Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-12-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report. Trade active with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $192.45/cwt on 832 head.

Average price

$192.45

832 head · 651 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,253

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$180

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

$17.73/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	655	193.23	1,265	791
Large 1	527	180.50	951	14thin
Medium and Large 1-2	618	175.50	1,085	27

One grade step is worth $17.73/cwt here — about $180 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 sale832 hd

192.45

—

IA average1 barns · 832 hd

192.45

+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

21 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	—	486	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	902	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	605	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	837	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	163.25/cwt	163.25–163.25	1,079	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	163.25/cwt	163.25–163.25	1,156	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	166.85/cwt	166.85–166.85	1,275	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	687	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,332	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,024	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	1,085	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	937	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	173.16/cwt	169.25–177.25	1,079	245
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	170.75/cwt	170.75–170.75	1,417	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,217	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,155	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	994	97
Steers	Large 1	—	527	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	951	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	337	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	784	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	594	194.50/cwt	194.50–194.50	1,155	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	176.10/cwt	176.10–176.10	1,352	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	1,307	220

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 28, 2022

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

Receipts 1,485Last week 541Year ago 1,687

No trend as no recent report. Trade 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
107	—	486	185.50	185.50
8	—	327	185.00	185.00
25	—	424	197.50	197.50
27	—	661	163.25	163.25
46	—	708	163.25	163.25
67	—	764	166.85	166.85
245	—	623	169.25–177.25	173.16
97	—	549	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	414	166.00	166.00
9	—	568	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	720	185.00	185.00
43	—	454	225.50	225.50
66	—	830	170.75	170.75
79	—	634	192.00	192.00
100	—	530	218.00	218.00
15	—	337	232.50	232.50
118	—	594	194.50	194.50
133	—	768	176.10	176.10
220	—	686	190.50	190.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	618	175.50	175.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	527	180.50	180.50

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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