Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers sold 6.00 to 24.00 higher. Heifers sold mostly steady to sharply higher on a light test this week. Several groups of quality yearling cattle were offered today. Supply was moderate and included several load lots. Demand was very good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $344.27/cwt on 75 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −138.02 against this barn's trailing median of $482.28.

Average price

$344.27

75 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,865

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$116

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

$43.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.10

vs IA average

+30.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	348.95	1,876	67
Medium and Large 1-2	577	305.00	1,760	8thin

One grade step is worth $43.95/cwt here — about $116 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 sale75 hd

344.27

—

IA average6 barns · 1,814 hd

334.16

+10.10

National average158 barns · 11,390 hd

314.10

+30.17

This barn, trailing median12 sales

482.28

−138.02

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

27 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	466	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,887	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	760	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,824	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	907	216.75/cwt	216.75–216.75	1,966	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	336.88/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,445	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	380.75/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,432	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	305.77/cwt	305.00–307.00	1,602	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	246.25/cwt	246.25–246.25	1,908	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	297.12/cwt	270.00–303.00	1,875	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	299.80/cwt	291.00–306.50	1,691	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,621	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,463	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,434	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	271.73/cwt	250.00–274.50	2,005	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	254.07/cwt	252.50–254.85	2,256	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	387.79/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,873	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	310.66/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,339	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,760	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	356.67/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,630	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	842	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,231	62
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	694	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,728	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	330.65/cwt	320.00–336.00	1,862	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	357.31/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,879	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,594	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,719	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	309.33/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,902	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	1,864	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	313.91/cwt	307.00–320.00	1,457	48

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 May 22, 2024

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

Receipts 1,102Last week 2,052Year ago 1,924

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	466	405.00	405.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	750–800	760	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	425	375.00	375.00
9	450–500	483	385.00–390.00	387.79
46	500–550	526	340.00–370.00	357.31
21	550–600	563	320.00–336.00	330.65
76	600–650	615	290.00–315.00	309.33
62	650–700	653	285.50	285.50
88	700–750	738	250.00–274.50	271.73
62	800–850	842	265.00	265.00
187	850–900	888	252.50–254.85	254.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	457	355.00–360.00	356.67
8	550–600	577	305.00	305.00
6	650–700	661	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	376	370.00–385.00	380.75
16	400–450	429	330.00–340.00	336.88
48	450–500	464	307.00–320.00	313.91
33	500–550	524	305.00–307.00	305.77
78	550–600	564	291.00–306.50	299.80
61	600–650	631	270.00–303.00	297.12
60	750–800	775	246.25	246.25
10	900–950	907	216.75	216.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	431	295.00–315.00	310.66
8	450–500	482	297.50	297.50
7	550–600	583	251.00	251.00
6	600–650	638	254.00	254.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	694	249.00	249.00

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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