Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale a week ago, mostly seven and eight weight steers and heifers sold today. Steers under 700 lbs. sold with a lower undertone on a light test this week. Heifers sold with a lighter test this week. Demand was very good and included active internet bidding. Supply was heavy with several load lots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $289.46/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −192.82 against this barn's trailing median of $482.28.

Average price

$289.46

41 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,655

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−31.37

vs IA average

−16.01 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	572	289.46	1,655	41

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale41 hd

289.46

—

IA average6 barns · 679 hd

320.83

−31.37

National average170 barns · 11,306 hd

305.47

−16.01

This barn, trailing median12 sales

482.28

−192.82

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

31 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	Large 1	1000–1050	1,033	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,952	4
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,081	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	2,021	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	354	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,133	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,345	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	265.53/cwt	261.00–270.00	1,405	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	289.13/cwt	273.00–294.00	1,405	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	262.58/cwt	248.00–268.25	1,512	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	245.31/cwt	225.00–249.75	1,896	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	278.15/cwt	272.50–283.00	1,861	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	250.41/cwt	235.50–252.75	2,179	400
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,617	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	246.10/cwt	232.50–256.50	1,659	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,587	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	881	196.19/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,728	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	475	267.26/cwt	260.00–290.00	1,269	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	258.52/cwt	255.50–269.00	1,636	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	283.38/cwt	278.00–293.00	1,658	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	231.09/cwt	224.50–233.75	2,142	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	267.88/cwt	245.00–274.50	1,910	182
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,697	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,214	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,909	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	269.85/cwt	260.00–281.00	1,714	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	251.37/cwt	240.00–254.00	1,981	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,432	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	252.73/cwt	245.75–255.10	2,085	308
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	847	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,024	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	243.97/cwt	229.50–250.50	1,796	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	303	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,015	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	890	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	1,998	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	711	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,557	8

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 10, 2024

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

Receipts 2,051Last week 2,302Year ago 1,546

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1000–1050	1,033	189.00	189.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	354	320.00	320.00
6	400–450	447	301.00	301.00
21	450–500	486	273.00–294.00	289.13
8	500–550	529	261.00–270.00	265.53
25	550–600	576	248.00–268.25	262.58
83	600–650	633	255.50–269.00	258.52
74	650–700	674	232.50–256.50	246.10
152	700–750	736	229.50–250.50	243.97
87	750–800	773	225.00–249.75	245.31
67	800–850	847	239.00	239.00
66	850–900	856	223.00	223.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	465	261.00	261.00
8	700–750	711	219.00	219.00
20	750–800	782	217.00	217.00
16	850–900	881	190.00–200.00	196.19
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1050–1100	1,081	187.00	187.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	412	347.50	347.50
14	450–500	481	330.00	330.00
7	500–550	507	319.00	319.00
34	550–600	585	278.00–293.00	283.38
25	600–650	635	260.00–281.00	269.85
76	650–700	669	272.50–283.00	278.15
182	700–750	713	245.00–274.50	267.88
129	750–800	788	240.00–254.00	251.37
308	800–850	825	245.75–255.10	252.73
400	850–900	870	235.50–252.75	250.41
100	900–950	927	224.50–233.75	231.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	303	335.00	335.00
3	850–900	890	224.50	224.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	475	260.00–290.00	267.26

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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