00
5	—	680	120.00	120.00
7	—	640	120.00	120.00
9	—	485	133.50–136.00	134.32
3	—	388	135.00	135.00
3	—	532	133.50	133.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	621	139.00–153.00	146.62
6	—	805	138.00	138.00
284	—	671	134.00–147.10	143.19
13	—	470	167.00–171.50	169.48
22	—	565	161.00	161.00
25	—	425	179.00–185.00	182.09
86	—	528	153.75–165.50	162.36
97	—	764	125.00–134.60	132.71
111	—	872	122.85–124.60	123.91
144	—	726	129.50–138.00	136.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	669	130.00–131.75	131.06
49	—	587	139.50–146.00	141.23

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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