Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report for a comparison. Trade was active with good demand for the moderate offering. Quality of feeder calves ran deep today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $289.19/cwt on 384 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −137.06 against this barn's trailing median of $426.25.

Average price

$289.19

384 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,560

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$213

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

$34.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.69

vs IA average

+18.60 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	291.71	1,576	356
Medium and Large 1-2	530	257.17	1,363	28

One grade step is worth $34.54/cwt here — about $213 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

13 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $450.36, low $394.54, median $426.25 across 13 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 sale384 hd

289.19

—

IA average3 barns · 958 hd

286.51

+2.69

National average179 barns · 13,329 hd

270.59

+18.60

This barn, trailing median13 sales

426.25

−137.06

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

42 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 1Fancy	300–350	321	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,204	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	552	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,739	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	633	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,943	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	571	323.67/cwt	323.00–327.50	1,848	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	688	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,596	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	792	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	277.73/cwt	264.00–281.00	1,850	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	251.26/cwt	240.00–257.00	1,568	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	294.42/cwt	292.50–295.00	1,378	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	257.17/cwt	250.00–261.50	1,363	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,291	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	286.42/cwt	286.00–288.00	1,469	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	306.58/cwt	285.00–325.00	1,447	262
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	346.38/cwt	320.00–355.00	1,174	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,709	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	288	346.19/cwt	340.00–355.00	997	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,968	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,932	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	246	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	984	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	410.86/cwt	385.00–415.00	1,130	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	335.09/cwt	310.00–355.00	1,397	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	258.22/cwt	251.00–260.00	1,717	159
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	410.50/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,330	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	305.79/cwt	290.50–335.00	1,621	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	685	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	1,757	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	428	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,588	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	349.99/cwt	332.00–375.00	1,330	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	260.48/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,513	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	382.21/cwt	365.00–396.00	1,609	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	338.42/cwt	305.00–356.00	1,753	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	588	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,411	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	476	290.28/cwt	285.00–293.00	1,382	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	285.72/cwt	270.00–294.00	1,769	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	401.99/cwt	385.00–422.50	1,511	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	356.57/cwt	332.50–365.00	1,712	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	305.51/cwt	275.00–318.00	1,748	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	663	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,551	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	512	280.31/cwt	275.00–284.00	1,435	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	371	381.62/cwt	365.00–395.00	1,416	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	572	295.53/cwt	286.00–300.00	1,690	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	529	313.15/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,657	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	452	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,548	4

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 Apr 3, 2024

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

Receipts 2,302Last week 1,293Year ago 2,234

No trend as no recent report for a comparison. Trade was active with good demand for the moderate offering. Quality of feeder calves ran deep today.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	321	375.00	375.00
12	550–600	552	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	688	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	220	360.00	360.00
19	250–300	288	340.00–355.00	346.19
29	300–350	339	320.00–355.00	346.38
37	350–400	380	332.00–375.00	349.99
114	400–450	417	310.00–355.00	335.09
262	450–500	472	285.00–325.00	306.58
210	500–550	530	290.50–335.00	305.79
80	550–600	581	250.00–270.00	260.48
109	600–650	624	240.00–257.00	251.26
159	650–700	665	251.00–260.00	258.22
5	750–800	753	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	468	292.50–295.00	294.42
28	500–550	530	250.00–261.50	257.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	476	285.00–293.00	290.28
51	500–550	512	275.00–284.00	280.31
3	550–600	588	240.00	240.00
26	650–700	663	234.00	234.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	550–600	571	323.00–327.50	323.67
11	600–650	633	307.00	307.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	246	400.00	400.00
15	250–300	275	385.00–415.00	410.86
18	300–350	324	400.00–420.00	410.50
67	350–400	376	385.00–422.50	401.99
143	400–450	421	365.00–396.00	382.21
94	450–500	480	332.50–365.00	356.57
176	500–550	518	305.00–356.00	338.42
114	550–600	572	275.00–318.00	305.51
99	600–650	619	270.00–294.00	285.72
87	650–700	666	264.00–281.00	277.73
12	700–750	729	270.00	270.00
20	750–800	779	248.00	248.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	445	290.00	290.00
19	500–550	513	286.00–288.00	286.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	371	365.00–395.00	381.62
7	400–450	428	371.00	371.00
4	450–500	452	342.50	342.50
67	500–550	529	300.00–330.00	313.15
16	550–600	572	286.00–300.00	295.53
23	650–700	685	256.50	256.50

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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