Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-08-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $250.20/cwt on 770 head.

Average price

$250.20

770 head · 826 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,066

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$77

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$61.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.66

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	827	251.07	2,078	745
Medium and Large 1-2	732	228.98	1,676	22
Large 1	1,053	190.00	2,001	3thin

One grade step is worth $61.07/cwt here — about $77 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 sale770 hd

250.20

—

IA average4 barns · 2,448 hd

241.54

+8.66

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

27 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	—	678	249.02/cwt	227.50–253.00	1,688	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	270.13/cwt	257.00–288.00	1,445	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	267.52/cwt	261.00–268.75	1,675	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	831	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,662	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	901	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,568	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	288.60/cwt	280.00–293.00	1,371	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	237.16/cwt	236.50–238.00	2,170	348
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	1,933	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	346.52/cwt	340.50–357.00	1,494	13
Steers	Large 1	—	1,053	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,001	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	292.75/cwt	279.00–305.50	1,677	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	310.17/cwt	306.00–314.00	1,650	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	845	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,944	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	1,764	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	493	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,543	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	798	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,668	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,224	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	699	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,188	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,251	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,656	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	265.38/cwt	251.00–269.50	1,773	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	711	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	257.56/cwt	253.00–263.50	1,489	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,050	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	279.60/cwt	262.00–289.50	1,728	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	260.42/cwt	255.00–262.25	1,919	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	245.87/cwt	245.00–246.25	2,144	179

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 Aug 2, 2023

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

Receipts 1,171Last week 1,765Year ago 1,025

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	678	227.50–253.00	249.02
33	—	535	257.00–288.00	270.13
95	—	626	261.00–268.75	267.52
5	—	831	200.00	200.00
8	—	901	174.00	174.00
25	—	475	280.00–293.00	288.60
3	—	445	275.00	275.00
16	—	578	253.00–263.50	257.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	798	209.00	209.00
3	—	360	197.50	197.50
7	—	500	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	699	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
348	—	915	236.50–238.00	237.16
9	—	778	248.50	248.50
13	—	431	340.50–357.00	346.52
17	—	573	279.00–305.50	292.75
21	—	532	306.00–314.00	310.17
6	—	845	230.00	230.00
5	—	493	313.00	313.00
25	—	668	251.00–269.50	265.38
48	—	618	262.00–289.50	279.60
74	—	737	255.00–262.25	260.42
179	—	872	245.00–246.25	245.87
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,053	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	815	216.50	216.50
3	—	443	282.50	282.50
9	—	736	225.00	225.00

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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