Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-04-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers and heifers both sold sharply higher when compared to a lighter test. Supply was moderate today and demand was very good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $216.00/cwt on 679 head.

Average price

$216.00

679 head · 599 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,293

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$203

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

$16.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.45

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	603	217.22	1,309	628
Medium and Large 1-2	551	200.93	1,106	51

One grade step is worth $16.29/cwt here — about $203 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 sale679 hd

216.00

—

IA average9 barns · 5,281 hd

213.55

+2.45

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

36 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 1	—	566	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,223	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	415	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,121	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	554	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,108	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	251.31/cwt	250.00–252.00	935	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	221.04/cwt	210.00–235.50	1,260	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	212.56/cwt	184.00–213.50	1,392	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	244.57/cwt	233.50–253.50	1,531	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	871	199.86/cwt	190.50–206.00	1,741	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	260.47/cwt	249.00–272.50	1,485	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	305	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	915	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	212.90/cwt	212.50–213.00	1,654	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	203.27/cwt	191.00–216.00	1,453	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,217	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	283.92/cwt	276.00–289.00	1,482	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	847	208.50/cwt	208.50–208.50	1,766	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	204.30/cwt	200.00–206.00	1,350	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	282.71/cwt	270.00–296.00	1,346	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	295.75/cwt	270.00–304.00	1,216	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	196.18/cwt	188.00–198.75	1,426	98
Steers	Large 1	—	1,108	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,806	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	546	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,188	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,201	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	228.51/cwt	209.00–237.75	1,558	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	297.28/cwt	275.00–305.00	1,112	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	223.28/cwt	221.00–228.00	1,081	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	180.74/cwt	170.00–187.00	1,216	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	852	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	837	175.34/cwt	174.50–176.50	1,468	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	201.76/cwt	191.75–216.00	1,263	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	233.12/cwt	225.00–250.00	988	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	236.96/cwt	227.00–247.50	1,249	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	252.12/cwt	232.00–262.50	1,220	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	203.50/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,184	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,124	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	215.10/cwt	210.00–220.00	809	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,060	6

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 26, 2023

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

Receipts 1,400Last week 1,546Year ago 2,038

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers and heifers both sold sharply higher when compared to a lighter test. Supply was moderate today and demand was very good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	566	216.00	216.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	415	270.00	270.00
5	—	554	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	372	250.00–252.00	251.31
41	—	570	210.00–235.50	221.04
183	—	655	184.00–213.50	212.56
98	—	727	188.00–198.75	196.18
41	—	837	174.50–176.50	175.34
52	—	626	191.75–216.00	201.76
77	—	424	225.00–250.00	233.12
44	—	527	227.00–247.50	236.96
63	—	484	232.00–262.50	252.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	484	221.00–228.00	223.28
14	—	673	170.00–187.00	180.74
3	—	426	200.00	200.00
10	—	582	200.00–205.00	203.50
3	—	628	179.00	179.00
6	—	376	210.00–220.00	215.10
6	—	511	207.50	207.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	626	233.50–253.50	244.57
48	—	871	190.50–206.00	199.86
65	—	570	249.00–272.50	260.47
10	—	305	300.00	300.00
19	—	777	212.50–213.00	212.90
27	—	715	191.00–216.00	203.27
66	—	522	276.00–289.00	283.92
6	—	847	208.50	208.50
69	—	476	270.00–296.00	282.71
29	—	411	270.00–304.00	295.75
102	—	682	209.00–237.75	228.51
28	—	374	275.00–305.00	297.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	468	260.00	260.00
14	—	661	200.00–206.00	204.30
3	—	546	217.50	217.50
7	—	572	210.00	210.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,108	163.00	163.00

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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