Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2023-12-28

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Thu, Dec 28
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2133
Receipts
1,498 head
946 vs last sale 552 13 vs year ago 1,485 · +0.9%
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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 $259.11/cwt on 795 head.
Average price
$259.11
795 head · 639 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,656
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$538
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$84.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1639259.971,662787
Medium and Large 1-2642175.001,1248thin
One grade step is worth $84.97/cwt here — about $538 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 sale795 hd
259.11
IA average1 barns · 795 hd
259.11
+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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1780195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,5213
HeifersMedium and Large 1545228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,2439
HeifersMedium and Large 1329272.00/cwt272.00–272.0089512
HeifersMedium and Large 1412249.48/cwt228.00–255.001,02840
HeifersMedium and Large 1561246.75/cwt246.75–246.751,38492
HeifersMedium and Large 1497257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,277108
SteersMedium and Large 1771225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,73566
SteersMedium and Large 1584286.50/cwt286.50–286.501,67389
SteersMedium and Large 1523295.73/cwt271.00–300.001,547111
HeifersMedium and Large 1726212.60/cwt210.75–214.501,543141
HeifersMedium and Large 1621232.37/cwt227.00–236.001,443238
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2575182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,0496
SteersMedium and Large 1355302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,07419
SteersMedium and Large 1-2567175.00/cwt175.00–175.009924
SteersMedium and Large 1-2717175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,2554
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2680187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,2753
SteersMedium and Large 1860214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,84031
SteersMedium and Large 1441302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,33246
SteersMedium and Large 1715238.60/cwt226.50–243.251,706199
SteersMedium and Large 1641256.92/cwt237.75–263.251,647219
SteersMedium and Large 1822200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6447

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.