Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2019-11-20

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Nov 20
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162
Receipts
800 head
▼ 1,225 vs last sale 2,025▲ 800 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent market coverage for comparison. Demand was moderate for moderate offerings. Some load lots were included in the mix.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $149.60/cwt on 624 head.
Average price
$149.60
624 head · 794 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,188
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$36
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.82
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1792150.731,194514
Medium and Large 1-2802144.351,157110
One grade step is worth $6.38/cwt here — about $36 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 sale624 hd
149.60
—
IA average11 barns · 7,219 hd
148.78
+0.82
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

19 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned580140.00/cwt140.00–140.008123
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2591140.00/cwt140.00–140.008273
Steers—Medium and Large 1688145.15/cwt144.00–145.5099913
Steers—Medium and Large 1710150.40/cwt147.00–153.501,068112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2721133.81/cwt131.00–139.0096512
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2761144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,09625
Steers—Medium and Large 1769153.22/cwt150.00–157.001,178168
Steers—Medium and Large 1825152.77/cwt151.00–154.851,260159
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2851146.75/cwt146.75–146.751,24967
Steers—Medium and Large 1853148.50/cwt148.50–148.501,2678
Steers—Medium and Large 1913143.67/cwt143.25–143.751,31225
Steers—Medium and Large 1959142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,36717
Steers—Medium and Large 11,030125.68/cwt124.00–129.001,29512
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned542130.00/cwt130.00–130.007057
Heifers—Medium and Large 1662142.04/cwt137.00–144.509409
Heifers—Medium and Large 1712139.50/cwt139.50–139.5099312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement776144.25/cwt144.25–144.251,11910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement823143.85/cwt143.85–143.851,18438
Heifers—Medium and Large 1920134.31/cwt127.25–134.751,23651

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.