Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-11-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Thanksgiving Special Calf/Yearling Sale. Active trade with good quality cattle. Several load lots today. Compared to the sale 10 days ago, 550 to 600 pound steers 25.40 higher and 600 to 650 pounds were unchanged. Heifers 600 to 650 pounds were 21.00 lower and 650 to 700 pounds were 11.70 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $200.16/cwt on 1,500 head.

Average price

$200.16

1,500 head · 578 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,157

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$226

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

$25.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.79

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	581	201.80	1,172	1,405
Medium and Large 1-2	538	175.83	946	95

One grade step is worth $25.98/cwt here — about $226 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 sale1,500 hd

200.16

—

IA average6 barns · 5,067 hd

188.37

+11.79

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

56 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 1Unweaned	—	377	177.09/cwt	170.00–183.00	668	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	581	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	935	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	810	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	189.16/cwt	178.00–193.00	1,182	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	413	189.82/cwt	180.00–200.00	784	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	723	182.29/cwt	173.00–183.50	1,318	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,073	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	601	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	938	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	166.43/cwt	165.50–167.00	1,366	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	172.33/cwt	172.00–172.50	1,260	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	526	179.06/cwt	160.00–187.50	942	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	537	192.61/cwt	184.00–196.00	1,034	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	181.36/cwt	170.50–188.00	1,396	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	223.33/cwt	214.00–227.50	1,027	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	684	163.99/cwt	150.00–168.00	1,122	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	469	218.58/cwt	215.00–221.00	1,025	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	425	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	723	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	320	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	688	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	582	182.54/cwt	171.00–195.00	1,062	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	606	175.10/cwt	169.00–178.50	1,061	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	479	189.21/cwt	180.00–195.00	906	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	205.46/cwt	190.00–215.00	1,192	331
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	416	163.23/cwt	160.00–172.00	679	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	613	151.31/cwt	150.00–152.50	928	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,212	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	706	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,080	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	577	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	889	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	397	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	719	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	205.40/cwt	190.00–217.50	774	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	719	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	371	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	668	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	177.12/cwt	160.00–180.00	914	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	177.61/cwt	168.50–190.00	1,021	238
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	461	165.57/cwt	160.00–170.00	763	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	651	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,074	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	223.51/cwt	213.00–230.00	948	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	429	149.13/cwt	143.00–154.00	640	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	315	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	662	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,358	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	336	204.27/cwt	200.00–207.50	686	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	213.67/cwt	200.00–223.00	1,135	242
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	192.15/cwt	174.00–198.50	1,299	292
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	162.41/cwt	155.00–173.00	1,085	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	470	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	940	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	608	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	165.00/cwt	160.00–170.00	569	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	675	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,067	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	532	168.52/cwt	165.00–173.50	897	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	158.91/cwt	153.50–160.00	750	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	180.04/cwt	164.50–186.50	943	287
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	181.79/cwt	164.00–190.00	865	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	190.22/cwt	170.00–195.50	807	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	163.45/cwt	153.00–169.50	1,033	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	188.95/cwt	175.00–199.00	710	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	155.72/cwt	143.00–162.50	660	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	149.79/cwt	147.00–152.50	870	16

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

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Receipts 2,859Last week 1,579Year ago 2,737

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	377	170.00–183.00	177.09
5	—	581	161.00	161.00
16	—	416	160.00–172.00	163.23
15	—	613	150.00–152.50	151.31
18	—	461	160.00–170.00	165.57
4	—	315	210.00	210.00
32	—	675	158.00	158.00
71	—	532	165.00–173.50	168.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	730	166.00	166.00
238	—	575	168.50–190.00	177.61
4	—	865	157.00	157.00
7	—	336	200.00–207.50	204.27
58	—	668	155.00–173.00	162.41
287	—	524	164.50–186.50	180.04
78	—	476	164.00–190.00	181.79
100	—	424	170.00–195.50	190.22
44	—	632	153.00–169.50	163.45
49	—	376	175.00–199.00	188.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	429	143.00–154.00	149.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	470	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	380	160.00	160.00
6	—	345	160.00–170.00	165.00
18	—	472	153.50–160.00	158.91
12	—	424	143.00–162.50	155.72
16	—	581	147.00–152.50	149.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	450	180.00	180.00
7	—	580	185.00	185.00
3	—	601	156.00	156.00
28	—	516	160.00–180.00	177.12
7	—	651	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	625	178.00–193.00	189.16
16	—	821	165.50–167.00	166.43
12	—	731	172.00–172.50	172.33
13	—	770	170.50–188.00	181.36
88	—	460	214.00–227.50	223.33
331	—	580	190.00–215.00	205.46
15	—	377	190.00–217.50	205.40
9	—	333	216.00	216.00
92	—	424	213.00–230.00	223.51
242	—	531	200.00–223.00	213.67
292	—	676	174.00–198.50	192.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	413	180.00–200.00	189.82
51	—	723	173.00–183.50	182.29
41	—	537	184.00–196.00	192.61
17	—	469	215.00–221.00	218.58
3	—	320	215.00	215.00
44	—	582	171.00–195.00	182.54
36	—	606	169.00–178.50	175.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	526	160.00–187.50	179.06
13	—	684	150.00–168.00	163.99
3	—	425	170.00	170.00
8	—	479	180.00–195.00	189.21
3	—	371	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	706	153.00	153.00
7	—	577	154.00	154.00
6	—	397	181.00	181.00

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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