Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Trend. Trade very active, very good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $153.94/cwt on 996 head.

Average price

$153.94

996 head · 649 lb average

Value per head Derived

$999

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$191

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

$20.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.17

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	651	155.01	1,009	916
Large 1	631	142.18	898	75
Medium and Large 1-2	606	135.00	818	5thin

One grade step is worth $20.01/cwt here — about $191 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale996 hd

153.94

—

IA average3 barns · 1,094 hd

149.77

+4.17

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

22 lots · USDA AMS · Bloomfield Livestock IMBIO Feeder Cattle Special - 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	—	432	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	691	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	138.09/cwt	137.50–138.60	907	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	619	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	972	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	138.40/cwt	136.10–139.00	851	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	142.32/cwt	140.10–144.00	746	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	532	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	136.20/cwt	130.00–137.10	966	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	139.71/cwt	136.50–142.00	795	163
Steers	Large 1	—	637	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	879	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	783	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	144.29/cwt	143.85–145.00	1,108	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	694	149.91/cwt	146.10–156.60	1,040	305
Steers	Large 1	—	501	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	754	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	144.10/cwt	144.10–144.10	1,246	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	910	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	167.12/cwt	164.50–168.00	867	135
Steers	Large 1	—	766	138.60/cwt	138.60–138.60	1,062	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	729	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	148.25/cwt	148.25–148.25	1,236	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	154.38/cwt	152.50–155.25	965	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	606	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	818	5

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 IMBIO Feeder Cattle Special - Bloomfield, IA

Tue Dec 31, 2019

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

Receipts 1,812Last week 0Year ago 0

No Trend. Trade very active, very good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	432	160.00	160.00
150	—	657	137.50–138.60	138.09
26	—	768	126.50	126.50
107	—	615	136.10–139.00	138.40
180	—	524	140.10–144.00	142.32
18	—	343	155.00	155.00
79	—	709	130.00–137.10	136.20
163	—	569	136.50–142.00	139.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	439	141.00	141.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	637	138.00	138.00
24	—	501	150.50	150.50
22	—	766	138.60	138.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	445	176.00	176.00
109	—	768	143.85–145.00	144.29
305	—	694	146.10–156.60	149.91
26	—	865	144.10	144.10
91	—	574	158.50	158.50
135	—	519	164.50–168.00	167.12
13	—	392	186.00	186.00
60	—	834	148.25	148.25
123	—	625	152.50–155.25	154.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	606	135.00	135.00

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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