Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers 600 to 650 lbs. sold 5.00 higher. Heifers sold mostly 9.00 to 13.00 lower. Demand was good today. Supply was moderate and included a few load lots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $258.55/cwt on 541 head.

Average price

$258.55

541 head · 698 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,805

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$52

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$90.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.90

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	704	259.88	1,829	505
Medium and Large 1-2	575	246.28	1,417	33
Large 1	1,113	169.00	1,881	3thin

One grade step is worth $90.88/cwt here — about −$52 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 sale541 hd

258.55

—

IA average6 barns · 4,437 hd

251.65

+6.90

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

32 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 1Fancy	—	762	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,676	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	602	247.75/cwt	247.75–247.75	1,491	86
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,003	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,454	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,179	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,122	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	227.87/cwt	211.00–236.75	1,431	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	632	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,485	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	294.25/cwt	294.25–294.25	1,713	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,576	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	901	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	1,951	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	698	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,466	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,199	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	276.14/cwt	255.00–285.50	1,751	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	228.99/cwt	228.50–231.00	1,786	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	610	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,251	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	198.50/cwt	198.50–198.50	1,191	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	640	276.50/cwt	276.50–276.50	1,770	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,387	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	235.05/cwt	220.00–235.75	1,946	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	277.24/cwt	275.00–282.50	1,306	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,021	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	234.09/cwt	216.00–239.50	1,358	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	263.19/cwt	249.50–274.00	1,761	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	493	310.57/cwt	296.00–319.50	1,531	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,526	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,489	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	197.26/cwt	190.00–202.00	1,438	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	203.31/cwt	192.00–215.00	1,393	6
Steers	Large 1	—	1,113	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,881	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,318	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	254.26/cwt	240.00–259.00	1,195	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	206.50/cwt	206.50–206.50	1,175	5

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 17, 2024

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

Receipts 1,055Last week 1,868Year ago 1,856

Compared to two weeks ago, steers 600 to 650 lbs. sold 5.00 higher. Heifers sold mostly 9.00 to 13.00 lower. Demand was good today. Supply was moderate and included a few load lots.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	762	220.00	220.00
86	—	602	247.75	247.75
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,003	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	536	220.00	220.00
6	—	435	258.00	258.00
61	—	628	211.00–236.75	227.87
67	—	580	216.00–239.50	234.09
11	—	825	185.00	185.00
14	—	876	170.00	170.00
39	—	729	190.00–202.00	197.26
6	—	685	192.00–215.00	203.31
42	—	470	240.00–259.00	254.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	610	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	600	198.50	198.50
3	—	475	215.00	215.00
5	—	569	206.50	206.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	632	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	582	294.25	294.25
7	—	510	309.00	309.00
43	—	901	216.50	216.50
141	—	634	255.00–285.50	276.14
54	—	780	228.50–231.00	228.99
132	—	828	220.00–235.75	235.05
30	—	669	249.50–274.00	263.19
56	—	493	296.00–319.50	310.57
4	—	432	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	698	210.00	210.00
3	—	436	275.00	275.00
3	—	566	245.00	245.00
10	—	471	275.00–282.50	277.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	640	276.50	276.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,113	169.00	169.00

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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