Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-06-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-08

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $173.98/cwt on 651 head.

Average price

$173.98

651 head · 761 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,323

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$5

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$17.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.55

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	762	174.40	1,329	626
Medium and Large 1-2	665	166.41	1,107	17thin
Large 1	850	157.00	1,335	8thin

One grade step is worth $17.40/cwt here — about −$5 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 sale651 hd

173.98

—

IA average7 barns · 2,498 hd

164.43

+9.55

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

30 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	—	617	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	953	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	198.52/cwt	197.50–200.00	725	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	174.66/cwt	169.50–175.35	1,275	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	168.00/cwt	166.75–169.50	1,394	383
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	219.02/cwt	215.00–222.00	933	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	205.30/cwt	194.00–208.00	1,187	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	195.49/cwt	191.50–197.50	1,218	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	197.29/cwt	190.00–205.00	959	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	184.33/cwt	175.50–186.50	1,218	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	596	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,061	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	651	166.86/cwt	164.00–169.00	1,086	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	728	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	895	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,383	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,238	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	158.66/cwt	158.50–159.00	1,093	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	171.23/cwt	165.00–177.50	885	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	586	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,231	6
Steers	Large 1	—	850	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,335	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	709	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,141	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,125	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	178.80/cwt	173.00–199.00	785	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	750	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	486	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	827	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	748	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	950	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	490	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	880	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	161.86/cwt	154.00–166.50	919	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	159.73/cwt	144.00–162.85	1,147	91
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	605	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	926	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	471	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	812	3

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 Jun 8, 2022

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

Receipts 1,025Last week 1,592Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	617	154.50	154.50
9	—	365	197.50–200.00	198.52
47	—	689	158.50–159.00	158.66
48	—	517	165.00–177.50	171.23
16	—	439	173.00–199.00	178.80
3	—	495	167.00	167.00
37	—	568	154.00–166.50	161.86
91	—	718	144.00–162.85	159.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	500	150.00	150.00
8	—	324	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	490	179.50	179.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	730	169.50–175.35	174.66
383	—	830	166.75–169.50	168.00
7	—	426	215.00–222.00	219.02
21	—	578	194.00–208.00	205.30
29	—	623	191.50–197.50	195.49
30	—	486	190.00–205.00	197.29
15	—	661	175.50–186.50	184.33
3	—	383	190.00	190.00
6	—	895	154.50	154.50
34	—	764	162.00	162.00
9	—	541	208.00	208.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	596	178.00	178.00
7	—	651	164.00–169.00	166.86
7	—	709	161.00	161.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	586	210.00	210.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	850	157.00	157.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	748	127.00	127.00
2	—	605	153.00	153.00
3	—	471	172.50	172.50

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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