Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. Lightweight steers didn't have the large quantity of last week and was a mix. Heavier steers 4.00-6.00 higher. Lightweight heifers were 6.5 lower. Demand good. Trading active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $170.40/cwt on 706 head.

Average price

$170.40

706 head · 697 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,188

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$208

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

$4.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.23

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	713	171.12	1,221	598
Medium and Large 1-2	609	166.46	1,013	108

One grade step is worth $4.66/cwt here — about $208 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 sale706 hd

170.40

—

IA average13 barns · 16,173 hd

170.18

+0.23

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

36 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	—	712	140.26/cwt	139.00–144.00	999	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	176.77/cwt	174.00–180.00	760	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	164.21/cwt	162.00–166.50	864	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	165.83/cwt	159.00–171.00	799	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	149.72/cwt	144.00–159.50	1,032	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	154.39/cwt	150.00–163.75	895	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	173.60/cwt	169.00–178.00	1,177	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	749	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	201.78/cwt	192.50–207.00	829	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	190.21/cwt	190.00–190.50	1,073	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	205.78/cwt	192.50–209.50	945	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	928	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,387	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	159.19/cwt	152.50–163.75	1,293	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	160.40/cwt	155.00–166.00	1,096	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	164.15/cwt	157.00–165.50	1,039	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	201.84/cwt	187.00–209.50	1,060	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	179.96/cwt	179.00–182.75	1,118	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	159.39/cwt	153.00–161.00	1,250	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	153.37/cwt	145.00–158.00	977	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	172.48/cwt	170.00–175.00	630	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,140	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	164.89/cwt	163.00–170.00	963	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	179.93/cwt	175.00–184.00	939	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	165.96/cwt	164.50–171.00	1,220	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	423	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	153.96/cwt	150.00–157.50	493	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	132.85/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,042	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,159	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	656	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	1,052	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	146.46/cwt	139.00–154.00	621	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	844	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	132.61/cwt	131.00–139.00	896	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	358	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	519	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	731	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	136.50/cwt	136.00–137.00	837	6

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 Jan 12, 2022

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

Receipts 1,406Last week 2,086Year ago 1,984

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	712	139.00–144.00	140.26
19	—	430	174.00–180.00	176.77
39	—	526	162.00–166.50	164.21
44	—	482	159.00–171.00	165.83
89	—	689	144.00–159.50	149.72
101	—	580	150.00–163.75	154.39
170	—	637	145.00–158.00	153.37
7	—	784	130.00–135.00	132.85
8	—	881	131.50	131.50
3	—	345	190.00	190.00
6	—	819	128.50	128.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	273	155.00	155.00
8	—	320	150.00–157.50	153.96
8	—	424	139.00–154.00	146.46
10	—	592	142.50	142.50
24	—	676	131.00–139.00	132.61
3	—	358	145.00	145.00
6	—	484	151.00	151.00
6	—	613	136.00–137.00	136.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	678	169.00–178.00	173.60
4	—	345	217.00	217.00
11	—	411	192.50–207.00	201.78
12	—	564	190.00–190.50	190.21
16	—	459	192.50–209.50	205.78
61	—	928	149.50	149.50
112	—	812	152.50–163.75	159.19
63	—	525	187.00–209.50	201.84
68	—	621	179.00–182.75	179.96
78	—	784	153.00–161.00	159.39
92	—	735	164.50–171.00	165.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	683	155.00–166.00	160.40
31	—	633	157.00–165.50	164.15
6	—	365	170.00–175.00	172.48
8	—	726	157.00	157.00
14	—	584	163.00–170.00	164.89
22	—	522	175.00–184.00	179.93

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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