Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special IMBIO Precondition Sale. No recent price comparison. Active trade with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $273.33/cwt on 295 head.

Average price

$273.33

295 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,554

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$387

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

$23.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.64

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	273.90	1,564	288
Medium and Large 1-2	471	250.00	1,178	7thin

One grade step is worth $23.90/cwt here — about $387 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 sale295 hd

273.33

—

IA average9 barns · 4,328 hd

255.69

+17.64

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

13 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	—	685	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,528	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	919	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	409	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,023	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,462	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	259.95/cwt	238.00–262.75	1,334	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,161	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,505	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,178	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	592	261.92/cwt	254.75–263.75	1,551	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,161	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,853	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,307	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,720	57

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 6, 2023

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

Receipts 552Last week 1,485Year ago 541

Special IMBIO Precondition Sale. No recent price comparison. Active trade 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
16	—	685	223.00	223.00
36	—	409	250.00	250.00
83	—	617	237.00	237.00
108	—	513	238.00–262.75	259.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	413	222.50	222.50
3	—	608	191.00	191.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	510	295.00	295.00
109	—	592	254.75–263.75	261.92
9	—	360	322.50	322.50
10	—	809	229.00	229.00
33	—	427	306.00	306.00
57	—	681	252.50	252.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	471	250.00	250.00

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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