Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2022-01-26

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Jan 26
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162
Receipts
2,016 head
610 vs last sale 1,406 416 vs year ago 1,600 · +26.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steer calves under 700 lbs. were mostly 2.00-5.00 lower; 700-850 lbs. 1.00 higher to 2.00 lower. Heifer calves under 650 lbs. mostly 2.00-5.00 lower, 650-700 lbs. 2.00 higher. The heifers over 700 lbs. did not have enough numbers both weeks to compare. Demand was good for the moderate offerings. Trade was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $170.36/cwt on 1,289 head.
Average price
$170.36
1,289 head · 698 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,189
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$180
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.03
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1702171.131,2021,196
Medium and Large 1-2637160.451,02393
One grade step is worth $10.68/cwt here — about $180 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 sale1,289 hd
170.36
IA average10 barns · 9,289 hd
166.33
+4.03
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

35 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
BullsMedium and Large 1525159.00/cwt159.00–159.008356
HeifersMedium and Large 1840135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,1343
HeifersMedium and Large 1873125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0913
HeifersMedium and Large 1477158.99/cwt151.00–164.5075827
HeifersMedium and Large 1707145.74/cwt130.00–149.501,03041
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2515140.00/cwt140.00–140.0072123
SteersMedium and Large 1621177.91/cwt175.00–179.001,10518
SteersMedium and Large 1679168.30/cwt159.85–178.001,143292
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned566173.00/cwt173.00–173.0097923
SteersMedium and Large 1833160.41/cwt154.50–162.601,336135
SteersMedium and Large 1526192.76/cwt183.00–198.001,01430
SteersMedium and Large 1-2720155.33/cwt152.00–156.501,11814
SteersMedium and Large 1-2691158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,0923
SteersMedium and Large 1768158.28/cwt150.50–164.501,216210
SteersMedium and Large 1719164.15/cwt159.25–166.501,180203
SteersMedium and Large 1-2756147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,1155
SteersMedium and Large 1-2629157.67/cwt155.00–160.0099211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2479182.33/cwt177.50–185.008738
SteersMedium and Large 1-2571163.83/cwt160.00–176.0093541
SteersMedium and Large 1909143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,30414
SteersMedium and Large 1472207.04/cwt204.00–213.0097730
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2427161.00/cwt161.00–161.006875
SteersMedium and Large 1-2834147.75/cwt147.75–147.751,23211
HeifersMedium and Large 1629147.67/cwt140.00–151.5092975
HeifersMedium and Large 1578152.35/cwt143.00–157.5088183
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy711193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,372135
SteersMedium and Large 1444211.00/cwt211.00–211.009376
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2492147.50/cwt147.50–147.5072612
SteersMedium and Large 1567188.02/cwt179.00–194.251,066100
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2359167.50/cwt167.50–167.506016
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2661140.00/cwt140.00–140.0092510
HeifersMedium and Large 1755148.35/cwt148.35–148.351,12066
HeifersMedium and Large 1523154.79/cwt147.00–160.2581049
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2551140.00/cwt140.00–140.007716
HeifersMedium and Large 1685151.49/cwt143.75–157.001,038187

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.