Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-09-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Annual Early Bird Special Calf Sale. Demand was good today. Supply was moderate to heavy and included mostly four and five weight calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $311.99/cwt on 891 head.

Average price

$311.99

891 head · 498 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,555

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$261

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

$39.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+41.95

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	502	319.15	1,603	730
Medium and Large 1-2	480	279.52	1,342	161

One grade step is worth $39.63/cwt here — about $261 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 sale891 hd

311.99

—

IA average10 barns · 9,509 hd

270.04

+41.95

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

46 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 1-2Unweaned	—	485	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,249	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	500	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,280	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	444	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,212	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	356	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	935	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,250	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	505	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,470	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	390	306.20/cwt	302.00–320.00	1,194	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	520	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,430	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	433	326.97/cwt	305.00–337.50	1,416	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	364	358.87/cwt	345.00–372.50	1,306	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	564	292.13/cwt	289.00–293.50	1,648	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	617	274.50/cwt	262.50–276.00	1,694	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	275.47/cwt	250.00–300.00	1,454	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,469	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	472	335.49/cwt	315.00–349.00	1,584	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	518	301.18/cwt	285.00–317.00	1,560	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	370.57/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,397	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	341.18/cwt	341.00–342.00	1,610	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	418	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,557	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,053	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	345	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,190	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	487	273.18/cwt	260.00–300.00	1,330	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	329.54/cwt	307.50–335.75	1,740	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	282.18/cwt	270.00–306.00	1,202	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	470	300.96/cwt	280.00–308.00	1,415	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	557	276.21/cwt	270.00–279.00	1,538	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,540	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,184	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	341	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	818	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	463	251.00/cwt	235.00–265.00	1,162	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,242	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,295	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	279.96/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,305	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	283.35/cwt	277.00–295.00	1,646	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	313.36/cwt	295.00–317.00	1,185	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	508	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,346	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	480	298.40/cwt	293.00–312.00	1,432	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	986	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	440	259.55/cwt	252.50–275.00	1,142	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	382	311.49/cwt	295.00–321.00	1,190	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,638	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,484	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	265.15/cwt	250.00–267.00	1,405	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	271.92/cwt	260.00–287.50	1,180	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	257.69/cwt	255.00–263.00	1,185	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	247.71/cwt	220.00–255.00	1,162	16

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 Sep 13, 2023

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

Receipts 1,650Last week 1,910Year ago 1,124

Annual Early Bird Special Calf Sale. Demand was good today. Supply was moderate to heavy and included mostly four and five weight calves.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	485	257.50	257.50
3	—	500	256.00	256.00
14	—	444	273.00	273.00
3	—	356	262.50	262.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	458	273.00	273.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	505	291.00	291.00
72	—	480	293.00–312.00	298.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	470	280.00–308.00	300.96
26	—	557	270.00–279.00	276.21
20	—	508	265.00	265.00
38	—	440	252.50–275.00	259.55
62	—	382	295.00–321.00	311.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	341	240.00	240.00
18	—	463	235.00–265.00	251.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	432	287.50	287.50
12	—	518	250.00	250.00
16	—	469	220.00–255.00	247.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	378	295.00–317.00	313.36
4	—	313	315.00	315.00
4	—	658	249.00	249.00
8	—	573	259.00	259.00
105	—	530	250.00–267.00	265.15
27	—	434	260.00–287.50	271.92
24	—	460	255.00–263.00	257.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	390	302.00–320.00	306.20
13	—	520	275.00	275.00
19	—	487	260.00–300.00	273.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	433	305.00–337.50	326.97
23	—	364	345.00–372.50	358.87
30	—	564	289.00–293.50	292.13
36	—	617	262.50–276.00	274.50
102	—	472	315.00–349.00	335.49
154	—	518	285.00–317.00	301.18
7	—	345	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	528	250.00–300.00	275.47
6	—	376	280.00	280.00
35	—	426	270.00–306.00	282.18
9	—	466	275.00–290.00	279.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	408	360.00	360.00
45	—	377	360.00–380.00	370.57
81	—	472	341.00–342.00	341.18
108	—	528	307.50–335.75	329.54
6	—	616	250.00	250.00
8	—	320	370.00	370.00
97	—	581	277.00–295.00	283.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	418	372.50	372.50

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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