Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-09-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Annual Off Grass Special Sale. Compared to a week ago, steers and heifers sold with a higher undertone on this weeks light test. Demand was good today. Supply was moderate and included 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 $257.92/cwt on 1,140 head.

Average price

$257.92

1,140 head · 819 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,112

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$163

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$34.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.77

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	824	258.44	2,128	1,096
Medium and Large 1-2	674	246.64	1,661	41
Large 1	1,023	224.00	2,292	3thin

One grade step is worth $34.44/cwt here — about −$163 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 sale1,140 hd

257.92

—

IA average6 barns · 4,883 hd

263.69

−5.77

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

29 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 1-2	—	663	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,425	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	506	277.16/cwt	275.00–277.50	1,402	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	255.67/cwt	241.00–266.00	1,713	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	249.59/cwt	248.75–250.00	1,879	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	254.55/cwt	247.00–264.00	1,571	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	270.31/cwt	250.00–272.00	1,573	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	270.81/cwt	264.00–287.00	1,709	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	299.97/cwt	290.00–302.00	1,626	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	288.29/cwt	260.00–291.50	1,640	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,342	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,581	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,870	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	893	249.29/cwt	229.50–254.25	2,226	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	267.04/cwt	263.00–272.75	2,059	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	754	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,742	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,274	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	922	244.38/cwt	230.00–249.75	2,253	244
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	704	281.18/cwt	259.00–285.00	1,980	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	506	251.01/cwt	250.00–252.00	1,270	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	248.97/cwt	240.00–251.00	1,768	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	271.31/cwt	269.00–276.00	1,839	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	219.13/cwt	211.00–225.00	1,466	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	257.48/cwt	246.25–265.50	2,142	369
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	842	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,684	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	255.17/cwt	241.50–268.00	1,870	179
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,032	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,984	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	941	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,042	7
Steers	Large 1	—	1,023	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,292	3

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 20, 2023

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

Receipts 1,670Last week 1,650Year ago 2,169

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	663	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	506	275.00–277.50	277.16
40	—	670	241.00–266.00	255.67
49	—	753	248.75–250.00	249.59
53	—	617	247.00–264.00	254.55
77	—	582	250.00–272.00	270.31
13	—	472	270.00	270.00
179	—	733	241.50–268.00	255.17
10	—	855	232.00	232.00
7	—	941	217.00	217.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	669	211.00–225.00	219.13
11	—	842	200.00	200.00
3	—	516	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	631	264.00–287.00	270.81
28	—	542	290.00–302.00	299.97
30	—	569	260.00–291.50	288.29
154	—	893	229.50–254.25	249.29
179	—	771	263.00–272.75	267.04
244	—	922	230.00–249.75	244.38
42	—	704	259.00–285.00	281.18
37	—	678	269.00–276.00	271.31
369	—	832	246.25–265.50	257.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	471	285.00	285.00
3	—	680	232.50	232.50
5	—	813	230.00	230.00
6	—	754	231.00	231.00
6	—	506	250.00–252.00	251.01
17	—	710	240.00–251.00	248.97
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,023	224.00	224.00

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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