Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-07-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-07-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent auction sale for comparison. Demand was very good today. Supply was moderate to heavy with several load lots of reputation cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $258.49/cwt on 1,100 head.

Average price

$258.49

1,100 head · 781 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,018

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$677

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

$6.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+26.75

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	790	258.72	2,044	1,058
Medium and Large 1-2	541	252.51	1,367	42

One grade step is worth $6.22/cwt here — about $677 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 sale1,100 hd

258.49

—

IA average5 barns · 2,100 hd

231.74

+26.75

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

30 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	—	371	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	937	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	234.85/cwt	234.85–234.85	1,839	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	273.47/cwt	266.50–276.75	1,559	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	264.89/cwt	240.00–269.00	1,629	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	282.80/cwt	282.50–283.50	1,216	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	241.67/cwt	215.00–252.00	1,049	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	264.23/cwt	257.50–268.00	1,778	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	796	252.53/cwt	243.00–254.25	2,010	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	916	236.99/cwt	233.50–237.85	2,171	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	836	255.05/cwt	254.50–255.60	2,132	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,888	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,721	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	257.24/cwt	256.00–260.00	1,495	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	341	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	955	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	956	232.09/cwt	225.50–234.85	2,219	342
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	449	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,383	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	286.33/cwt	267.50–287.25	1,798	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	240.74/cwt	236.25–243.00	2,114	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	540	317.25/cwt	317.25–317.25	1,713	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	286.85/cwt	279.00–295.00	1,500	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	493	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,257	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	896	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,891	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	234.38/cwt	225.00–250.00	1,256	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	266.91/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,177	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	888	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	214.28/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,256	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	227.42/cwt	217.50–240.00	1,101	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	241.80/cwt	240.25–244.75	1,656	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,305	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	251.25/cwt	244.00–260.00	1,319	61

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 Jul 12, 2023

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

Receipts 1,765Last week 1,302Year ago 1,025

No recent auction sale for comparison. Demand was very good today. Supply was moderate to heavy with several load lots of reputation cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	371	252.50	252.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	783	234.85	234.85
115	—	570	266.50–276.75	273.47
147	—	615	240.00–269.00	264.89
38	—	430	282.50–283.50	282.80
46	—	685	240.25–244.75	241.80
47	—	466	280.00	280.00
61	—	525	244.00–260.00	251.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	434	215.00–252.00	241.67
4	—	386	230.00	230.00
7	—	586	210.00–220.00	214.28
9	—	484	217.50–240.00	227.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	673	257.50–268.00	264.23
78	—	796	243.00–254.25	252.53
81	—	916	233.50–237.85	236.99
126	—	836	254.50–255.60	255.05
21	—	715	264.00	264.00
30	—	555	310.00	310.00
342	—	956	225.50–234.85	232.09
59	—	449	308.00	308.00
62	—	628	267.50–287.25	286.33
72	—	878	236.25–243.00	240.74
46	—	523	279.00–295.00	286.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	581	256.00–260.00	257.24
4	—	341	280.00	280.00
4	—	493	255.00	255.00
4	—	896	211.00	211.00
8	—	536	225.00–250.00	234.38
9	—	441	250.00–275.00	266.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	540	317.25	317.25

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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