Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2022-08-31

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Aug 31
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162
Receipts
467 head
577 vs last sale 1,044 467 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf and Yearling Sale. Good quality cattle with moderate demand. Compared to two weeks ago, steers 700-800 lbs. lower 6.00 to 8.00 on limited offering. Heifer calves 700-750 lbs. 9.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $174.87/cwt on 335 head.
Average price
$174.87
335 head · 747 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,306
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$87
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$30.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.14
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1746175.141,307332
Medium and Large 1-2841145.001,2193thin
One grade step is worth $30.14/cwt here — about $87 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 sale335 hd
174.87
IA average6 barns · 2,759 hd
169.73
+5.14
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

15 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 1536185.00/cwt185.00–185.009923
BullsMedium and Large 1660166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,0963
HeifersMedium and Large 1619174.65/cwt167.50–180.001,08111
HeifersMedium and Large 1784163.50/cwt163.50–163.501,28218
HeifersMedium and Large 1655178.69/cwt178.25–180.001,17028
HeifersMedium and Large 1858170.42/cwt168.00–171.001,46289
HeifersMedium and Large 1726177.79/cwt171.00–182.501,291173
HeifersMedium and Large 1460188.00/cwt188.00–188.008653
HeifersMedium and Large 1508179.10/cwt178.50–180.0091010
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2841145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,2193
SteersMedium and Large 1773180.52/cwt177.10–185.001,39518
SteersMedium and Large 1728185.36/cwt184.60–186.251,34941
SteersMedium and Large 1697190.50/cwt190.50–190.501,3287
SteersMedium and Large 1925165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,52612
SteersMedium and Large 1630190.80/cwt186.00–194.501,20214

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.