Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold on a light test two weeks ago. Demand was good today. Supply was heavy and included several load lots of reputation yearling cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $268.27/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −214.01 against this barn's trailing median of $482.28.

Average price

$268.27

21 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,541

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$274

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

$45.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−33.32

vs IA average

−31.06 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	577	292.07	1,685	10thin
Medium and Large 1-2	572	246.64	1,411	11thin

One grade step is worth $45.43/cwt here — about $274 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 sale21 hd

268.27

—

IA average2 barns · 187 hd

301.59

−33.32

National average188 barns · 32,793 hd

299.33

−31.06

This barn, trailing median12 sales

482.28

−214.01

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	274.92/cwt	264.00–279.50	2,147	252
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,606	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,885	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	259.22/cwt	257.50–266.00	1,382	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	249.85/cwt	248.00–250.25	1,911	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	256.67/cwt	246.00–260.00	1,856	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	269.29/cwt	256.00–270.00	1,812	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	292.07/cwt	290.00–293.00	1,685	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	235.61/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,367	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	251.82/cwt	250.00–253.50	2,334	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	546	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,338	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	291.50/cwt	291.50–291.50	1,947	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	289.22/cwt	287.50–290.00	1,790	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,637	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	261.40/cwt	261.00–263.00	1,845	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	756	238.75/cwt	238.75–238.75	1,805	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	257.62/cwt	253.00–258.50	2,244	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,473	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,181	4

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 16, 2024

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

Receipts 1,032Last week 1,525Year ago 920

Compared to two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold on a light test two weeks ago. Demand was good today. Supply was heavy and included several load lots of reputation yearling cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	577	290.00–293.00	292.07
10	600–650	619	287.50–290.00	289.22
9	650–700	668	291.50	291.50
20	700–750	706	261.00–263.00	261.40
252	750–800	781	264.00–279.50	274.92
148	850–900	871	253.00–258.50	257.62
113	900–950	927	250.00–253.50	251.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	546	245.00	245.00
6	550–600	594	248.00	248.00
17	750–800	756	238.75	238.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	533	257.50–266.00	259.22
10	600–650	620	259.00	259.00
158	650–700	673	256.00–270.00	269.29
96	700–750	723	246.00–260.00	256.67
80	750–800	765	248.00–250.25	249.85
11	800–850	816	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	482	245.00	245.00
8	550–600	580	230.00–245.00	235.61
4	750–800	776	211.00	211.00

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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