Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent price comparison. Several load lots today. Demand was good to very good for a moderate supply of calves. Good quality throughout the offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $192.58/cwt on 1,418 head.

Average price

$192.58

1,418 head · 646 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,245

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$271

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$40.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.17

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	650	193.79	1,259	1,328
Medium and Large 1-2	566	176.34	998	84
Large 1	1,000	153.00	1,530	6thin

One grade step is worth $40.79/cwt here — about −$271 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 sale1,418 hd

192.58

—

IA average9 barns · 11,265 hd

189.41

+3.17

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

31 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	668	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,182	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	1,217	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	180.38/cwt	177.50–182.00	658	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	180.97/cwt	176.00–183.00	771	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	166.27/cwt	158.50–168.25	1,220	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	183.21/cwt	172.00–189.50	867	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	898	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	182.45/cwt	167.50–184.00	1,377	159
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	220.00/cwt	213.00–228.00	1,038	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,047	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	182.60/cwt	178.00–187.50	1,050	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	536	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,083	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	183.37/cwt	177.00–191.00	1,240	206
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	202.58/cwt	186.00–215.50	1,175	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	177.48/cwt	170.00–181.50	1,299	203
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	232.44/cwt	229.00–235.00	897	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	199.75/cwt	184.75–208.50	1,252	315
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	785	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	227.10/cwt	211.00–234.00	954	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	186.35/cwt	174.00–190.75	969	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	886	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,595	63
Steers	Large 1	—	1,000	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,530	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	164.28/cwt	162.00–166.50	843	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	210.76/cwt	195.00–225.00	1,106	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	167.91/cwt	160.00–180.00	1,054	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	812	168.25/cwt	168.25–168.25	1,366	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	191.76/cwt	190.00–195.00	936	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	166.99/cwt	159.00–172.00	1,132	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	816	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	172.39/cwt	156.00–178.00	1,067	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	180.80/cwt	166.00–188.00	1,022	177

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 Jan 4, 2023

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

Receipts 2,401Last week 902Year ago 2,086

No recent price comparison. Several load lots today. Demand was good to very good for a moderate supply of calves. Good quality throughout the offering.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	668	177.00	177.00
3	—	536	202.00	202.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
159	—	755	167.50–184.00	182.45
63	—	472	213.00–228.00	220.00
206	—	676	177.00–191.00	183.37
123	—	580	186.00–215.50	202.58
203	—	732	170.00–181.50	177.48
16	—	386	229.00–235.00	232.44
315	—	627	184.75–208.50	199.75
35	—	420	211.00–234.00	227.10
63	—	886	180.00	180.00
123	—	525	195.00–225.00	210.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	650	161.00	161.00
27	—	575	178.00–187.50	182.60
4	—	436	180.00	180.00
10	—	513	162.00–166.50	164.28
24	—	628	160.00–180.00	167.91
14	—	488	190.00–195.00	191.76
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,000	153.00	153.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	812	168.25	168.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	763	159.50	159.50
12	—	365	177.50–182.00	180.38
19	—	426	176.00–183.00	180.97
40	—	734	158.50–168.25	166.27
93	—	473	172.00–189.50	183.21
124	—	520	174.00–190.75	186.35
121	—	678	159.00–172.00	166.99
160	—	619	156.00–178.00	172.39
177	—	565	166.00–188.00	180.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	561	160.00	160.00
9	—	473	172.50	172.50

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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