Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week lightweight steers were 2.00 to sharply higher, lightweight heifers were mostly steady to 7.00 higher. Demand was good for the moderate offerings. Trading was active.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.70/cwt on 986 head.

Average price

$141.70

986 head · 698 lb average

Value per head Derived

$989

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$147

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

$10.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.49

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	701	142.39	999	921
Medium and Large 1-2	646	131.84	851	65

One grade step is worth $10.55/cwt here — about $147 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 sale986 hd

141.70

—

IA average10 barns · 7,461 hd

143.19

−1.49

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

34 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	Large 1	—	1,043	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,210	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	664	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	764	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	281	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	527	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	398	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	661	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	842	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	167.42/cwt	159.00–175.50	1,028	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	165.82/cwt	160.00–167.10	1,084	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	838	146.07/cwt	140.85–150.00	1,224	238
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	138.28/cwt	132.00–146.60	1,056	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	914	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	174.87/cwt	173.00–177.00	1,026	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	853	148.56/cwt	142.00–149.85	1,267	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	139.25/cwt	139.25–139.25	1,025	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,156	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	138.87/cwt	132.75–148.00	1,014	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	151.14/cwt	144.50–158.00	1,161	237
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	151.28/cwt	144.00–157.00	868	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	131.33/cwt	126.25–132.75	1,089	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	976	120.25/cwt	120.25–120.25	1,174	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	188.20/cwt	185.00–190.00	811	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	909	137.59/cwt	135.00–145.00	1,251	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	501	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	686	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	143.64/cwt	140.25–145.50	967	205
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	130.35/cwt	130.35–130.35	1,131	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	786	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,085	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	137.74/cwt	137.00–138.50	871	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	128.17/cwt	116.50–131.50	875	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	136.81/cwt	130.00–142.00	780	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	552	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	856	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,095	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	151.14/cwt	146.00–154.25	966	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,010	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	862	7

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 Apr 14, 2021

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

Receipts 1,983Last week 1,706Year ago 1,085

Compared to last week lightweight steers were 2.00 to sharply higher, lightweight heifers were mostly steady to 7.00 higher. Demand was good for the moderate offerings. Trading was active.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,043	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	614	159.00–175.50	167.42
112	—	654	160.00–167.10	165.82
238	—	838	140.85–150.00	146.07
4	—	508	180.00	180.00
35	—	587	173.00–177.00	174.87
73	—	853	142.00–149.85	148.56
45	—	727	159.00	159.00
237	—	768	144.50–158.00	151.14
11	—	431	185.00–190.00	188.20
27	—	909	135.00–145.00	137.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	736	139.25	139.25
4	—	976	120.25	120.25
3	—	786	138.00	138.00
13	—	552	155.00	155.00
4	—	805	136.00	136.00
5	—	673	150.00	150.00
7	—	490	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	430	154.50	154.50
6	—	485	157.50	157.50
8	—	281	187.50	187.50
12	—	398	166.00	166.00
20	—	540	156.00	156.00
168	—	764	132.00–146.60	138.28
172	—	730	132.75–148.00	138.87
73	—	574	144.00–157.00	151.28
113	—	829	126.25–132.75	131.33
205	—	673	140.25–145.50	143.64
31	—	868	130.35	130.35
107	—	639	146.00–154.25	151.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	501	137.00	137.00
14	—	632	137.00–138.50	137.74
39	—	683	116.50–131.50	128.17
7	—	570	130.00–142.00	136.81

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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