Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, steers sold mostly with a lower undertone on last weeks light test, while heifers sold mostly with a higher undertone on last weeks light test. Demand was good. Supply was heavy with a few load lots.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $224.52/cwt on 657 head.

Average price

$224.52

657 head · 610 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,371

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$234

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

$44.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.59

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	606	234.45	1,421	512
Medium and Large 1-2	626	189.48	1,187	145

One grade step is worth $44.97/cwt here — about $234 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 sale657 hd

224.52

—

IA average14 barns · 8,883 hd

227.11

−2.59

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	—	712	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	1,278	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	554	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,042	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	381	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	714	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	890	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,246	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	420	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,050	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	562	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,371	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	270.00/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,380	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	260.43/cwt	259.00–263.00	1,768	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	249.47/cwt	231.00–252.50	1,819	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,565	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	226.97/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,412	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	236.35/cwt	221.00–244.50	1,815	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	289.66/cwt	267.00–299.50	1,668	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,371	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,767	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	635	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	1,121	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	297.56/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,407	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	243.95/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,273	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	397	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	933	4
Steers	Large 1	—	1,018	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,578	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,364	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,394	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	226.25/cwt	226.25–226.25	1,989	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,386	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	223.49/cwt	221.00–230.00	1,609	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	590	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,109	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	424	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	950	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	698	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,438	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	451	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	893	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	248.79/cwt	235.00–254.00	1,189	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	814	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,465	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	238.03/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,369	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	235.10/cwt	214.00–240.00	1,589	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	228.70/cwt	219.50–234.00	1,429	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,094	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 Jan 24, 2024

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

Receipts 1,483Last week 1,055Year ago 2,011

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	712	179.50	179.50
8	—	554	188.00	188.00
3	—	381	187.50	187.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	890	140.00	140.00
9	—	420	250.00	250.00
35	—	562	244.00	244.00
35	—	698	206.00	206.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	511	260.00–280.00	270.00
89	—	679	259.00–263.00	260.43
123	—	729	231.00–252.50	249.47
96	—	768	221.00–244.50	236.35
180	—	576	267.00–299.50	289.66
4	—	448	306.00	306.00
4	—	818	216.00	216.00
54	—	473	280.00–305.00	297.56
58	—	879	226.25	226.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	728	215.00	215.00
10	—	622	225.00–230.00	226.97
3	—	593	230.00	230.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,018	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	635	176.50	176.50
61	—	590	188.00	188.00
7	—	451	198.00	198.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	522	230.00–250.00	243.95
101	—	720	221.00–230.00	223.49
50	—	478	235.00–254.00	248.79
22	—	575	235.00–240.00	238.03
96	—	676	214.00–240.00	235.10
109	—	625	219.50–234.00	228.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	397	235.00	235.00
6	—	715	195.00	195.00
21	—	686	202.00	202.00
14	—	814	180.00	180.00
3	—	521	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	424	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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