Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Annual Early Bird Special Calf Sale. Compared to the sale a week ago, a much lighter offering today. Nearly all cattle sold were under 600 lbs. Demand was moderate to good today. Supply was moderate and included several strings of unweaned calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $294.80/cwt on 422 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −187.49 against this barn's trailing median of $482.28.

Average price

$294.80

422 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,613

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$180

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

$39.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.09

vs IA average

+26.60 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	296.68	1,621	402
Medium and Large 1-2	561	257.00	1,441	20

One grade step is worth $39.68/cwt here — about $180 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale422 hd

294.80

—

IA average6 barns · 1,904 hd

293.71

+1.09

National average178 barns · 13,815 hd

268.20

+26.60

This barn, trailing median12 sales

482.28

−187.49

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	350–400	391	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,329	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	501	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,653	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,587	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,231	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	522	302.99/cwt	290.00–307.00	1,582	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	652	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,643	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	274.24/cwt	257.00–285.00	1,700	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	286.42/cwt	270.00–289.00	1,401	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	261.75/cwt	259.00–270.00	1,395	92
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	430	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,269	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	495	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,262	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,216	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,580	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	288.97/cwt	277.00–297.50	1,630	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	297.65/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,589	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	465	322.12/cwt	314.00–334.50	1,498	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	436	314.40/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,371	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	471	273.61/cwt	260.00–278.00	1,289	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,493	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,729	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,461	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	379	362.68/cwt	349.00–370.00	1,375	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	511	265.68/cwt	255.00–272.50	1,358	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	395	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,221	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	500	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,310	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	420	326.96/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,373	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	578	288.96/cwt	279.00–304.00	1,670	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,128	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,558	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	534	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,335	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	428	297.30/cwt	280.00–308.00	1,272	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	497	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,272	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	431	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,174	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	329	295.88/cwt	287.50–305.00	973	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	301.79/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,437	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,207	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	365	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,270	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	578	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,514	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	367	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,009	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,490	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,310	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,017	6

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 11, 2024

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

Receipts 1,150Last week 2,615Year ago 1,650

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	391	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	380	320.00	320.00
10	400–450	405	304.00	304.00
62	450–500	489	270.00–289.00	286.42
92	500–550	533	259.00–270.00	261.75
8	650–700	690	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	395	309.00	309.00
30	400–450	436	310.00–325.00	314.40
43	450–500	471	260.00–278.00	273.61
75	500–550	511	255.00–272.50	265.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	367	275.00	275.00
8	400–450	431	272.50	272.50
7	450–500	497	256.00	256.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	329	287.50–305.00	295.88
6	350–400	391	260.00	260.00
3	450–500	478	252.50	252.50
3	500–550	526	249.00	249.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	500–550	501	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	379	349.00–370.00	362.68
32	400–450	420	325.00–330.00	326.96
64	450–500	465	314.00–334.50	322.12
128	500–550	522	290.00–307.00	302.99
41	550–600	578	279.00–304.00	288.96
5	650–700	652	252.00	252.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	387	377.50	377.50
21	400–450	445	355.00	355.00
5	450–500	474	315.00	315.00
18	500–550	534	295.00–305.00	297.65
187	550–600	564	277.00–297.50	288.97
19	600–650	620	257.00–285.00	274.24
10	650–700	665	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	376	300.00	300.00
37	450–500	476	290.00–305.00	301.79
8	550–600	573	260.00	260.00
3	600–650	636	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	365	348.00	348.00
8	400–450	428	280.00–308.00	297.30
7	500–550	534	250.00	250.00
5	550–600	578	262.00	262.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	430	295.00	295.00
6	450–500	495	255.00	255.00
6	500–550	500	262.00	262.00

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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