Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2019-12-11

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Dec 11
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162
Receipts
1,285 head
▼ 1,333 vs last sale 2,618▲ 1,285 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago 450 to 600 pound steers sold 1.00 to 6.00 lower, while the 600 to 750 pound steers were 1.00 to 5.00 higher. The 450 to 650 pound heifers sold 2.00 to 7.00 lower. Trade was active. Demand was good for the moderate to heavy offerings.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $148.95/cwt on 568 head.
Average price
$148.95
568 head · 668 lb average
Value per head Derived
$996
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$177
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$11.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.80
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1679150.521,021489
Medium and Large 1-2606139.2884479
One grade step is worth $11.23/cwt here — about $177 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 sale568 hd
148.95
—
IA average12 barns · 10,237 hd
147.15
+1.80
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

39 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2443155.00/cwt155.00–155.006878
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2473150.70/cwt150.00–152.0071312
Steers—Medium and Large 1482163.59/cwt162.50–165.007897
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2516148.00/cwt148.00–148.007644
Steers—Medium and Large 1527161.18/cwt159.00–163.0084957
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2566143.41/cwt140.00–146.008129
Steers—Medium and Large 1572155.14/cwt155.00–155.2588724
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned628140.00/cwt140.00–140.0087914
Steers—Medium and Large 1633147.87/cwt143.00–150.2593674
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned646131.00/cwt131.00–131.008466
Steers—Medium and Large 1676149.73/cwt141.50–153.851,012146
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2679132.15/cwt129.00–135.0089731
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2730132.17/cwt129.00–136.009659
Steers—Medium and Large 1744149.32/cwt140.00–152.201,11175
Steers—Medium and Large 1790147.60/cwt147.60–147.601,16669
Steers—Medium and Large 1871147.85/cwt147.85–147.851,28823
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422145.00/cwt145.00–145.006124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478138.50/cwt136.00–140.5066231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2522128.05/cwt125.00–130.0066811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532134.10/cwt132.75–137.5071325
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned532123.50/cwt123.50–123.506576
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement546145.00/cwt145.00–145.0079210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned561121.50/cwt121.50–121.5068213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned576124.93/cwt123.25–126.5072024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1587129.47/cwt126.00–132.0076052
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2593121.00/cwt121.00–121.007189
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2609128.11/cwt125.00–128.5078045
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615137.07/cwt135.00–140.0084340
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2671121.50/cwt121.50–121.508157
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678142.55/cwt142.50–142.60966130
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned686123.74/cwt121.50–125.0084927
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2732123.00/cwt123.00–123.0090012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1876141.10/cwt141.10–141.101,236116
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned371134.00/cwt134.00–134.004973
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned517134.29/cwt133.00–135.0069411
Bulls—Medium and Large 1635116.00/cwt116.00–116.007373
Bulls—Medium and Large 1667119.88/cwt114.00–124.008005
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned688122.50/cwt122.50–122.5084320
Bulls—Medium and Large 1913105.50/cwt105.50–105.509638

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.