Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2021-11-17

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Nov 17
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162
Receipts
1,525 head
229 vs last sale 1,296 366 vs year ago 1,891 · 19.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend, as there was no recent market coverage for comparison. Demand was good for the moderate offerings. Trading was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $165.99/cwt on 878 head.
Average price
$165.99
878 head · 796 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,322
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$202
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.30
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1799166.811,332831
Large 1769154.501,18811thin
Medium and Large 1-2751150.421,13036
One grade step is worth $16.40/cwt here — about $202 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 sale878 hd
165.99
IA average10 barns · 6,667 hd
161.69
+4.30
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

22 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersLarge 1845130.25/cwt130.25–130.251,10110
HeifersMedium and Large 1644145.50/cwt145.50–145.509376
HeifersMedium and Large 1517149.00/cwt149.00–149.007708
HeifersMedium and Large 1815148.25/cwt148.25–148.251,20811
HeifersMedium and Large 1726147.77/cwt146.50–149.001,07312
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2453145.00/cwt145.00–145.006573
SteersMedium and Large 1907159.19/cwt158.85–159.501,444121
SteersMedium and Large 1723166.02/cwt158.00–170.351,200142
SteersMedium and Large 1775165.33/cwt164.10–165.751,28199
SteersMedium and Large 1557162.00/cwt162.00–162.009027
SteersMedium and Large 1-2962132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,2757
SteersMedium and Large 1-2697158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,1014
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2810136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,1023
HeifersMedium and Large 1683154.10/cwt142.50–155.351,053349
SteersMedium and Large 1691168.50/cwt168.50–168.501,16472
SteersMedium and Large 1823169.62/cwt165.25–171.751,396390
HeifersMedium and Large 1778150.76/cwt146.00–152.351,173148
SteersLarge 1769154.50/cwt154.50–154.501,18811
SteersMedium and Large 1-2728155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,12814
SteersMedium and Large 1-2768154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,1833
SteersMedium and Large 1-2833149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,2453
SteersMedium and Large 1-2506155.00/cwt155.00–155.007845

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.