Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-04-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Yearling sale today: No comparison. Trade active. Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $164.35/cwt on 1,127 head.

Average price

$164.35

1,127 head · 780 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,281

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$258

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

$28.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.32

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	780	164.50	1,283	1,121
Medium and Large 1-2	752	136.29	1,025	6thin

One grade step is worth $28.21/cwt here — about $258 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 sale1,127 hd

164.35

—

IA average8 barns · 8,128 hd

166.68

−2.32

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

31 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	—	490	159.42/cwt	155.00–164.00	781	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	127.44/cwt	124.00–131.00	1,111	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	136.75/cwt	136.75–136.75	1,121	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	156.89/cwt	150.00–162.50	905	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	162.79/cwt	156.50–166.50	860	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	141.75/cwt	141.75–141.75	1,073	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	202.11/cwt	195.00–205.00	958	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	176.99/cwt	155.00–180.75	1,175	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	889	145.10/cwt	144.00–146.00	1,290	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	194.70/cwt	194.50–195.00	1,051	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	144.25/cwt	141.00–151.00	969	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	903	147.10/cwt	147.10–147.10	1,328	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,008	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	181.09/cwt	167.00–189.50	1,157	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	185.39/cwt	173.00–199.50	1,059	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	163.37/cwt	155.75–165.00	1,281	259
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,014	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	172.22/cwt	160.75–175.00	1,247	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	161.08/cwt	151.00–164.75	1,324	432
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	769	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	201.74/cwt	190.00–207.50	878	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,000	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	142.19/cwt	140.00–145.25	897	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	160.37/cwt	150.00–167.00	1,006	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	147.15/cwt	141.00–148.85	1,064	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	976	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,163	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	691	137.39/cwt	136.00–138.00	949	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	139.03/cwt	136.00–141.00	819	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	637	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	688	149.56/cwt	141.50–152.50	1,029	297

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 Apr 13, 2022

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

Receipts 2,038Last week 2,059Year ago 1,983

Special Yearling sale today: No comparison. Trade active. Demand good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	490	155.00–164.00	159.42
10	—	872	124.00–131.00	127.44
15	—	820	136.75	136.75
22	—	577	150.00–162.50	156.89
31	—	528	156.50–166.50	162.79
37	—	757	141.75	141.75
62	—	627	150.00–167.00	160.37
190	—	723	141.00–148.85	147.15
297	—	688	141.50–152.50	149.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	523	147.00	147.00
8	—	775	129.00	129.00
18	—	631	140.00–145.25	142.19
1	—	745	131.00	131.00
13	—	691	136.00–138.00	137.39
5	—	589	136.00–141.00	139.03
1	—	455	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	474	195.00–205.00	202.11
55	—	664	155.00–180.75	176.99
31	—	889	144.00–146.00	145.10
20	—	540	194.50–195.00	194.70
113	—	903	147.10	147.10
71	—	639	167.00–189.50	181.09
24	—	571	173.00–199.50	185.39
259	—	784	155.75–165.00	163.37
100	—	724	160.75–175.00	172.22
432	—	822	151.00–164.75	161.08
3	—	435	190.00–207.50	201.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	672	141.00–151.00	144.25
1	—	720	140.00	140.00
1	—	845	120.00	120.00
1	—	930	125.00	125.00

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Bloomfield Livestock Auction