Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-09-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend, as there was no recent market coverage for comparison. Demand was good for the moderate offerings. Quality was good and several load lots were offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $160.46/cwt on 1,249 head.

Average price

$160.46

1,249 head · 765 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,228

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$171

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

$14.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.19

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	768	161.50	1,241	1,160
Medium and Large 1-2	728	146.96	1,070	89

One grade step is worth $14.54/cwt here — about $171 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 sale1,249 hd

160.46

—

IA average7 barns · 4,106 hd

153.27

+7.19

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

26 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	Medium and Large 1	—	581	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	854	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	493	150.63/cwt	150.00–151.00	743	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	145.85/cwt	145.85–145.85	1,094	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	804	140.32/cwt	137.00–143.25	1,128	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	156.23/cwt	150.00–160.50	833	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	153.27/cwt	151.60–155.75	961	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	162.87/cwt	160.00–165.75	1,104	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	164.86/cwt	157.00–170.00	1,179	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	165.97/cwt	160.00–167.75	1,051	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	921	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	159.46/cwt	156.25–164.60	1,317	571
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	161.06/cwt	156.00–166.00	933	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	163.12/cwt	161.00–171.00	855	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	903	152.85/cwt	152.85–152.85	1,380	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	751	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,021	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	152.71/cwt	145.00–156.00	1,029	316
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	149.71/cwt	149.50–150.00	987	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	147.06/cwt	140.00–151.00	1,137	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	150.20/cwt	142.75–151.10	1,077	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	165.57/cwt	156.50–168.10	1,268	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	817	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,054	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	134.35/cwt	133.75–136.50	981	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	814	143.77/cwt	140.00–144.75	1,170	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,050	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	861	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	141.08/cwt	133.00–146.00	745	17

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 22, 2021

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

Receipts 2,062Last week 1,201Year ago 1,491

No trend, as there was no recent market coverage for comparison. Demand was good for the moderate offerings. Quality was good and several load lots were offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	581	147.00	147.00
8	—	493	150.00–151.00	150.63
9	—	750	145.85	145.85
17	—	804	137.00–143.25	140.32
20	—	533	150.00–160.50	156.23
102	—	627	151.60–155.75	153.27
316	—	674	145.00–156.00	152.71
182	—	717	142.75–151.10	150.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	751	136.00	136.00
5	—	817	129.00	129.00
21	—	730	133.75–136.50	134.35
14	—	615	140.00	140.00
17	—	528	133.00–146.00	141.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	678	160.00–165.75	162.87
201	—	715	157.00–170.00	164.86
118	—	633	160.00–167.75	165.97
571	—	826	156.25–164.60	159.46
25	—	579	156.00–166.00	161.06
14	—	524	161.00–171.00	163.12
63	—	903	152.85	152.85
98	—	766	156.50–168.10	165.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	614	150.00	150.00
21	—	659	149.50–150.00	149.71
26	—	773	140.00–151.00	147.06
15	—	814	140.00–144.75	143.77
19	—	724	145.00	145.00

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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