Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-04-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers sold with a higher undertone when compared to a light test. Heifers sold sharply higher when compared to a light test two weeks ago. Demand was very good for lightweight cattle today. Supply was moderate to heavy and many were unweaned fall calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $260.02/cwt on 1,123 head.

Average price

$260.02

1,123 head · 489 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,270

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$126

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

$26.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+27.90

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	488	264.71	1,292	925
Medium and Large 1-2	490	238.08	1,167	198

One grade step is worth $26.64/cwt here — about $126 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 sale1,123 hd

260.02

—

IA average7 barns · 4,413 hd

232.11

+27.90

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

52 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 1Fancy	—	500	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	1,373	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	745	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	1,271	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	263.42/cwt	253.00–269.00	1,112	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	250.87/cwt	224.00–260.00	921	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	933	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	674	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,365	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	361	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	830	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	624	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,357	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	632	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,296	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	376	255.20/cwt	237.50–265.00	960	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	525	242.56/cwt	230.00–254.00	1,273	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	702	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,495	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	281.20/cwt	270.00–292.50	1,189	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	479	244.91/cwt	225.00–254.00	1,173	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	427	241.76/cwt	230.00–255.00	1,032	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	472	216.61/cwt	205.00–220.00	1,022	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	745	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,416	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	264.36/cwt	242.50–272.50	1,272	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	269.55/cwt	254.00–276.00	1,504	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	326	270.86/cwt	250.00–277.50	883	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	565	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,316	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	250.89/cwt	225.00–260.00	1,044	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	222.43/cwt	219.00–242.50	1,419	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	485	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,387	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	221.69/cwt	216.00–225.00	1,468	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	343	249.60/cwt	245.00–270.00	856	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	586	185.63/cwt	185.00–186.00	1,088	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	213.02/cwt	200.00–227.50	1,140	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	245.65/cwt	229.50–258.00	1,282	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	288.13/cwt	277.50–295.00	1,083	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,085	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	357	269.75/cwt	264.00–272.50	963	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	477	208.93/cwt	200.00–215.00	997	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	191.09/cwt	183.00–194.00	1,179	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	182.10/cwt	180.50–184.50	1,307	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	275.93/cwt	268.00–279.00	1,324	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	442	238.83/cwt	235.00–241.00	1,056	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	241.35/cwt	225.00–255.00	784	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	229.24/cwt	225.00–237.50	1,059	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	511	206.66/cwt	205.00–207.50	1,056	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	235.53/cwt	195.00–247.50	1,109	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	435	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,309	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	375	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,125	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	336	291.78/cwt	272.50–298.00	980	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	281.00/cwt	262.50–290.00	1,484	179
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	384	230.68/cwt	212.50–240.00	886	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	219.01/cwt	200.00–229.00	1,233	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	242.01/cwt	225.00–246.00	1,408	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	240.38/cwt	200.00–250.00	1,245	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	527	217.71/cwt	217.50–218.00	1,147	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	265.95/cwt	252.50–277.50	1,005	79

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 Apr 5, 2023

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

Receipts 2,234Last week 1,056Year ago 2,059

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	500	274.50	274.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	335	222.50	222.50
4	—	667	190.50	190.50
61	—	422	253.00–269.00	263.42
80	—	522	229.50–258.00	245.65
92	—	376	277.50–295.00	288.13
13	—	617	183.00–194.00	191.09
10	—	718	180.50–184.50	182.10
114	—	480	268.00–279.00	275.93
122	—	563	200.00–229.00	219.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	367	224.00–260.00	250.87
16	—	436	214.00	214.00
32	—	535	200.00–227.50	213.02
5	—	571	190.00	190.00
131	—	471	195.00–247.50	235.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	343	245.00–270.00	249.60
8	—	586	185.00–186.00	185.63
16	—	357	264.00–272.50	269.75
49	—	477	200.00–215.00	208.93
30	—	442	235.00–241.00	238.83
27	—	511	205.00–207.50	206.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	384	212.50–240.00	230.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	674	202.50	202.50
5	—	624	217.50	217.50
40	—	376	237.50–265.00	255.20
60	—	525	230.00–254.00	242.56
43	—	479	225.00–254.00	244.91
56	—	427	230.00–255.00	241.76
3	—	745	190.00	190.00
12	—	326	250.00–277.50	270.86
23	—	565	233.00	233.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	361	230.00	230.00
4	—	632	205.00	205.00
14	—	472	205.00–220.00	216.61
9	—	527	217.50–218.00	217.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	702	213.00	213.00
47	—	423	270.00–292.50	281.20
84	—	481	242.50–272.50	264.36
111	—	558	254.00–276.00	269.55
27	—	638	219.00–242.50	222.43
16	—	662	216.00–225.00	221.69
28	—	336	272.50–298.00	291.78
179	—	528	262.50–290.00	281.00
79	—	378	252.50–277.50	265.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	416	225.00–260.00	250.89
18	—	325	225.00–255.00	241.35
19	—	462	225.00–237.50	229.24
49	—	582	225.00–246.00	242.01
47	—	518	200.00–250.00	240.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	485	286.00	286.00
32	—	435	301.00	301.00
18	—	375	300.00	300.00

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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