Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-08-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent auction sale for comparison. Demand was good today. Supply was moderate to heavy and included several load lots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $266.70/cwt on 1,107 head.

Average price

$266.70

1,107 head · 763 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,035

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$442

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

$22.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.02

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	766	267.35	2,048	1,075
Medium and Large 1-2	656	244.94	1,606	32

One grade step is worth $22.41/cwt here — about $442 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 sale1,107 hd

266.70

—

IA average7 barns · 4,546 hd

249.68

+17.02

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

34 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 1Fancy	—	531	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,527	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	889	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,734	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	260.94/cwt	247.50–270.00	1,263	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	268.98/cwt	257.50–277.50	1,539	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	236.27/cwt	229.00–239.00	1,947	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	738	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	589	284.34/cwt	278.00–288.00	1,675	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	283.72/cwt	265.50–292.00	1,796	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,466	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,365	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	253.38/cwt	237.00–255.00	1,954	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	942	227.25/cwt	227.25–227.25	2,141	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	836	219.41/cwt	175.00–234.50	1,834	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	408	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,132	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	506	312.96/cwt	307.50–315.00	1,584	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	307.79/cwt	287.50–313.00	1,462	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	253.61/cwt	229.00–257.75	2,232	303
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	741	263.42/cwt	262.25–270.00	1,952	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	269.72/cwt	244.50–273.00	1,799	174
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	946	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,816	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	267.98/cwt	245.00–269.60	2,171	254
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	283.83/cwt	267.50–290.35	1,882	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	250.44/cwt	245.50–260.00	1,838	239
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	773	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,087	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	970	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	991	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,883	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,913	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	273.75/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,292	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	244.36/cwt	235.00–245.85	1,860	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	271.55/cwt	266.00–273.10	1,694	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,642	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	240.14/cwt	232.50–245.00	1,393	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,107	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	257.61/cwt	247.50–268.00	1,347	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 Aug 30, 2023

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

Receipts 1,910Last week 1,171Year ago 467

No recent auction sale for comparison. Demand was good today. Supply was moderate to heavy and included several load lots.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	531	287.50	287.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	889	195.00	195.00
18	—	484	247.50–270.00	260.94
19	—	572	257.50–277.50	268.98
32	—	824	229.00–239.00	236.27
174	—	667	244.50–273.00	269.72
3	—	946	192.00	192.00
239	—	734	245.50–260.00	250.44
3	—	991	190.00	190.00
81	—	761	235.00–245.85	244.36
97	—	624	266.00–273.10	271.55
6	—	424	261.00	261.00
6	—	523	247.50–268.00	257.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	328	225.00	225.00
3	—	388	250.00	250.00
7	—	720	228.00	228.00
13	—	580	232.50–245.00	240.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	589	278.00–288.00	284.34
132	—	633	265.50–292.00	283.72
106	—	771	237.00–255.00	253.38
6	—	942	227.25	227.25
11	—	506	307.50–315.00	312.96
25	—	475	287.50–313.00	307.79
303	—	880	229.00–257.75	253.61
84	—	741	262.25–270.00	263.42
254	—	810	245.00–269.60	267.98
101	—	663	267.50–290.35	283.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	533	275.00	275.00
3	—	600	227.50	227.50
12	—	836	175.00–234.50	219.41
3	—	408	277.50	277.50
3	—	850	225.00	225.00
8	—	472	270.00–280.00	273.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	773	270.00	270.00

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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