Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale a week ago, steers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher, while the 750 to 800 lb. steers were 8.00 lower. Heifers sold mostly sharply higher on a lighter test last week, except for the 700 to 750 lb. heifers sold 3.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good. Supply was heavy and included several load lots of yearling cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $255.56/cwt on 1,453 head.

Average price

$255.56

1,453 head · 737 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,883

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$165

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$84.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.97

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	746	255.82	1,909	1,352
Medium and Large 1-2	586	255.43	1,497	97
Large 1	1,213	171.00	2,074	4thin

One grade step is worth $84.82/cwt here — about −$165 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 sale1,453 hd

255.56

—

IA average11 barns · 12,206 hd

261.53

−5.97

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

48 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	—	620	255.71/cwt	246.00–258.50	1,585	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	229.47/cwt	219.00–240.00	1,891	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	225.71/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,411	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	446	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,276	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	244.07/cwt	230.00–247.00	1,665	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	230.88/cwt	219.50–235.50	1,672	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,305	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	231.38/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,222	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	203.70/cwt	201.00–209.00	1,399	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	261.98/cwt	248.00–270.00	1,388	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	219.01/cwt	200.00–220.50	1,726	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,418	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	666	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,905	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	541	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,228	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	563	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,244	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	635	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,359	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	907	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	1,982	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	277.03/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,313	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	852	235.75/cwt	216.00–237.50	2,009	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	292.21/cwt	282.50–301.00	1,677	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	966	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	2,140	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,095	6
Steers	Large 1	—	1,213	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	2,074	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	909	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,845	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	259.99/cwt	246.00–268.75	1,862	338
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	278.72/cwt	277.50–280.00	1,447	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,150	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	307.89/cwt	295.00–317.00	1,352	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	301.93/cwt	292.50–320.00	1,416	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	239.96/cwt	230.00–248.50	1,989	293
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	287.51/cwt	270.00–302.50	1,774	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	311.41/cwt	292.50–317.00	1,619	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,713	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	265.16/cwt	250.00–276.00	1,787	167
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	238.67/cwt	230.00–243.00	1,828	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	936	231.19/cwt	215.00–232.25	2,164	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	241.89/cwt	225.00–248.00	1,628	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	619	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,665	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	475	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,461	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	245.66/cwt	240.00–267.50	1,535	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	269.65/cwt	240.00–280.00	1,294	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,672	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	256.78/cwt	245.00–263.00	1,471	68
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	636	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,606	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	505	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,338	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	406	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,137	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,143	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	307.92/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,010	7

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 Feb 7, 2024

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

Receipts 2,426Last week 1,290Year ago 2,025

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	620	246.00–258.50	255.71
128	—	824	219.00–240.00	229.47
7	—	446	286.00	286.00
104	—	682	230.00–247.00	244.07
81	—	724	219.50–235.50	230.88
39	—	530	248.00–270.00	261.98
158	—	788	200.00–220.50	219.01
55	—	907	218.50	218.50
45	—	474	260.00–285.00	277.03
68	—	573	245.00–263.00	256.78
3	—	370	309.00	309.00
7	—	328	305.00–310.00	307.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	625	225.00–230.00	225.71
11	—	575	227.00	227.00
11	—	528	230.00–235.00	231.38
9	—	687	201.00–209.00	203.70
3	—	720	197.00	197.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	541	227.00	227.00
5	—	563	221.00	221.00
4	—	635	214.00	214.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	666	286.00	286.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	852	216.00–237.50	235.75
69	—	574	282.50–301.00	292.21
56	—	966	221.50	221.50
338	—	716	246.00–268.75	259.99
12	—	439	295.00–317.00	307.89
9	—	469	292.50–320.00	301.93
293	—	829	230.00–248.50	239.96
59	—	617	270.00–302.50	287.51
27	—	520	292.50–317.00	311.41
167	—	674	250.00–276.00	265.16
106	—	766	230.00–243.00	238.67
65	—	936	215.00–232.25	231.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	365	300.00	300.00
6	—	519	277.50–280.00	278.72
6	—	400	287.50	287.50
4	—	770	222.50	222.50
27	—	673	225.00–248.00	241.89
15	—	625	240.00–267.50	245.66
22	—	480	240.00–280.00	269.65
11	—	724	231.00	231.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,213	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	909	203.00	203.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	619	269.00	269.00
3	—	475	307.50	307.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	636	252.50	252.50
4	—	505	265.00	265.00
5	—	406	280.00	280.00

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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