Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2022-08-17

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Aug 17
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162
Receipts
1,044 head
19 vs last sale 1,025 157 vs year ago 1,201 · 13.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special "Calf & Yearling Cattle" Sale. No trend as last sale was more than three weeks ago. Trade was active with good demand. Several load lots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $194.80/cwt on 610 head.
Average price
$194.80
610 head · 730 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,423
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$285
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$22.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+24.24
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1732195.381,431594
Medium and Large 1-2661173.351,14616thin
One grade step is worth $22.03/cwt here — about $285 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 sale610 hd
194.80
IA average4 barns · 1,306 hd
170.56
+24.24
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

23 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
SteersMedium and Large 1731193.19/cwt179.00–196.751,41284
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy826184.75/cwt184.75–184.751,52663
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2508170.00/cwt170.00–170.008643
HeifersMedium and Large 1680180.61/cwt171.50–183.251,228195
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2660156.50/cwt156.50–156.501,0337
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2377175.00/cwt175.00–175.006607
SteersMedium and Large 1874187.23/cwt187.10–187.351,636121
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2785145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,1384
SteersMedium and Large 1523210.38/cwt199.00–218.001,10032
SteersMedium and Large 1496206.75/cwt206.00–207.501,02520
SteersMedium and Large 1682203.99/cwt201.75–210.001,39197
SteersMedium and Large 1-2734166.09/cwt152.50–176.001,2197
SteersMedium and Large 1582205.62/cwt201.00–209.501,19726
SteersMedium and Large 1-2604179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,0819
SteersMedium and Large 1780186.39/cwt184.00–187.501,45495
SteersMedium and Large 1616210.01/cwt206.25–214.001,29452
SteersMedium and Large 1422226.00/cwt226.00–226.009544
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2580175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,01514
HeifersMedium and Large 1615179.49/cwt170.50–186.001,10460
HeifersMedium and Large 1558190.74/cwt181.00–195.001,06432
HeifersMedium and Large 1489199.55/cwt197.00–203.0097627
HeifersMedium and Large 1719168.83/cwt165.50–170.001,21424
HeifersMedium and Large 1821156.50/cwt156.50–156.501,2856

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.