Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers sold sharply higher, mostly 19.00 higher. Heifers sold mostly 6.00 to 19.00 higher. Demand was very good and included active internet bidding. Supply was heavy with several load lots of reputation cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $269.34/cwt on 1,078 head.

Average price

$269.34

1,078 head · 739 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,991

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$229

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$66.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.47

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	709	278.18	1,971	892
Medium and Large 1-2	673	248.17	1,671	79
Large 1	1,041	211.26	2,200	107

One grade step is worth $66.92/cwt here — about −$229 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 sale1,078 hd

269.34

—

IA average11 barns · 11,803 hd

268.87

+0.47

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

43 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 1-2	—	631	219.82/cwt	208.00–239.50	1,387	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	391	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,193	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	247.25/cwt	247.25–247.25	1,768	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	252.43/cwt	238.00–265.00	1,717	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	822	218.25/cwt	218.25–218.25	1,794	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	280.01/cwt	268.00–294.00	1,333	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	241.68/cwt	200.00–246.50	1,399	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	218.12/cwt	214.00–230.00	1,481	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	261.24/cwt	240.00–278.00	1,625	174
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,879	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	460	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,642	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	831	218.75/cwt	210.00–220.25	1,818	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	266.07/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,397	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	439	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,225	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	275.80/cwt	250.00–281.50	1,578	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	234.64/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,138	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	886	232.12/cwt	230.00–234.00	2,057	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,277	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,774	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	451	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,533	8
Steers	Large 1	—	1,061	209.75/cwt	209.75–209.75	2,225	53
Steers	Large 1	—	1,022	212.75/cwt	212.75–212.75	2,174	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	338.94/cwt	327.50–350.00	1,305	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	966	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	328.99/cwt	315.00–337.50	1,589	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	234.52/cwt	232.00–239.75	2,153	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,806	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	272.53/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,739	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	762	219.60/cwt	219.50–220.00	1,673	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	306.49/cwt	286.00–316.00	1,870	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	247.36/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,697	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	283.66/cwt	268.00–292.75	1,886	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,431	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	342.79/cwt	340.00–347.00	1,419	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	281.51/cwt	270.00–302.50	1,453	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	257.69/cwt	256.75–260.00	1,948	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	318.16/cwt	308.00–327.50	1,814	145
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,076	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,808	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	673	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,555	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	453	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	997	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	857	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,628	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	701	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,420	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,413	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 Feb 21, 2024

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

Receipts 2,120Last week 2,426Year ago 2,014

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	631	208.00–239.50	219.82
65	—	822	218.25	218.25
28	—	579	200.00–246.50	241.68
14	—	679	214.00–230.00	218.12
13	—	485	225.00–245.00	234.64
6	—	435	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	391	305.00	305.00
73	—	715	247.25	247.25
121	—	680	238.00–265.00	252.43
34	—	476	268.00–294.00	280.01
174	—	622	240.00–278.00	261.24
121	—	870	216.00	216.00
20	—	831	210.00–220.25	218.75
67	—	525	260.00–270.00	266.07
62	—	572	250.00–281.50	275.80
6	—	420	304.00	304.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	439	279.00	279.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,076	168.00	168.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	460	357.00	357.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	886	230.00–234.00	232.12
6	—	385	327.50–350.00	338.94
25	—	483	315.00–337.50	328.99
177	—	918	232.00–239.75	234.52
18	—	700	258.00	258.00
132	—	610	286.00–316.00	306.49
139	—	665	268.00–292.75	283.66
17	—	414	340.00–347.00	342.79
144	—	756	256.75–260.00	257.69
145	—	570	308.00–327.50	318.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	724	245.00	245.00
10	—	638	270.00–275.00	272.53
30	—	762	219.50–220.00	219.60
15	—	686	240.00–250.00	247.36
6	—	485	295.00	295.00
11	—	516	270.00–302.50	281.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	451	340.00	340.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,061	209.75	209.75
54	—	1,022	212.75	212.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	673	231.00	231.00
5	—	857	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	453	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	701	202.50	202.50
3	—	565	250.00	250.00

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Bloomfield Livestock Auction