Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-11-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Annual Yearling Sale. Compared to two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold with a higher undertone on a light test this week. Demand was good today. Supply was moderate and included several load lots of yearling steers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $235.89/cwt on 775 head.

Average price

$235.89

775 head · 821 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,937

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$221

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

$26.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.57

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	821	238.36	1,957	703
Medium and Large 1-2	819	211.85	1,736	72

One grade step is worth $26.51/cwt here — about $221 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 sale775 hd

235.89

—

IA average8 barns · 6,263 hd

243.47

−7.57

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

22 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	—	526	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	963	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	684	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,122	6
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,138	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,935	3
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,010	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	1,924	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	948	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,820	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	856	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,626	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	898	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,760	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	816	212.73/cwt	180.00–215.00	1,736	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,649	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	239.86/cwt	220.00–242.75	1,955	241
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	255.09/cwt	252.50–256.00	1,737	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	922	222.51/cwt	219.50–225.00	2,052	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,211	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	231.50/cwt	215.00–239.50	1,597	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	237.63/cwt	237.50–237.75	2,048	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	242.18/cwt	230.00–246.00	1,908	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	229.62/cwt	218.00–237.75	1,433	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	219.73/cwt	195.00–221.75	1,731	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,070	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	229.51/cwt	221.50–232.25	1,685	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	254.04/cwt	251.00–255.00	1,453	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	248.32/cwt	233.00–260.00	1,768	23

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 15, 2023

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

Receipts 1,070Last week 827Year ago 1,579

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	—	526	183.00	183.00
6	—	684	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,138	170.00	170.00
9	—	1,010	190.50	190.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	948	192.00	192.00
7	—	856	190.00	190.00
8	—	529	229.00	229.00
12	—	690	215.00–239.50	231.50
39	—	624	218.00–237.75	229.62
40	—	788	195.00–221.75	219.73
96	—	734	221.50–232.25	229.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	637	168.00	168.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	898	196.00	196.00
63	—	816	180.00–215.00	212.73
3	—	733	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
241	—	815	220.00–242.75	239.86
30	—	681	252.50–256.00	255.09
114	—	922	219.50–225.00	222.51
125	—	862	237.50–237.75	237.63
157	—	788	230.00–246.00	242.18
13	—	572	251.00–255.00	254.04
23	—	712	233.00–260.00	248.32

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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