Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as there was no recent report for comparison. Demand was good for the light offerings. Trade was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $162.05/cwt on 801 head.

Average price

$162.05

801 head · 760 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,232

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$276

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

$15.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.89

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	775	164.28	1,273	688
Medium and Large 1-2	671	148.43	997	113

One grade step is worth $15.85/cwt here — about $276 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 sale801 hd

162.05

—

IA average7 barns · 3,425 hd

161.16

+0.89

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	757	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	916	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	612	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	704	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	644	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	902	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	630	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	857	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,162	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	603	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	856	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	848	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	935	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,323	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	547	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	875	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,137	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	166.98/cwt	160.00–170.00	967	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	675	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	945	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	163.57/cwt	154.50–165.85	1,364	438
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	446	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	785	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	901	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,261	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,375	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	604	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	991	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	911	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	160.50/cwt	157.25–162.60	1,082	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	133.53/cwt	132.50–135.00	1,086	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	155.09/cwt	151.50–158.00	890	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	142.61/cwt	140.00–153.00	967	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	494	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	701	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	699	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	979	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	705	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	966	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	988	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	164.97/cwt	157.25–168.75	1,194	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	507	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	761	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	904	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,284	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	958	118.61/cwt	117.00–120.50	1,136	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	150.16/cwt	146.00–153.25	908	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	750	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	156.60/cwt	156.60–156.60	1,112	25

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 Oct 20, 2021

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

Receipts 1,296Last week 2,062Year ago 0

No trend as there was no recent report for comparison. Demand was good for the light offerings. Trade was active.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	757	121.00	121.00
4	—	612	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	644	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	630	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	833	139.50	139.50
190	—	674	157.25–162.60	160.50
16	—	507	150.00	150.00
17	—	904	142.00	142.00
45	—	605	146.00–153.25	150.16
24	—	469	160.00	160.00
25	—	710	156.60	156.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	603	142.00	142.00
12	—	813	132.50–135.00	133.53
4	—	483	146.00	146.00
5	—	710	136.00	136.00
13	—	958	117.00–120.50	118.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	494	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	435	195.00	195.00
18	—	935	141.50	141.50
67	—	579	160.00–170.00	166.98
438	—	834	154.50–165.85	163.57
7	—	876	157.00	157.00
12	—	604	164.00	164.00
14	—	549	166.00	166.00
116	—	724	157.25–168.75	164.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	547	160.00	160.00
17	—	768	148.00	148.00
10	—	901	140.00	140.00
22	—	574	151.50–158.00	155.09
24	—	678	140.00–153.00	142.61
5	—	648	152.50	152.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	675	140.00	140.00
5	—	446	176.00	176.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	699	140.00	140.00

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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