Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-03-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers sold 10.00 to 12.00 higher and made up of mostly five and seven weight cattle. Heifers sold sharply higher undertone on a lighter test. Some of the cattle exhibited a moderate amount of mud due to the recent thawing and rain in the region. Supply was moderate today that included a few load lots of yearling cattle. Demand was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $211.69/cwt on 599 head.

Average price

$211.69

599 head · 690 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,460

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$480

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$53.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.68

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	684	212.22	1,452	593
Large 1	1,215	159.00	1,932	6thin

One grade step is worth $53.22/cwt here — about −$480 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 sale599 hd

211.69

—

IA average10 barns · 7,216 hd

202.01

+9.68

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

27 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	—	505	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,025	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	443	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	992	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	624	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,254	6
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,093	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,716	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	694	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	849	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,431	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	200.80/cwt	188.00–205.60	1,564	250
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	691	211.25/cwt	208.50–214.75	1,460	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	220.30/cwt	205.00–225.50	1,368	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	193.90/cwt	189.50–196.50	1,204	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	180.69/cwt	180.00–181.00	929	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	206.82/cwt	197.50–210.75	1,183	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	501	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,102	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	706	208.11/cwt	207.75–210.00	1,469	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	229.91/cwt	218.00–236.00	1,356	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	223.11/cwt	220.00–230.00	955	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	219.73/cwt	212.00–225.00	1,063	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	744	178.14/cwt	170.00–179.00	1,325	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	220.54/cwt	210.00–237.50	1,006	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	215.35/cwt	210.00–224.00	1,116	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	234.29/cwt	222.50–243.00	1,040	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	503	234.75/cwt	234.75–234.75	1,181	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	181.79/cwt	175.50–187.75	1,223	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,301	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,068	3
Steers	Large 1	—	1,215	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,932	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	186.27/cwt	180.00–191.00	1,513	7

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 Mar 8, 2023

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

Receipts 1,074Last week 2,014Year ago 2,428

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	505	203.00	203.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	443	224.00	224.00
6	—	624	201.00	201.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,093	157.00	157.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	323	215.00	215.00
12	—	849	168.50	168.50
55	—	621	189.50–196.50	193.90
102	—	572	197.50–210.75	206.82
16	—	428	220.00–230.00	223.11
46	—	484	212.00–225.00	219.73
74	—	744	170.00–179.00	178.14
50	—	503	234.75	234.75
52	—	673	175.50–187.75	181.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	514	180.00–181.00	180.69
5	—	850	153.00	153.00
3	—	680	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
250	—	779	188.00–205.60	200.80
39	—	691	208.50–214.75	211.25
58	—	621	205.00–225.50	220.30
65	—	706	207.75–210.00	208.11
122	—	590	218.00–236.00	229.91
8	—	456	210.00–237.50	220.54
11	—	518	210.00–224.00	215.35
25	—	444	222.50–243.00	234.29
7	—	812	180.00–191.00	186.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	501	220.00	220.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,215	159.00	159.00

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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