Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2019-07-24

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-07-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-24

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Jul 24

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162

← earliestJul 24Sep 18 →

Receipts

1,072 head

▲ 1,072 vs last sale 0▲ 1,072 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as this sale had not been reported for some time. Trade active with good demand.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $151.93/cwt on 541 head.

Average price

$151.93

541 head · 710 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,078

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$137

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

$7.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.55

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	716	152.70	1,093	485
Medium and Large 1-2	658	145.23	956	56

One grade step is worth $7.47/cwt here — about $137 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 sale541 hd

151.93

—

IA average4 barns · 1,008 hd

134.38

+17.55

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

28 lots · USDA AMS · Bloomfield Livestock Feeder Cattle - Bloomfield, IA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	489	159.14/cwt	158.00–159.50	778	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	498	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	847	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	167.48/cwt	166.00–169.50	873	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	162.94/cwt	157.50–164.00	934	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	581	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	880	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	635	162.18/cwt	157.50–163.60	1,030	100
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	671	155.25/cwt	154.75–158.00	1,042	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	691	144.75/cwt	144.75–144.75	1,000	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	705	139.66/cwt	138.00–140.00	985	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	729	148.65/cwt	144.50–153.00	1,084	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	769	147.65/cwt	143.25–151.25	1,135	184
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	807	147.35/cwt	147.35–147.35	1,189	67
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	875	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,138	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	462	149.31/cwt	146.00–150.50	690	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	484	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	678	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	529	138.29/cwt	137.50–140.00	732	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	565	119.12/cwt	116.00–125.50	673	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	585	145.03/cwt	137.00–146.50	848	119
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	623	125.05/cwt	120.00–130.00	779	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	139.88/cwt	135.25–141.75	876	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	677	134.86/cwt	130.50–136.75	913	60
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	711	139.25/cwt	130.00–141.85	990	159
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	745	127.25/cwt	127.25–127.25	948	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	367	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	486	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	467	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	607	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	533	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	826	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	540	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	680	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	635	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	800	1

This sale against other markets

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 Feeder Cattle - Bloomfield, IA

Wed Jul 24, 2019

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

Receipts 1,072Last week 0Year ago 0

No trend as this sale had not been reported for some time. Trade active with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	705	138.00–140.00	139.66
5	—	581	151.50	151.50
8	—	489	158.00–159.50	159.14
19	—	691	144.75	144.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	807	147.35	147.35
29	—	573	157.50–164.00	162.94
4	—	498	170.00	170.00
100	—	635	157.50–163.60	162.18
32	—	671	154.75–158.00	155.25
8	—	875	130.00	130.00
184	—	769	143.25–151.25	147.65
44	—	729	144.50–153.00	148.65
17	—	521	166.00–169.50	167.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	529	137.50–140.00	138.29
10	—	484	140.00	140.00
6	—	745	127.25	127.25
10	—	565	116.00–125.50	119.12
8	—	623	120.00–130.00	125.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
159	—	711	130.00–141.85	139.25
38	—	626	135.25–141.75	139.88
60	—	677	130.50–136.75	134.86
119	—	585	137.00–146.50	145.03
12	—	462	146.00–150.50	149.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	126.00	126.00
2	—	467	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	126.00	126.00
4	—	367	132.50	132.50
5	—	533	155.00	155.00

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.