Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-07-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend, no recent report. Trade active with good demand . A number of offerings sold in load lots today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $157.72/cwt on 437 head.

Average price

$157.72

437 head · 745 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,175

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$263

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

$29.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.14

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	534	164.82	879	14thin
Medium and Large 1	742	159.79	1,186	383
Large 1-2	844	135.35	1,142	40

One grade step is worth $29.47/cwt here — about −$263 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 sale437 hd

157.72

—

IA average5 barns · 2,242 hd

147.58

+10.14

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	Large 1	—	591	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	768	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	730	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	872	6
Steers	Large 1-2	—	844	135.35/cwt	135.35–135.35	1,142	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	552	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	767	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	837	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	979	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	536	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	724	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	146.88/cwt	145.00–147.50	858	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	842	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	802	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,275	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	983	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	162.46/cwt	159.00–165.00	1,017	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	789	153.35/cwt	153.35–153.35	1,210	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	158.11/cwt	156.00–158.50	1,138	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	149.60/cwt	149.50–149.75	923	54
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	635	128.39/cwt	125.00–130.00	815	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	765	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	941	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	166.08/cwt	161.00–169.00	1,109	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	155.88/cwt	155.30–157.00	1,263	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	500	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	745	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	956	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	873	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	969	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	730	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	148.77/cwt	142.00–150.50	1,055	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	696	150.93/cwt	150.00–152.25	1,050	216
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	556	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	890	5

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 Jul 21, 2021

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

Receipts 920Last week 1,240Year ago 0

No trend, no recent report. Trade active with good demand . A number of offerings sold in load lots today.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	591	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	730	119.50	119.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	584	145.00–147.50	146.88
16	—	486	165.00	165.00
54	—	617	149.50–149.75	149.60
6	—	500	149.00	149.00
97	—	709	142.00–150.50	148.77
216	—	696	150.00–152.25	150.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	731	132.50	132.50
8	—	525	139.00	139.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	844	135.35	135.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	481	175.00	175.00
11	—	879	145.00	145.00
15	—	552	178.00	178.00
19	—	626	159.00–165.00	162.46
19	—	789	153.35	153.35
59	—	720	156.00–158.50	158.11
66	—	668	161.00–169.00	166.08
180	—	810	155.30–157.00	155.88
11	—	510	187.50	187.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	521	167.50	167.50
5	—	556	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	552	139.00	139.00
2	—	837	117.00	117.00
3	—	536	135.00	135.00
3	—	635	125.00–130.00	128.39
10	—	765	123.00	123.00

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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