Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-11-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Annual All Calf Special Sale. Moderate supply today with several unweaned calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $191.89/cwt on 556 head.

Average price

$191.89

556 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,042

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$799

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$49.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.02

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	194.43	1,047	494
Medium and Large 1-2	543	173.01	939	59
Large 1	1,278	144.50	1,847	3thin

One grade step is worth $49.93/cwt here — about −$799 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 sale556 hd

191.89

—

IA average10 barns · 8,162 hd

186.86

+5.02

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

41 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	642	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	899	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	419	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	681	9
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,161	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,242	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,183	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	664	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	788	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	426	208.39/cwt	205.00–212.00	888	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	182.28/cwt	170.00–185.00	1,137	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	387	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	859	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	625	183.74/cwt	180.00–188.50	1,148	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	749	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	962	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	173.07/cwt	160.00–178.00	1,175	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	722	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	527	191.56/cwt	183.00–199.50	1,010	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	842	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	321	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	610	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	206.09/cwt	202.50–207.00	952	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	758	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,160	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	444	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	786	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	197.07/cwt	191.00–210.50	1,029	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	414	167.98/cwt	167.00–170.00	695	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	199.66/cwt	192.00–207.00	1,136	48
Steers	Large 1	—	1,278	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,847	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	490	206.11/cwt	204.00–209.50	1,010	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	528	176.21/cwt	167.50–179.00	930	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	894	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,350	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	530	173.10/cwt	167.00–176.00	917	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	205.60/cwt	197.50–212.00	878	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	187.01/cwt	177.50–192.00	675	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	172.08/cwt	160.00–179.00	728	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	583	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	962	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	307	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	522	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	172.27/cwt	170.00–174.00	798	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	463	171.61/cwt	169.00–174.00	795	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	358	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	576	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	158.75/cwt	152.25–165.00	908	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	519	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	373	166.44/cwt	160.00–171.00	621	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	340	185.85/cwt	180.00–198.00	632	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	166.40/cwt	160.00–174.00	859	68

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.

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Annual All Calf Special Sale. Moderate supply today with several unweaned calves.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	642	140.00	140.00
9	—	419	162.50	162.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,161	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	910	130.00	130.00
4	—	345	192.50	192.50
12	—	361	177.50–192.00	187.01
88	—	423	160.00–179.00	172.08
42	—	463	170.00–174.00	172.27
62	—	572	152.25–165.00	158.75
68	—	516	160.00–174.00	166.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	525	150.00	150.00
3	—	358	161.00	161.00
3	—	305	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	414	167.00–170.00	167.98
62	—	530	167.00–176.00	173.10
13	—	583	165.00	165.00
28	—	463	169.00–174.00	171.61
7	—	373	160.00–171.00	166.44
9	—	340	180.00–198.00	185.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	307	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	426	205.00–212.00	208.39
19	—	387	222.00	222.00
28	—	625	180.00–188.50	183.74
51	—	527	183.00–199.50	191.56
17	—	490	204.00–209.50	206.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	624	170.00–185.00	182.28
3	—	345	217.00	217.00
95	—	679	160.00–178.00	173.07
4	—	361	200.00	200.00
40	—	462	202.50–207.00	206.09
97	—	522	191.00–210.50	197.07
48	—	569	192.00–207.00	199.66
54	—	427	197.50–212.00	205.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	542	177.50	177.50
3	—	561	150.00	150.00
4	—	758	153.00	153.00
7	—	444	177.00	177.00
5	—	894	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	321	190.00	190.00
28	—	528	167.50–179.00	176.21
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,278	144.50	144.50

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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