Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-06-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-06-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent auction sale for comparison. Demand was good today. Supply was moderate with several load lots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $255.15/cwt on 723 head.

Average price

$255.15

723 head · 711 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,814

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$178

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$82.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.01

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	718	256.37	1,840	672
Medium and Large 1-2	589	243.10	1,432	48
Large 1	1,160	174.00	2,018	3thin

One grade step is worth $82.37/cwt here — about −$178 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 sale723 hd

255.15

—

IA average6 barns · 2,638 hd

236.14

+19.01

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

45 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	—	728	217.78/cwt	207.00–219.75	1,585	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,339	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,593	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	652	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,535	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	596	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,424	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	240.28/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,485	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	300.79/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,594	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	245.24/cwt	236.00–254.00	1,783	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	260.79/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,239	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	585	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,498	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	304.46/cwt	290.00–319.00	1,318	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	225.48/cwt	223.00–227.00	1,959	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	275.73/cwt	255.00–285.50	1,721	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,745	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	528	261.25/cwt	255.00–277.00	1,379	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	313.41/cwt	308.00–320.00	1,498	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	494	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,215	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	511	246.14/cwt	242.00–248.50	1,258	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	234.85/cwt	230.50–237.00	1,442	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	701	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,451	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	976	214.75/cwt	214.75–214.75	2,096	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	231.25/cwt	231.25–231.25	1,894	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	604	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,293	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	192.13/cwt	187.50–195.00	1,322	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,349	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,095	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	281.04/cwt	265.00–297.00	1,616	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	937	221.75/cwt	221.75–221.75	2,078	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	243.12/cwt	230.00–249.00	1,391	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	283.21/cwt	280.00–285.00	949	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	256.92/cwt	245.00–268.00	1,323	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	386	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	869	4
Steers	Large 1	—	1,160	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	2,018	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,170	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	393	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	924	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	764	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,100	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,076	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,573	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,149	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	267.75/cwt	257.50–277.00	1,274	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	224.86/cwt	217.00–229.75	1,502	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	276.98/cwt	257.50–287.00	1,199	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	867	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,457	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	667	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,281	5

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 Jun 7, 2023

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

Receipts 1,302Last week 1,924Year ago 1,025

No recent auction sale for comparison. Demand was good today. Supply was moderate with several load lots.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	728	207.00–219.75	217.78
61	—	614	230.50–237.00	234.85
48	—	572	230.00–249.00	243.12
11	—	335	280.00–285.00	283.21
60	—	515	245.00–268.00	256.92
3	—	371	290.00	290.00
4	—	850	185.00	185.00
47	—	476	257.50–277.00	267.75
46	—	668	217.00–229.75	224.86
21	—	433	257.50–287.00	276.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	494	246.00	246.00
17	—	511	242.00–248.50	246.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	604	214.00	214.00
13	—	688	187.50–195.00	192.13
3	—	771	175.00	175.00
4	—	393	235.00	235.00
5	—	325	235.00	235.00
6	—	500	220.00	220.00
5	—	469	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	386	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	515	260.00	260.00
17	—	652	235.50	235.50
6	—	596	239.00	239.00
6	—	618	230.00–250.00	240.28
11	—	475	250.00–275.00	260.79
3	—	701	207.00	207.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	665	239.50	239.50
74	—	530	280.00–305.00	300.79
33	—	727	236.00–254.00	245.24
19	—	433	290.00–319.00	304.46
101	—	869	223.00–227.00	225.48
148	—	624	255.00–285.50	275.73
7	—	772	226.00	226.00
32	—	478	308.00–320.00	313.41
62	—	976	214.75	214.75
68	—	819	231.25	231.25
4	—	345	317.50	317.50
31	—	575	265.00–297.00	281.04
61	—	937	221.75	221.75
7	—	390	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	585	256.00	256.00
10	—	528	255.00–277.00	261.25
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,160	174.00	174.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	867	168.00	168.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	667	192.00	192.00

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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