Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $269.26/cwt on 1,047 head.

Average price

$269.26

1,047 head · 646 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,740

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$471

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

$10.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.27

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	458	279.86	1,281	28
Medium and Large 1	651	268.96	1,752	1,019

One grade step is worth $10.89/cwt here — about −$471 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 sale1,047 hd

269.26

—

IA average8 barns · 5,767 hd

252.98

+16.27

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	859	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,037	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	267.51/cwt	255.00–277.50	1,134	48
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,104	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,656	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	253.94/cwt	249.50–261.00	1,328	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	229.96/cwt	213.00–236.00	1,536	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	457	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,325	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	245.17/cwt	221.00–250.00	1,741	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,014	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	789	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,830	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	501	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,253	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,184	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,400	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	312.57/cwt	300.00–327.50	1,472	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,616	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	659	271.50/cwt	271.50–271.50	1,789	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	253.59/cwt	234.50–264.25	1,729	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	891	228.53/cwt	225.50–231.50	2,036	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	348.94/cwt	333.00–356.00	1,500	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	282.27/cwt	265.00–294.50	1,600	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	307.20/cwt	293.00–315.00	1,625	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,049	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	271.32/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,707	239
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	236.43/cwt	221.00–241.75	1,452	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	259.40/cwt	253.00–270.00	1,245	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,146	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	219.71/cwt	219.50–220.00	1,244	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	244.96/cwt	229.00–252.00	1,426	229
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	355.20/cwt	347.50–358.00	1,364	11

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 Jan 3, 2024

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

Receipts 1,868Last week 1,530Year ago 2,401

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	318	270.00	270.00
7	—	360	288.00	288.00
48	—	424	255.00–277.50	267.51
88	—	523	249.50–261.00	253.94
130	—	668	213.00–236.00	229.96
91	—	614	221.00–241.75	236.43
113	—	480	253.00–270.00	259.40
229	—	582	229.00–252.00	244.96
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,104	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	477	220.00	220.00
3	—	516	222.00	222.00
7	—	566	219.50–220.00	219.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	457	290.00	290.00
10	—	322	315.00	315.00
3	—	501	250.00	250.00
3	—	423	280.00	280.00
3	—	560	250.00	250.00
3	—	800	202.00	202.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
172	—	710	221.00–250.00	245.17
20	—	789	232.00	232.00
36	—	471	300.00–327.50	312.57
128	—	682	234.50–264.25	253.59
119	—	891	225.50–231.50	228.53
20	—	430	333.00–356.00	348.94
105	—	567	265.00–294.50	282.27
143	—	529	293.00–315.00	307.20
239	—	629	250.00–280.00	271.32
11	—	384	347.50–358.00	355.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	659	271.50	271.50

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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