Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-02-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers under 600 lbs. sold higher while steers over 600 lbs. sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Heifers under 600 lbs. sold steady to higher while heifers over 600 lbs. sold steady to 3.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good. Supply was moderate and included several load lots of yearling cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $193.73/cwt on 1,062 head.

Average price

$193.73

1,062 head · 707 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,370

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$334

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

$0.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.29

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	712	193.74	1,379	1,036
Medium and Large 1-2	540	193.58	1,045	26

One grade step is worth $0.16/cwt here — about $334 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 sale1,062 hd

193.73

—

IA average11 barns · 11,025 hd

196.02

−2.29

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

29 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	Large 1	—	1,235	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,680	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	756	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	921	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,432	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	209.42/cwt	207.00–214.00	896	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	196.59/cwt	190.50–204.00	938	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	177.84/cwt	171.00–185.00	1,117	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	230.98/cwt	230.00–233.00	1,123	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	183.45/cwt	178.50–186.25	1,403	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	893	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	1,639	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	234.42/cwt	218.50–240.00	1,200	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	220.18/cwt	215.00–230.00	949	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	179.27/cwt	173.00–184.75	1,492	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	214.80/cwt	201.00–224.50	1,233	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	805	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	897	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	169.05/cwt	163.50–175.00	1,222	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	348	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	793	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,080	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	190.19/cwt	183.50–200.00	1,291	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	199.90/cwt	187.00–212.50	1,265	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	186.81/cwt	176.50–198.00	1,358	342
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,500	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	194.85/cwt	187.50–197.00	1,154	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	943	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	173.06/cwt	167.00–177.00	1,184	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	797	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	184.95/cwt	176.00–200.00	1,058	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	171.91/cwt	169.00–172.25	1,327	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	196.97/cwt	184.50–201.50	1,032	56

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 Feb 8, 2023

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

Receipts 2,025Last week 2,011Year ago 2,267

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,235	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	378	200.00	200.00
4	—	921	155.50	155.50
33	—	428	207.00–214.00	209.42
35	—	477	190.50–204.00	196.59
46	—	628	171.00–185.00	177.84
201	—	723	163.50–175.00	169.05
61	—	890	168.50	168.50
65	—	684	167.00–177.00	173.06
126	—	572	176.00–200.00	184.95
151	—	772	169.00–172.25	171.91
56	—	524	184.50–201.50	196.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	542	174.00	174.00
5	—	469	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	486	230.00–233.00	230.98
68	—	765	178.50–186.25	183.45
120	—	893	183.50	183.50
41	—	512	218.50–240.00	234.42
31	—	431	215.00–230.00	220.18
154	—	832	173.00–184.75	179.27
134	—	574	201.00–224.50	214.80
3	—	361	223.00	223.00
3	—	348	228.00	228.00
38	—	679	183.50–200.00	190.19
85	—	633	187.00–212.50	199.90
342	—	727	176.50–198.00	186.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	472	190.00	190.00
3	—	540	200.00	200.00
13	—	592	187.50–197.00	194.85

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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