Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale a week ago, steers under 650 pounds were 2.00 to 8.00 lower. Heifers 550 to 650 pounds were 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Demand was good to very good and supply was heavy. Cattle were well conditioned. A few load lots of yearlings cattle that saw good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $191.83/cwt on 1,026 head.

Average price

$191.83

1,026 head · 650 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,247

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$285

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$43.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.11

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	192.77	1,252	988
Medium and Large 1-2	587	170.81	1,002	32
Large 1	1,032	149.00	1,538	6thin

One grade step is worth $43.77/cwt here — about −$285 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 sale1,026 hd

191.83

—

IA average14 barns · 17,759 hd

190.72

+1.11

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

33 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 1Unweaned	—	520	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	988	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	381	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	766	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	638	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	912	144.53/cwt	140.00–149.00	1,318	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	168.44/cwt	168.00–169.00	665	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	492	187.14/cwt	169.75–194.50	921	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	176.23/cwt	166.00–178.75	1,251	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	206.42/cwt	195.00–215.00	983	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	184.42/cwt	175.50–185.85	1,597	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	218.68/cwt	212.50–220.00	962	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	216.48/cwt	210.00–230.00	792	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	192.31/cwt	178.50–199.00	1,206	206
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	552	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	994	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	180.73/cwt	176.50–184.00	889	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	839	189.10/cwt	189.10–189.10	1,587	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	366	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	677	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	172.52/cwt	161.50–173.75	1,252	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	455	184.75/cwt	184.75–184.75	841	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,469	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	405	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	895	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	488	209.38/cwt	187.00–216.00	1,022	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	172.08/cwt	160.50–180.00	931	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	162.96/cwt	157.00–173.00	1,098	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	176.40/cwt	162.50–185.50	1,004	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	762	146.27/cwt	140.00–158.50	1,115	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	184.87/cwt	169.00–190.35	1,433	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	186.13/cwt	175.50–198.25	1,245	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	169.77/cwt	161.00–176.50	1,064	164
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	180.30/cwt	170.00–184.00	790	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	516	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	875	15
Steers	Large 1	—	1,032	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,538	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	200.96/cwt	190.00–210.75	1,145	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	203.25/cwt	190.00–213.50	1,067	88

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 11, 2023

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

Receipts 1,856Last week 2,401Year ago 1,406

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	520	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	381	201.00	201.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	345	185.00	185.00
6	—	912	140.00–149.00	144.53
9	—	395	168.00–169.00	168.44
58	—	492	169.75–194.50	187.14
119	—	726	161.50–173.75	172.52
26	—	541	160.50–180.00	172.08
68	—	674	157.00–173.00	162.96
135	—	569	162.50–185.50	176.40
164	—	627	161.00–176.50	169.77
23	—	438	170.00–184.00	180.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	366	185.00	185.00
38	—	455	184.75	184.75
15	—	516	169.50	169.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	710	166.00–178.75	176.23
27	—	476	195.00–215.00	206.42
64	—	866	175.50–185.85	184.42
27	—	440	212.50–220.00	218.68
9	—	366	210.00–230.00	216.48
206	—	627	178.50–199.00	192.31
65	—	839	189.10	189.10
4	—	918	160.00	160.00
97	—	775	169.00–190.35	184.87
170	—	669	175.50–198.25	186.13
88	—	570	190.00–210.75	200.96
88	—	525	190.00–213.50	203.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	552	180.00	180.00
13	—	492	176.50–184.00	180.73
9	—	762	140.00–158.50	146.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	405	221.00	221.00
53	—	488	187.00–216.00	209.38
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,032	149.00	149.00

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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