Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-04-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Todays sale featured mostly yearling cattle. Supply was moderate and included many load lots of steers. Demand was good, especially for the eight weight steers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $210.06/cwt on 955 head.

Average price

$210.06

955 head · 806 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,693

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$891

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$40.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.40

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	803	210.51	1,690	937
Medium and Large 1-2	631	197.91	1,248	11thin
Large 1	1,518	170.00	2,581	7thin

One grade step is worth $40.51/cwt here — about −$891 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 sale955 hd

210.06

—

IA average8 barns · 5,166 hd

218.46

−8.40

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

28 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 1	—	426	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	990	15
Steers	Large 1	—	1,518	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,581	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	821	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	1,523	4
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,200	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	2,004	3
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,028	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,511	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,028	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	398	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	899	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	203.27/cwt	195.50–220.00	1,179	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	949	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,575	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	836	213.18/cwt	212.50–213.85	1,782	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,183	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	596	228.24/cwt	215.00–248.00	1,360	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	249.57/cwt	230.00–253.00	1,348	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	927	197.89/cwt	183.50–208.00	1,834	253
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,381	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	227.18/cwt	218.00–231.25	1,197	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	486	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	885	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	208.26/cwt	202.85–214.00	1,804	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,114	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,070	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	211.63/cwt	207.50–215.50	1,549	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	175.65/cwt	167.50–177.00	1,433	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	177.86/cwt	174.00–180.75	1,291	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	209.50/cwt	190.00–212.25	1,615	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	879	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	751	178.25/cwt	178.25–178.25	1,339	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	193.53/cwt	182.00–200.00	1,299	294
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,065	21

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 12, 2023

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

Receipts 1,546Last week 2,234Year ago 2,038

Todays sale featured mostly yearling cattle. Supply was moderate and included many load lots of steers. Demand was good, especially for the eight weight steers.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	426	232.50	232.50
3	—	465	221.00	221.00
5	—	398	226.00	226.00
12	—	580	195.50–220.00	203.27
90	—	527	218.00–231.25	227.18
35	—	816	167.50–177.00	175.65
15	—	726	174.00–180.75	177.86
14	—	751	178.25	178.25
294	—	671	182.00–200.00	193.53
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,200	167.00	167.00
4	—	1,028	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	949	166.00	166.00
21	—	539	197.50	197.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	486	182.00	182.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,518	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	821	185.50	185.50
7	—	522	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
129	—	836	212.50–213.85	213.18
6	—	483	245.00	245.00
31	—	596	215.00–248.00	228.24
38	—	540	230.00–253.00	249.57
253	—	927	183.50–208.00	197.89
30	—	622	222.00	222.00
126	—	866	202.85–214.00	208.26
8	—	430	259.00	259.00
148	—	732	207.50–215.50	211.63
165	—	771	190.00–212.25	209.50
3	—	335	262.50	262.50

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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