Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2022-10-05

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Oct 5
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162
Receipts
927 head
1,242 vs last sale 2,169 927 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Annual All Calf Special Sale. Strong demand for lighter calves. Many unweaned calves today. Compared to two weeks ago, heifer prices were down, while steer prices were mixed. Steers under 600 pounds were higher and steers over 600 were down.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $206.20/cwt on 528 head.
Average price
$206.20
528 head · 522 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,076
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$163
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$21.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+24.13
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1524207.571,087494
Medium and Large 1-2496186.1892334
One grade step is worth $21.40/cwt here — about $163 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 sale528 hd
206.20
IA average7 barns · 3,633 hd
182.06
+24.13
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

34 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 1641145.00/cwt145.00–145.009294
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy476200.00/cwt200.00–200.0095224
HeifersMedium and Large 1570164.53/cwt150.00–174.0093821
HeifersMedium and Large 1361203.05/cwt199.00–206.0073322
HeifersMedium and Large 1420184.39/cwt175.00–195.0077423
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2448164.00/cwt164.00–164.007353
SteersMedium and Large 1413229.04/cwt217.50–233.0094625
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned516207.14/cwt193.00–212.501,06943
SteersMedium and Large 1391227.62/cwt216.00–234.0089027
SteersMedium and Large 1481215.70/cwt203.00–226.001,03848
SteersMedium and Large 1717167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,19714
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned556194.98/cwt193.00–201.001,08444
SteersMedium and Large 1860159.13/cwt158.00–160.001,3697
SteersMedium and Large 1519219.13/cwt194.00–225.001,137110
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned472203.32/cwt198.00–209.5096027
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned603180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0853
SteersMedium and Large 1336234.74/cwt225.00–237.0078916
SteersMedium and Large 1-2508185.80/cwt185.00–189.0094420
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy588171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,0053
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned423217.78/cwt215.00–221.0092110
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned385235.00/cwt235.00–235.009057
SteersMedium and Large 1-2366191.00/cwt191.00–191.006993
SteersMedium and Large 1-2585172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,0064
SteersMedium and Large 1629185.39/cwt182.50–190.001,16653
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2472150.00/cwt150.00–150.0070810
HeifersMedium and Large 1518173.92/cwt169.00–177.0090147
SteersMedium and Large 1573199.97/cwt197.00–204.001,14654
SteersMedium and Large 1656176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,1553
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned477170.00/cwt170.00–170.008115
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned514170.69/cwt161.50–174.0087721
HeifersMedium and Large 1462176.93/cwt167.00–185.0081796
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed535199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,06512
SteersMedium and Large 1-2448195.00/cwt195.00–195.008743
SteersMedium and Large 1-2480192.00/cwt192.00–192.009224

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.