Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend, as there was no recent market coverage for comparison. Demand was good for the moderate offerings. Offerings included several load lots. Trade was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $162.32/cwt on 733 head.

Average price

$162.32

733 head · 787 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,278

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$174

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

$17.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.55

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	788	163.19	1,287	696
Medium and Large 1-2	762	145.97	1,113	37

One grade step is worth $17.22/cwt here — about $174 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 sale733 hd

162.32

—

IA average11 barns · 9,008 hd

168.87

−6.55

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

24 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 1-2	—	702	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	913	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	884	142.25/cwt	142.25–142.25	1,257	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,244	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	900	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	547	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	788	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	140.43/cwt	135.00–148.00	806	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	164.95/cwt	161.00–168.75	1,288	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	852	161.10/cwt	161.10–161.10	1,373	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	150.30/cwt	150.00–150.50	1,018	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	160.04/cwt	156.50–165.00	1,160	194
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	865	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	403	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	677	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	648	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	907	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	907	163.25/cwt	163.25–163.25	1,481	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	180.58/cwt	177.00–185.00	863	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	181.93/cwt	175.00–186.00	1,059	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	142.22/cwt	139.00–146.50	1,252	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	842	163.14/cwt	152.50–164.85	1,374	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	156.63/cwt	155.35–157.85	1,089	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	148.91/cwt	140.00–149.50	1,208	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,120	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	979	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	599	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,018	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	566	131.76/cwt	130.00–134.00	746	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 Dec 15, 2021

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

Receipts 1,360Last week 2,737Year ago 0

No trend, as there was no recent market coverage for comparison. Demand was good for the moderate offerings. Offerings included several load lots. Trade was active.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	702	130.00	130.00
10	—	667	135.00	135.00
8	—	547	144.00	144.00
7	—	574	135.00–148.00	140.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	884	142.25	142.25
12	—	915	136.00	136.00
16	—	534	162.00	162.00
4	—	403	168.00	168.00
145	—	695	155.35–157.85	156.63
131	—	811	140.00–149.50	148.91
64	—	737	152.00	152.00
53	—	640	153.00	153.00
38	—	599	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
136	—	781	161.00–168.75	164.95
130	—	852	161.10	161.10
194	—	725	156.50–165.00	160.04
59	—	907	163.25	163.25
20	—	478	177.00–185.00	180.58
16	—	582	175.00–186.00	181.93
141	—	842	152.50–164.85	163.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	677	150.00–150.50	150.30
16	—	880	139.00–146.50	142.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	648	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	566	130.00–134.00	131.76

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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