Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent auction sale for comparison. Mostly good quality calves this week that weighed 500-600 lbs. Demand was very good, especially for calves will vaccinations. Supply was heavy today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $292.75/cwt on 311 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −189.54 against this barn's trailing median of $482.28.

Average price

$292.75

311 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,648

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$159

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

$31.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.53

vs IA average

−9.10 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	296.18	1,683	267
Large 1	500	277.00	1,385	26
Medium and Large 1-2	576	264.61	1,524	18thin

One grade step is worth $31.57/cwt here — about $159 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale311 hd

292.75

—

IA average6 barns · 1,019 hd

294.28

−1.53

National average187 barns · 26,509 hd

301.85

−9.10

This barn, trailing median12 sales

482.28

−189.54

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

38 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 1Unweaned	450–500	471	251.56/cwt	251.00–255.00	1,185	29
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	500–550	500	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,385	26
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	550–600	592	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	1,542	28
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	600–650	627	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,687	47
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	300–350	341	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,168	3
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	450–500	476	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,347	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	371.62/cwt	370.00–372.50	1,397	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	344.57/cwt	335.00–357.50	1,489	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	305	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,144	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	356	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,139	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	263.25/cwt	256.25–269.00	1,490	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	281.73/cwt	273.00–286.00	1,465	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	575	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,438	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	328.55/cwt	325.00–337.50	1,547	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	272.96/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,277	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	674	265.32/cwt	250.00–267.50	1,788	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	294.36/cwt	283.50–310.00	1,696	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	284.83/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,359	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	269.57/cwt	265.00–271.00	1,798	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	310.40/cwt	303.00–315.00	1,297	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	480	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,320	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	606	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,612	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	315.15/cwt	300.00–321.50	1,711	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	285.31/cwt	265.00–293.00	1,749	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	752	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,850	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	281.13/cwt	277.50–285.00	1,200	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	508	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,300	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,089	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	451	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,443	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	566	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,585	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,229	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	264.61/cwt	258.00–272.50	1,524	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	462	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,428	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	438	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,568	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	607	298.50/cwt	298.50–298.50	1,812	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	523	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,355	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	396	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,277	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	256.68/cwt	250.50–259.25	1,589	35

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

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

Receipts 1,310Last week 1,032Year ago 827

No recent auction sale for comparison. Mostly good quality calves this week that weighed 500-600 lbs. Demand was very good, especially for calves will vaccinations. Supply was heavy today.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	450–500	471	251.00–255.00	251.56
28	550–600	592	260.50	260.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	356	320.00	320.00
4	450–500	480	275.00	275.00
5	500–550	508	256.00	256.00
5	550–600	575	250.00	250.00
47	600–650	606	266.00	266.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	396	322.50	322.50
44	400–450	418	303.00–315.00	310.40
40	450–500	477	280.00–290.00	284.83
120	500–550	520	273.00–286.00	281.73
105	550–600	566	256.25–269.00	263.25
35	600–650	619	250.50–259.25	256.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	382	285.00	285.00
8	400–450	427	277.50–285.00	281.13
10	450–500	468	270.00–275.00	272.96
6	500–550	540	227.50	227.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	462	309.00	309.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	523	259.00	259.00
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	341	342.50	342.50
4	450–500	476	283.00	283.00
26	500–550	500	277.00	277.00
47	600–650	627	269.00	269.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	376	370.00–372.50	371.62
15	400–450	432	335.00–357.50	344.57
35	450–500	471	325.00–337.50	328.55
51	500–550	543	300.00–321.50	315.15
176	550–600	576	283.50–310.00	294.36
65	600–650	613	265.00–293.00	285.31
25	650–700	667	265.00–271.00	269.57
6	750–800	752	246.00	246.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	305	375.00	375.00
14	450–500	451	320.00	320.00
40	550–600	566	280.00	280.00
66	650–700	674	250.00–267.50	265.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	550–600	576	258.00–272.50	264.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	438	358.00	358.00
39	600–650	607	298.50	298.50

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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