Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

"SPECIAL IMBIO SALE" , No trend, Trade active with good demand .

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $142.50/cwt on 911 head.

Average price

$142.50

911 head · 710 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,011

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$279

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

$0.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	518	142.98	740	25
Medium and Large 1	715	142.48	1,019	886

One grade step is worth $0.50/cwt here — about −$279 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 sale911 hd

142.50

—

IA average1 barns · 911 hd

142.50

+0.00

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 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 1-2	—	495	138.10/cwt	138.10–138.10	684	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	503	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	709	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	126.25/cwt	126.25–126.25	723	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	848	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	791	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	676	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	501	143.25/cwt	143.25–143.25	718	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	653	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	137.10/cwt	137.10–137.10	769	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	709	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	134.60/cwt	134.60–134.60	880	162
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	131.30/cwt	131.00–131.60	940	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	132.39/cwt	128.25–134.25	1,146	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	143.64/cwt	139.75–145.25	982	191
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	992	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	703	140.75/cwt	140.75–140.75	989	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	135.37/cwt	132.50–136.50	1,033	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	134.88/cwt	133.50–135.00	1,109	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	595	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	901	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	858	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	606	134.85/cwt	134.85–134.85	817	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	129.25/cwt	129.25–129.25	1,003	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	143.08/cwt	140.00–143.50	607	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,028	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	976	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	536	6

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

Wed Dec 30, 2020

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

Receipts 1,717Last week 721Year ago 1,812

"SPECIAL IMBIO SALE" , No trend, Trade active with good demand .

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	495	138.10	138.10
15	—	573	126.25	126.25
27	—	670	126.50	126.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
101	—	501	143.25	143.25
94	—	561	137.10	137.10
162	—	654	134.60	134.60
151	—	716	131.00–131.60	131.30
87	—	606	134.85	134.85
69	—	776	129.25	129.25
40	—	424	140.00–143.50	143.08
16	—	910	113.00	113.00
6	—	820	119.00	119.00
6	—	340	157.50	157.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	503	141.00	141.00
10	—	595	133.00	133.00
7	—	424	159.50	159.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	390	167.50	167.50
22	—	418	169.50	169.50
87	—	866	128.25–134.25	132.39
191	—	684	139.75–145.25	143.64
84	—	636	156.00	156.00
73	—	703	140.75	140.75
172	—	763	132.50–136.50	135.37
143	—	822	133.50–135.00	134.88
93	—	595	151.50	151.50
11	—	512	167.50	167.50

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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