Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers sold with a higher undertone on this weeks lighter test. Heifers sold mostly with a lower undertone on this weeks light test. Demand was very good and included active internet bidding. Supply was moderate to heavy with several load lots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $307.29/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −175.00 against this barn's trailing median of $482.28.

Average price

$307.29

54 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,694

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$148

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

$43.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.49

vs IA average

−5.71 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	326.51	1,757	30
Medium and Large 1-2	568	283.26	1,609	24

One grade step is worth $43.25/cwt here — about $148 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

12 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $513.77, low $452.62, median $482.28 across 12 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale54 hd

307.29

—

IA average4 barns · 613 hd

319.78

−12.49

National average178 barns · 13,961 hd

313.00

−5.71

This barn, trailing median12 sales

482.28

−175.00

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

37 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	850–900	875	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,951	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	838	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,835	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	325.74/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,244	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	318.11/cwt	312.50–325.00	1,346	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	692	242.04/cwt	235.50–253.00	1,675	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	345.82/cwt	342.50–350.00	1,670	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	263.62/cwt	255.00–276.00	1,661	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	609	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,663	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	231.36/cwt	226.50–235.00	1,721	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	593	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,376	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,999	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	351.38/cwt	350.00–362.50	1,553	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	276.04/cwt	264.00–284.00	1,460	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	241.85/cwt	241.85–241.85	2,235	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	326.51/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,757	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	656	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,843	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	246.84/cwt	233.00–250.60	1,866	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	310.25/cwt	294.50–317.00	1,930	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	287.53/cwt	280.00–299.00	1,374	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	402	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,266	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	286.92/cwt	276.00–299.50	1,937	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	603	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,688	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	263.24/cwt	252.00–269.00	1,508	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	250.29/cwt	240.00–253.25	2,082	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	257.43/cwt	248.50–261.75	1,954	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	838	218.70/cwt	215.00–226.00	1,833	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	418	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,442	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	240.46/cwt	206.00–250.00	1,404	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	467	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,331	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	621	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,484	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	252.85/cwt	252.85–252.85	2,212	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	1,628	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	786	243.72/cwt	221.00–246.25	1,916	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,554	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	234.77/cwt	225.00–239.00	1,488	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,212	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	283.26/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,609	24

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	382	320.00–330.00	325.74
15	400–450	423	312.50–325.00	318.11
24	450–500	478	280.00–299.00	287.53
35	500–550	529	264.00–284.00	276.04
57	550–600	573	252.00–269.00	263.24
64	600–650	630	255.00–276.00	263.62
16	650–700	692	235.50–253.00	242.04
58	700–750	744	226.50–235.00	231.36
119	750–800	756	233.00–250.60	246.84
5	800–850	838	219.00	219.00
4	850–900	875	223.00	223.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	467	285.00	285.00
3	550–600	593	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	550–600	584	206.00–250.00	240.46
10	600–650	634	225.00–239.00	234.77
7	700–750	723	215.00	215.00
15	750–800	777	209.50	209.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	400–450	442	350.00–362.50	351.38
44	450–500	483	342.50–350.00	345.82
30	500–550	538	325.00–330.00	326.51
77	600–650	622	294.50–317.00	310.25
79	650–700	675	276.00–299.50	286.92
10	700–750	709	282.00	282.00
22	750–800	759	248.50–261.75	257.43
163	800–850	832	240.00–253.25	250.29
66	850–900	875	252.85	252.85
63	900–950	924	241.85	241.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	418	345.00	345.00
7	600–650	609	273.00	273.00
5	650–700	656	281.00	281.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	327.50	327.50
6	400–450	402	315.00	315.00
24	550–600	568	270.00–290.00	283.26
3	600–650	603	280.00	280.00
46	750–800	786	221.00–246.25	243.72
9	800–850	838	215.00–226.00	218.70
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	621	239.00	239.00

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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