Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

'' ANNUAL ALL CALF SPECIAL '' No trend, Trade active with good demand. All calves had at least one and many had two rounds of shots with quality running deep for the moderate offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $304.05/cwt on 409 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −178.23 against this barn's trailing median of $482.28.

Average price

$304.05

409 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,658

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$233

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

$34.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.27

vs IA average

+17.23 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	305.29	1,666	391
Large 1	546	280.00	1,529	12thin
Medium and Large 1-2	528	271.29	1,432	6thin

One grade step is worth $34.00/cwt here — about $233 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 sale409 hd

304.05

—

IA average4 barns · 853 hd

297.78

+6.27

National average167 barns · 15,497 hd

286.82

+17.23

This barn, trailing median12 sales

482.28

−178.23

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

49 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	257.68/cwt	254.00–260.00	1,495	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	465	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,500	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	361	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,065	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	432	287.81/cwt	277.00–345.00	1,243	12
Bulls	Large 1Unweaned	550–600	590	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,534	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,673	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	648	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,575	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	359.42/cwt	352.50–375.00	1,290	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	517	313.23/cwt	295.00–322.00	1,619	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	422	342.79/cwt	322.50–353.00	1,447	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	337	341.63/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,151	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	370	373.32/cwt	360.00–379.00	1,381	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	559	293.78/cwt	282.50–302.00	1,642	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	312.50/cwt	297.50–316.00	1,694	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	331	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	976	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	627	277.72/cwt	265.00–284.50	1,741	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	650	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,788	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	486	325.76/cwt	317.50–332.50	1,583	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	363.14/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,180	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	285.93/cwt	282.50–292.50	1,661	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	723	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	1,775	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	283.96/cwt	270.00–287.00	1,729	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,585	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	353.37/cwt	335.00–367.00	1,530	54
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	500–550	546	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,529	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	392	315.55/cwt	313.00–320.00	1,237	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,849	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	340	275.98/cwt	270.00–277.50	938	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	339	308.86/cwt	300.00–312.50	1,047	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	362	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	996	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	271.29/cwt	264.00–275.00	1,432	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	477	286.59/cwt	275.00–315.00	1,367	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,276	2
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	500–550	511	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,349	9
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	550–600	579	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,329	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	580	260.28/cwt	251.00–266.00	1,510	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	516	284.58/cwt	263.00–298.00	1,468	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	309.57/cwt	303.00–320.00	1,300	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	430	300.89/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,294	54
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	400–450	449	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,266	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	264.81/cwt	264.00–265.00	1,666	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	337	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	910	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,523	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	305.23/cwt	267.00–315.00	1,477	102
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	350–400	374	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	954	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	320.73/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,030	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	260.99/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,467	25
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	450–500	488	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,264	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,341	9

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 Oct 2, 2024

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

Receipts 1,525Last week 1,658Year ago 1,670

'' ANNUAL ALL CALF SPECIAL '' No trend, Trade active with good demand. All calves had at least one and many had two rounds of shots with quality running deep for the moderate offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	580	254.00–260.00	257.68
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	361	295.00	295.00
12	400–450	432	277.00–345.00	287.81
8	450–500	465	322.50	322.50
Bulls — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	590	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	321	300.00–335.00	320.73
9	350–400	383	350.00	350.00
63	400–450	420	303.00–320.00	309.57
102	450–500	484	267.00–315.00	305.23
57	500–550	525	290.00	290.00
25	550–600	562	260.00–265.00	260.99
21	600–650	629	264.00–265.00	264.81
6	700–750	703	238.00	238.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	339	300.00–312.50	308.86
11	350–400	392	313.00–320.00	315.55
54	400–450	430	290.00–315.00	300.89
109	450–500	477	275.00–315.00	286.59
62	500–550	516	263.00–298.00	284.58
27	550–600	580	251.00–266.00	260.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	340	270.00–277.50	275.98
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	374	255.00	255.00
6	400–450	449	282.00	282.00
12	450–500	488	259.00	259.00
9	500–550	511	264.00	264.00
10	550–600	579	229.50	229.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	337	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	331	295.00	295.00
5	600–650	648	243.00	243.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	325	355.00–375.00	363.14
14	350–400	359	352.50–375.00	359.42
54	400–450	433	335.00–367.00	353.37
32	450–500	458	346.00	346.00
183	500–550	542	297.50–316.00	312.50
34	550–600	581	282.50–292.50	285.93
28	600–650	609	270.00–287.00	283.96
11	700–750	703	263.00	263.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	337	335.00–355.00	341.63
7	350–400	370	360.00–379.00	373.32
32	400–450	422	322.50–353.00	342.79
115	450–500	486	317.50–332.50	325.76
69	500–550	517	295.00–322.00	313.23
105	550–600	559	282.50–302.00	293.78
20	600–650	627	265.00–284.50	277.72
6	650–700	650	275.00	275.00
10	700–750	723	245.50	245.50
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	546	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	362	275.00	275.00
2	400–450	440	290.00	290.00
6	500–550	528	264.00–275.00	271.29

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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