Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-11-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers under 600 lbs. mostly sold sharply higher on a lighter test and heavier weights sold steady. Heifers sold mostly lower on a lighter test. Demand was good today. Supply was moderate and included several yearling cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $270.52/cwt on 446 head.

Average price

$270.52

446 head · 608 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,646

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$495

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

$27.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.17

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	615	271.83	1,671	425
Medium and Large 1-2	482	243.94	1,176	21

One grade step is worth $27.89/cwt here — about $495 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 sale446 hd

270.52

—

IA average8 barns · 6,580 hd

255.35

+15.17

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

35 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	—	568	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,193	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	272.42/cwt	267.50–275.00	1,161	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	241.38/cwt	225.00–246.00	1,386	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	225.26/cwt	224.00–227.00	1,439	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	257.97/cwt	240.00–267.00	1,329	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	264.78/cwt	262.50–270.00	1,025	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	481	301.55/cwt	300.00–306.00	1,450	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	374	303.33/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,134	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	472	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,086	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	437	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,322	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	614	261.40/cwt	261.00–262.50	1,605	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,938	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	558	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,507	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	503	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,534	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	253.87/cwt	240.00–261.00	1,706	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	303.63/cwt	287.50–311.00	1,433	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	748	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,810	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	308.92/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,202	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	258.85/cwt	252.00–260.00	1,607	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	280.70/cwt	267.00–285.00	1,620	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	978	223.25/cwt	223.25–223.25	2,183	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	521	241.55/cwt	237.50–244.00	1,258	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	263.80/cwt	260.00–267.50	1,411	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	566	248.15/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,405	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	342	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,094	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	303.60/cwt	302.50–305.00	1,318	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	303.32/cwt	299.00–305.00	1,544	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,195	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,082	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	312	286.69/cwt	285.00–290.00	894	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,514	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	473	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,206	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	394	246.33/cwt	240.00–250.00	971	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	454	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	908	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	432	265.56/cwt	259.00–271.00	1,147	43

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 Nov 1, 2023

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

Receipts 827Last week 920Year ago 1,086

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	—	568	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	426	267.50–275.00	272.42
18	—	574	225.00–246.00	241.38
21	—	639	224.00–227.00	225.26
50	—	515	240.00–267.00	257.97
15	—	387	262.50–270.00	264.78
9	—	312	285.00–290.00	286.69
4	—	661	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	521	237.50–244.00	241.55
50	—	566	240.00–250.00	248.15
3	—	473	255.00	255.00
8	—	394	240.00–250.00	246.33
43	—	432	259.00–271.00	265.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	513	233.00	233.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	454	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	481	300.00–306.00	301.55
7	—	374	295.00–310.00	303.33
8	—	437	302.50	302.50
70	—	614	261.00–262.50	261.40
18	—	558	270.00	270.00
13	—	503	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	472	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	828	234.00	234.00
66	—	672	240.00–261.00	253.87
21	—	472	287.50–311.00	303.63
5	—	748	242.00	242.00
10	—	389	305.00–315.00	308.92
24	—	621	252.00–260.00	258.85
37	—	577	267.00–285.00	280.70
52	—	978	223.25	223.25
7	—	342	320.00	320.00
11	—	434	302.50–305.00	303.60
37	—	509	299.00–305.00	303.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	535	260.00–267.50	263.80
3	—	416	260.00	260.00

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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