Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-11-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

"Special IMBIO Calf Sale". No trend. Trade was active with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $160.87/cwt on 371 head.

Average price

$160.87

371 head · 634 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,020

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$126

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

$16.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.72

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	635	162.31	1,031	338
Medium and Large 1-2	620	146.09	905	33

One grade step is worth $16.22/cwt here — about $126 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 sale371 hd

160.87

—

IA average8 barns · 3,909 hd

159.15

+1.72

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

11 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	—	498	158.60/cwt	158.60–158.60	790	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	939	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	152.75/cwt	152.75–152.75	875	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	794	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	616	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	749	150.25/cwt	150.25–150.25	1,125	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	180.25/cwt	180.25–180.25	930	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	592	168.10/cwt	168.10–168.10	995	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	153.23/cwt	152.75–154.25	1,042	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	713	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	945	26

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

Mon Nov 8, 2021

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

Receipts 586Last week 1,717Year ago 721

"Special IMBIO Calf Sale". No trend. Trade was active with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	498	158.60	158.60
60	—	666	141.00	141.00
67	—	573	152.75	152.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	575	138.00	138.00
8	—	405	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	749	150.25	150.25
73	—	516	180.25	180.25
87	—	592	168.10	168.10
112	—	680	152.75–154.25	153.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	432	165.00	165.00
26	—	670	141.00	141.00

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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