Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale a week ago, steers and heifers sold with a higher undertone noted on a light test last week. Demand was good today. Supply was heavy and included several load lots of reputation cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $290.87/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −191.41 against this barn's trailing median of $482.28.

Average price

$290.87

11 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,641

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−16.26

vs IA average

−14.57 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	290.87	1,641	11thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale11 hd

290.87

—

IA average4 barns · 673 hd

307.13

−16.26

National average190 barns · 31,255 hd

305.44

−14.57

This barn, trailing median12 sales

482.28

−191.41

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

26 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 1Fancy	800–850	825	271.60/cwt	271.60–271.60	2,241	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	743	280.25/cwt	280.25–280.25	2,082	66
Steers	Large 1	1250–1300	1,250	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	2,263	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	615	280.25/cwt	280.25–280.25	1,724	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	774	281.81/cwt	280.00–283.10	2,181	240
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,453	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	262.34/cwt	246.00–264.25	1,926	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	255.39/cwt	249.00–262.00	1,634	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	265.72/cwt	256.00–277.60	2,086	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	290.87/cwt	285.00–293.00	1,641	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	233.87/cwt	226.50–236.75	2,269	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	261.75/cwt	258.00–265.00	1,874	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	258.53/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,771	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	260.65/cwt	253.00–261.25	2,255	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	270.58/cwt	270.00–271.50	1,694	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,434	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	592	275.50/cwt	275.50–275.50	1,631	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	254.40/cwt	254.40–254.40	2,323	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	691	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,755	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,699	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	233.15/cwt	231.00–235.00	1,916	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	258.05/cwt	257.50–259.00	1,587	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	260.33/cwt	247.00–268.25	2,156	192
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	753	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,777	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	842	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	2,076	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	286.71/cwt	271.50–290.35	1,970	212

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 Nov 13, 2024

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

Receipts 1,763Last week 1,310Year ago 1,070

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
66	700–750	743	280.25	280.25
240	750–800	774	280.00–283.10	281.81
61	800–850	825	271.60	271.60
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	1250–1300	1,250	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	459	312.50	312.50
11	550–600	564	285.00–293.00	290.87
15	600–650	626	270.00–271.50	270.58
212	650–700	687	271.50–290.35	286.71
102	700–750	716	258.00–265.00	261.75
186	750–800	785	256.00–277.60	265.72
192	800–850	828	247.00–268.25	260.33
57	850–900	865	253.00–261.25	260.65
58	900–950	913	254.40	254.40
86	950–1000	970	226.50–236.75	233.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	600–650	615	257.50–259.00	258.05
5	650–700	691	254.00	254.00
4	700–750	720	236.00	236.00
5	750–800	753	236.00	236.00
11	800–850	842	246.50	246.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
158	600–650	615	280.25	280.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	538	270.00	270.00
57	550–600	592	275.50	275.50
21	600–650	640	249.00–262.00	255.39
82	650–700	685	250.00–260.00	258.53
57	700–750	734	246.00–264.25	262.34
11	800–850	822	231.00–235.00	233.15

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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