Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special IMBIO Calf Sale. No trend. Demand was good for the moderate offerings. Several load lots were in the offerings. Trade was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $168.85/cwt on 932 head.

Average price

$168.85

932 head · 658 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,112

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$246

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

$15.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.17

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	478	183.56	878	53
Medium and Large 1	669	167.96	1,124	879

One grade step is worth $15.59/cwt here — about −$246 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 sale932 hd

168.85

—

IA average3 barns · 1,164 hd

162.68

+6.17

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

15 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	—	779	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,130	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	754	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	144.97/cwt	142.50–145.75	951	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	149.00/cwt	148.75–149.25	1,082	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	165.13/cwt	161.00–166.00	807	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	151.75/cwt	151.75–151.75	961	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	154.03/cwt	151.75–156.35	886	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	503	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	951	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	1,177	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	158.12/cwt	157.00–158.85	1,309	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	173.52/cwt	172.00–175.00	1,072	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	162.52/cwt	157.50–163.50	1,112	267
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	1,022	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	933	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	836	31

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 28, 2021

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

Receipts 1,687Last week 586Year ago 1,717

Special IMBIO Calf Sale. No trend. Demand was good for the moderate offerings. Several load lots were in the offerings. Trade was active.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	779	145.00	145.00
44	—	413	182.50	182.50
60	—	656	142.50–145.75	144.97
129	—	726	148.75–149.25	149.00
133	—	489	161.00–166.00	165.13
158	—	633	151.75	151.75
182	—	575	151.75–156.35	154.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	503	189.00	189.00
130	—	738	159.50	159.50
130	—	828	157.00–158.85	158.12
158	—	618	172.00–175.00	173.52
267	—	684	157.50–163.50	162.52
90	—	579	176.50	176.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	524	178.00	178.00
31	—	446	187.50	187.50

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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