Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-12-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf/Yearling Sale. Several load lots today of quality cattle. Compared to a week ago, steer and heifer prices were all higher. Steers 600 to 650 pounds were 10.30 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $173.11/cwt on 444 head.

Average price

$173.11

444 head · 672 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,163

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$353

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

$29.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.79

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	676	174.16	1,177	428
Medium and Large 1-2	568	145.13	824	16thin

One grade step is worth $29.04/cwt here — about $353 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 sale444 hd

173.11

—

IA average10 barns · 5,391 hd

171.32

+1.79

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

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 1-2	—	585	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	878	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	170.72/cwt	156.50–172.85	1,289	219
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	181.25/cwt	181.25–181.25	1,155	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	174.82/cwt	165.50–180.50	1,003	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	177.54/cwt	175.00–180.00	755	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	488	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	852	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	173.42/cwt	162.00–174.25	1,243	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	490	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	916	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	473	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	634	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	605	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	847	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,158	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	502	184.75/cwt	184.75–184.75	927	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	178.23/cwt	172.50–180.75	1,467	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	183.70/cwt	178.00–191.50	1,144	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	180.06/cwt	160.00–182.00	1,210	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	447	231.50/cwt	231.50–231.50	1,035	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	175.62/cwt	170.00–180.00	929	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	181.60/cwt	181.60–181.60	1,594	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	188.50/cwt	188.50–188.50	1,088	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	187.81/cwt	174.00–190.00	789	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	987	149.15/cwt	149.00–149.50	1,472	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,001	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,456	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	857	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	457	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	749	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	638	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	804	4

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 Dec 14, 2022

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

Receipts 902Last week 615Year ago 1,360

Special Calf/Yearling Sale. Several load lots today of quality cattle. Compared to a week ago, steer and heifer prices were all higher. Steers 600 to 650 pounds were 10.30 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	585	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
219	—	755	156.50–172.85	170.72
70	—	637	181.25	181.25
66	—	574	165.50–180.50	174.82
23	—	502	184.75	184.75
23	—	420	174.00–190.00	187.81
10	—	987	149.00–149.50	149.15
4	—	1,001	145.50	145.50
3	—	476	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	488	174.50	174.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	473	134.00	134.00
3	—	605	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	425	175.00–180.00	177.54
11	—	529	170.00–180.00	175.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	717	162.00–174.25	173.42
40	—	545	212.50	212.50
88	—	823	172.50–180.75	178.23
44	—	623	178.00–191.50	183.70
80	—	672	160.00–182.00	180.06
15	—	447	231.50	231.50
62	—	878	181.60	181.60
14	—	577	188.50	188.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	490	187.00	187.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	457	164.00	164.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	638	126.00	126.00

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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