Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

" OFF GRASS SPECIAL" , no trend as this was off grass heavy feeders. Trade active with good demand for the moderate offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $298.89/cwt on 660 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −183.40 against this barn's trailing median of $482.28.

Average price

$298.89

660 head · 594 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,775

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$308

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

$43.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.18

vs IA average

+32.25 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	594	299.62	1,780	649
Medium and Large 1-2	575	256.00	1,472	11thin

One grade step is worth $43.62/cwt here — about $308 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 sale660 hd

298.89

—

IA average2 barns · 873 hd

299.07

−0.18

National average174 barns · 10,991 hd

266.64

+32.25

This barn, trailing median12 sales

482.28

−183.40

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

19 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 1	750–800	768	231.62/cwt	225.50–233.00	1,779	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	251.23/cwt	250.00–259.00	1,706	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	246.63/cwt	240.50–251.00	2,138	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,340	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	255.35/cwt	255.00–255.50	1,629	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,645	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,477	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	1,906	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	602	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,547	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	299.50/cwt	299.50–299.50	1,782	639
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	259.71/cwt	252.00–266.50	2,008	207
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	258.47/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,778	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,658	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	247.02/cwt	244.00–249.00	2,050	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	654	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,602	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,479	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	230.64/cwt	224.00–231.25	1,864	214
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	473	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,242	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,472	11

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 18, 2024

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

Receipts 1,658Last week 1,150Year ago 1,670

" OFF GRASS SPECIAL" , no trend as this was off grass heavy feeders. Trade active with good demand for the moderate offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	534	251.00	251.00
5	550–600	568	260.00	260.00
20	600–650	638	255.00–255.50	255.35
83	650–700	679	250.00–259.00	251.23
4	700–750	731	225.00	225.00
22	750–800	768	225.50–233.00	231.62
214	800–850	808	224.00–231.25	230.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	650	227.50	227.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	473	262.50	262.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	540	307.00	307.00
639	550–600	595	299.50	299.50
7	600–650	602	257.00	257.00
17	650–700	688	255.00–265.00	258.47
60	700–750	743	256.50	256.50
207	750–800	773	252.00–266.50	259.71
148	800–850	830	244.00–249.00	247.02
139	850–900	867	240.50–251.00	246.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	575	256.00	256.00
10	650–700	654	245.00	245.00

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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