Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, steers sold steady to 12.00 higher, while heifers sold 6.00 to 11.00 higher. Demand was good. Supply was moderate to heavy with several load lots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $263.54/cwt on 742 head.

Average price

$263.54

742 head · 674 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,776

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$416

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

$13.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.68

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	687	264.92	1,820	667
Medium and Large 1-2	559	251.30	1,404	75

One grade step is worth $13.62/cwt here — about $416 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 sale742 hd

263.54

—

IA average10 barns · 9,479 hd

255.86

+7.68

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

30 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	—	756	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,512	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,259	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	937	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,710	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	268.14/cwt	260.00–276.00	1,271	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	403	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,104	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	224.36/cwt	217.00–230.00	1,499	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	879	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	252.13/cwt	242.50–258.00	1,563	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	234.05/cwt	228.00–240.00	1,582	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,288	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	254.23/cwt	239.00–275.00	1,447	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	356	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,059	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	307.78/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,628	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	282.24/cwt	276.00–287.00	1,750	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	259.54/cwt	250.00–278.00	1,757	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	248.09/cwt	236.00–254.00	1,915	318
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	961	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,826	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,242	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	219.78/cwt	215.00–232.50	1,165	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	216.89/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,264	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	387	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	929	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	295.87/cwt	278.00–310.00	1,349	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	298.85/cwt	293.00–313.00	1,736	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	250.14/cwt	230.00–259.00	1,799	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	238.54/cwt	227.50–246.00	1,379	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	234.77/cwt	225.00–244.75	1,434	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	234.21/cwt	210.00–243.50	1,703	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	922	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,128	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	604	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,244	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 31, 2024

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

Receipts 1,290Last week 1,483Year ago 2,011

Compared to a week ago, steers sold steady to 12.00 higher, while heifers sold 6.00 to 11.00 higher. Demand was good. Supply was moderate to heavy with 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
9	—	756	200.00	200.00
11	—	530	237.50	237.50
11	—	937	182.50	182.50
26	—	474	260.00–276.00	268.14
5	—	403	274.00	274.00
29	—	668	217.00–230.00	224.36
102	—	578	227.50–246.00	238.54
109	—	611	225.00–244.75	234.77
127	—	727	210.00–243.50	234.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	530	215.00–232.50	219.78
16	—	583	215.00–220.00	216.89
3	—	380	242.50	242.50
4	—	470	240.00	240.00
5	—	604	206.00	206.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	387	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	338	260.00	260.00
8	—	620	242.50–258.00	252.13
8	—	676	228.00–240.00	234.05
20	—	513	251.00	251.00
35	—	569	239.00–275.00	254.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	356	297.50	297.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	529	290.00–315.00	307.78
68	—	620	276.00–287.00	282.24
69	—	677	250.00–278.00	259.54
318	—	772	236.00–254.00	248.09
3	—	961	190.00	190.00
6	—	388	320.00	320.00
29	—	456	278.00–310.00	295.87
48	—	581	293.00–313.00	298.85
60	—	719	230.00–259.00	250.14

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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