Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2020-11-09

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Mon, Nov 9
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2133
Receipts
721 head
1,091 vs last sale 1,812 721 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special IMBIO Calf sale. Several good quality calves. Demand was good for the light offerings. Trading was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $150.64/cwt on 439 head.
Average price
$150.64
439 head · 632 lb average
Value per head Derived
$952
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$303
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$23.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.02
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1633150.85955435
Medium and Large 1-2511127.506524thin
One grade step is worth $23.35/cwt here — about $303 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 sale439 hd
150.64
IA average4 barns · 1,811 hd
139.62
+11.02
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

16 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1399163.00/cwt163.00–163.006508
SteersMedium and Large 1952112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,0662
SteersMedium and Large 1620149.70/cwt144.00–150.50928162
SteersMedium and Large 1682150.10/cwt150.10–150.101,02478
SteersMedium and Large 1533160.29/cwt153.00–161.0085477
SteersMedium and Large 1739144.02/cwt135.00–145.101,06474
SteersMedium and Large 1-2442132.50/cwt132.50–132.505862
SteersMedium and Large 1-2580122.50/cwt122.50–122.507112
SteersMedium and Large 1767135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,03517
SteersMedium and Large 1464167.00/cwt167.00–167.0077517
HeifersMedium and Large 1587136.13/cwt136.00–137.00799100
HeifersMedium and Large 1673132.50/cwt132.50–132.5089278
HeifersMedium and Large 1520140.00/cwt140.00–140.0072869
HeifersMedium and Large 1434159.00/cwt159.00–159.006909
HeifersMedium and Large 1482137.00/cwt137.00–137.006605
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy635125.00/cwt125.00–125.007947

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.