Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special IMBIO Precondition Sale. No recent price comparison. Supply was heavy. Active trade with very good demand and active internet and phone bidding.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $328.64/cwt on 207 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −121.55 against this barn's trailing median of $450.19.

Average price

$328.64

207 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,820

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$271

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

$63.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs IA average

−4.23 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	335.66	1,849	184
Medium and Large 1-2	579	272.50	1,578	23

One grade step is worth $63.16/cwt here — about $271 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale207 hd

328.64

—

IA average1 barns · 207 hd

328.64

+0.00

National average40 barns · 9,035 hd

332.87

−4.23

This barn, trailing median1 sales

450.19

−121.55

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

20 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	300–350	328	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,315	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,419	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,500	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,900	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	704	256.30/cwt	251.50–257.50	1,804	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	271.50/cwt	271.50–271.50	1,746	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	263.64/cwt	258.25–265.50	2,027	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,414	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	327.75/cwt	327.75–327.75	1,878	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,185	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	693	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,982	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	281.59/cwt	276.50–284.00	1,985	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	452	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,413	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,578	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	314.31/cwt	312.00–316.50	1,946	169
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	294.40/cwt	287.00–302.00	1,684	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	343.75/cwt	343.75–343.75	1,815	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,573	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	554	273.50/cwt	273.50–273.50	1,515	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,183	12

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 Dec 30, 2024

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

Receipts 1,564Last week 1,498Year ago 1,498

Special IMBIO Precondition Sale. No recent price comparison. Supply was heavy. Active trade with very good demand and active internet and phone bidding.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	328	401.00	401.00
38	400–450	416	341.00	341.00
56	450–500	495	303.00	303.00
182	550–600	572	287.00–302.00	294.40
153	600–650	643	271.50	271.50
90	700–750	704	251.50–257.50	256.30
63	750–800	782	243.00	243.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	393	301.00	301.00
27	550–600	554	273.50	273.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	365	387.50	387.50
24	400–450	437	360.00	360.00
91	500–550	528	343.75	343.75
93	550–600	573	327.75	327.75
169	600–650	619	312.00–316.50	314.31
73	650–700	693	286.00	286.00
201	700–750	705	276.50–284.00	281.59
136	750–800	769	258.25–265.50	263.64
62	850–900	857	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	452	312.50	312.50
23	550–600	579	272.50	272.50

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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