Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-09-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Annual Off Grass Yearling Sale. Strong demand with many load lots today. Compared to a week ago, steers under 600 pounds were down, while heifers under 650 pounds were mixed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $184.79/cwt on 1,060 head.

Average price

$184.79

1,060 head · 761 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,405

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$421

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

$9.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.42

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	184.85	1,408	1,054
Medium and Large 1-2	564	175.00	987	6thin

One grade step is worth $9.85/cwt here — about $421 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 sale1,060 hd

184.79

—

IA average8 barns · 6,445 hd

183.37

+1.42

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

26 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	—	859	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,349	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	882	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	164.17/cwt	152.00–174.00	1,346	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	493	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	885	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	181.09/cwt	176.00–183.00	942	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	173.53/cwt	164.00–188.50	1,104	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	193.43/cwt	180.00–196.50	1,294	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	192.85/cwt	180.00–197.00	1,117	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	863	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,295	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	987	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	175.49/cwt	170.00–176.10	1,509	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	848	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	183.68/cwt	169.50–188.10	1,409	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	192.88/cwt	182.50–198.00	1,016	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	182.40/cwt	171.00–187.50	1,058	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	181.14/cwt	175.50–185.35	1,208	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,408	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	190.33/cwt	188.00–198.00	912	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	177.83/cwt	170.50–178.00	1,312	359
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	720	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,411	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	625	187.87/cwt	186.25–189.75	1,174	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	171.79/cwt	165.00–173.60	1,333	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	195.42/cwt	182.00–202.75	1,206	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	182.06/cwt	172.00–186.85	1,500	341
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,105	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	398	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	601	5

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 Sep 21, 2022

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

Receipts 2,169Last week 1,124Year ago 2,062

Annual Off Grass Yearling Sale. Strong demand with many load lots today. Compared to a week ago, steers under 600 pounds were down, while heifers under 650 pounds were mixed.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	859	157.00	157.00
7	—	439	201.00	201.00
11	—	820	152.00–174.00	164.17
19	—	493	179.50	179.50
30	—	520	176.00–183.00	181.09
38	—	636	164.00–188.50	173.53
83	—	580	171.00–187.50	182.40
186	—	667	175.50–185.35	181.14
359	—	738	170.50–178.00	177.83
87	—	776	165.00–173.60	171.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
131	—	625	186.25–189.75	187.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	715	154.50	154.50
5	—	398	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	669	180.00–196.50	193.43
37	—	579	180.00–197.00	192.85
201	—	860	170.00–176.10	175.49
4	—	435	195.00	195.00
162	—	767	169.50–188.10	183.68
15	—	527	182.50–198.00	192.88
68	—	726	194.00	194.00
22	—	479	188.00–198.00	190.33
79	—	617	182.00–202.75	195.42
341	—	824	172.00–186.85	182.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	863	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	564	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	720	196.00	196.00

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.

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