Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-11-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend. Special IMBIO Precondition Sale. Active trade with moderate demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $185.67/cwt on 325 head.

Average price

$185.67

325 head · 608 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,129

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$368

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

$18.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.52

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	614	186.35	1,144	313
Medium and Large 1-2	463	167.71	776	12thin

One grade step is worth $18.65/cwt here — about $368 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 sale325 hd

185.67

—

IA average11 barns · 4,808 hd

180.14

+5.52

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

12 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	—	402	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	764	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	1,045	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	912	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	971	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	889	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	525	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	902	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,130	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	200.50/cwt	200.50–200.50	1,045	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	177.18/cwt	169.00–180.10	1,214	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	357	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	625	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	874	7

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 7, 2022

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

Receipts 541Last week 1,687Year ago 586

No trend. Special IMBIO Precondition Sale. Active trade with moderate demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	402	190.00	190.00
42	—	651	160.50	160.50
58	—	480	190.00	190.00
62	—	571	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	542	164.00	164.00
6	—	328	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	440	205.00	205.00
63	—	614	184.00	184.00
88	—	521	200.50	200.50
148	—	685	169.00–180.10	177.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	357	175.00	175.00
7	—	538	162.50	162.50

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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