Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-11-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Yearling Sale. Several yearling load lots today. Good demand for moderate offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $183.81/cwt on 1,134 head.

Average price

$183.81

1,134 head · 784 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,441

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$48

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$40.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.91

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	781	185.00	1,444	1,091
Medium and Large 1-2	740	160.02	1,184	25
Large 1	1,029	145.00	1,492	18thin

One grade step is worth $40.00/cwt here — about −$48 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 sale1,134 hd

183.81

—

IA average10 barns · 8,930 hd

186.72

−2.91

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

25 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	—	532	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	872	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	156.41/cwt	152.00–158.00	1,220	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	184.11/cwt	175.00–189.85	1,434	299
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,296	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,698	4
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,032	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,486	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,286	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	957	149.49/cwt	145.50–152.50	1,431	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	175.28/cwt	167.00–181.00	975	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	141.33/cwt	135.00–150.00	832	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,219	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	175.38/cwt	171.00–180.00	1,173	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	183.87/cwt	167.50–185.35	1,513	387
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	911	178.25/cwt	178.25–178.25	1,624	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,029	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	797	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,156	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	188.83/cwt	178.00–192.50	1,209	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	174.14/cwt	166.00–175.25	1,181	64
Steers	Large 1	—	1,029	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,492	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	182.75/cwt	182.75–182.75	1,588	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	194.45/cwt	171.00–195.75	1,421	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	184.48/cwt	169.00–185.50	1,190	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	589	180.10/cwt	171.00–182.00	1,061	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,240	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	135.48/cwt	134.00–137.50	828	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	704	166.04/cwt	156.00–174.50	1,169	92

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 Nov 16, 2022

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

Receipts 1,579Last week 1,086Year ago 1,525

Special Yearling Sale. Several yearling load lots today. Good demand for moderate offering.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	532	164.00	164.00
11	—	915	140.50	140.50
21	—	957	145.50–152.50	149.49
22	—	556	167.00–181.00	175.28
6	—	797	145.00	145.00
64	—	678	166.00–175.25	174.14
94	—	645	169.00–185.50	184.48
3	—	821	151.00	151.00
92	—	704	156.00–174.50	166.04
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,296	131.00	131.00
15	—	1,032	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	589	135.00–150.00	141.33
7	—	611	134.00–137.50	135.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	780	152.00–158.00	156.41
4	—	730	167.00	167.00
5	—	620	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
299	—	779	175.00–189.85	184.11
8	—	669	171.00–180.00	175.38
387	—	823	167.50–185.35	183.87
60	—	911	178.25	178.25
81	—	640	178.00–192.50	188.83
66	—	869	182.75	182.75
136	—	731	171.00–195.75	194.45
54	—	589	171.00–182.00	180.10
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,029	145.00	145.00

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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