Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

" 55TH ANNIVERSARY AND CUSTOMER APPRECIATION YEARLING AND CALF SALE" No trend. Trade active with moderate demand for the moderate offerings. A number of load lots offered today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $283.00/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −199.28 against this barn's trailing median of $482.28.

Average price

$283.00

17 head · 599 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,695

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−10.67

vs IA average

+13.60 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	599	283.00	1,695	17thin

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 sale17 hd

283.00

—

IA average3 barns · 291 hd

293.67

−10.67

National average147 barns · 6,928 hd

269.40

+13.60

This barn, trailing median12 sales

482.28

−199.28

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

25 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	550–600	598	261.50/cwt	261.50–261.50	1,564	7
Steers	Large 1	600–650	645	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,619	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	638	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,898	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	270.93/cwt	268.00–274.00	1,409	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,304	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,016	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	258.45/cwt	251.00–265.00	1,628	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	268.22/cwt	264.00–279.50	1,810	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	241.50/cwt	230.00–249.00	1,758	737
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,897	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,356	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,144	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,923	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	254.27/cwt	245.00–259.50	1,729	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	599	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,695	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	279.50/cwt	279.50–279.50	1,722	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	265.81/cwt	256.50–275.25	2,071	365
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	944	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,228	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	249.03/cwt	248.25–254.00	1,900	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	261.60/cwt	256.00–270.00	1,509	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	283.07/cwt	275.00–286.00	1,339	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	247.94/cwt	240.50–257.75	2,162	371
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	257.57/cwt	250.00–261.00	2,117	260
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	251.70/cwt	245.00–257.50	1,576	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	275.25/cwt	275.25–275.25	2,034	132

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 Sep 4, 2024

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

Receipts 2,615Last week 1,050Year ago 1,910

" 55TH ANNIVERSARY AND CUSTOMER APPRECIATION YEARLING AND CALF SALE" No trend. Trade active with moderate demand for the moderate offerings. A number of load lots offered today.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	598	261.50	261.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	483	270.00	270.00
6	500–550	520	268.00–274.00	270.93
40	550–600	577	256.00–270.00	261.60
51	600–650	626	245.00–257.50	251.70
164	650–700	680	245.00–259.50	254.27
737	700–750	728	230.00–249.00	241.50
119	750–800	763	248.25–254.00	249.03
21	900–950	927	217.50	217.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	628	216.00	216.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	645	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
55	600–650	638	297.50	297.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	416	275.00	275.00
15	450–500	473	275.00–286.00	283.07
21	600–650	630	251.00–265.00	258.45
4	700–750	738	257.00	257.00
4	750–800	788	244.00	244.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	550–600	599	283.00	283.00
14	600–650	616	279.50	279.50
76	650–700	675	264.00–279.50	268.22
132	700–750	739	275.25	275.25
365	750–800	779	256.50–275.25	265.81
260	800–850	822	250.00–261.00	257.57
371	850–900	872	240.50–257.75	247.94
58	900–950	944	236.00	236.00

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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