Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2020-04-08

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Apr 8
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162
Receipts
880 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 871▲ 880 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as this was a calf sale and last week had to few calves for a true price value. Trade was very active with very good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $172.95/cwt on 445 head.
Average price
$172.95
445 head · 483 lb average
Value per head Derived
$836
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$33
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$22.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+37.00
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1482173.15835441
Medium and Large 1-2575151.008684thin
One grade step is worth $22.15/cwt here — about −$33 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 sale445 hd
172.95
—
IA average4 barns · 2,386 hd
135.94
+37.00
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

27 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 1264170.00/cwt170.00–170.004495
Steers—Medium and Large 1308172.69/cwt170.00–180.0053223
Steers—Medium and Large 1374178.52/cwt167.50–184.0066875
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full375164.00/cwt164.00–164.006155
Steers—Medium and Large 1406177.72/cwt173.00–180.0072226
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned475171.62/cwt169.00–172.0081537
Steers—Medium and Large 1477166.54/cwt162.00–174.0079430
Steers—Medium and Large 1519174.57/cwt170.50–179.00906122
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned568173.00/cwt173.00–173.0098324
Steers—Medium and Large 1568172.88/cwt170.00–179.5098273
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2575151.00/cwt151.00–151.008684
Steers—Medium and Large 1608167.71/cwt167.00–168.001,02014
Steers—Medium and Large 1716134.57/cwt134.00–136.009647
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1338160.73/cwt156.50–167.0054332
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2345145.00/cwt145.00–145.005003
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned349150.00/cwt150.00–150.005245
Heifers—Medium and Large 1384162.61/cwt156.00–171.0062432
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2395140.00/cwt140.00–140.005531
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned416146.66/cwt142.50–165.0061044
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430162.44/cwt157.00–166.0069857
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472161.07/cwt156.00–162.5076055
Heifers—Medium and Large 1512158.13/cwt152.00–163.0081061
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy526135.85/cwt135.00–136.5071511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned542163.00/cwt163.00–163.0088327
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625114.75/cwt110.00–121.007175
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned368163.70/cwt161.00–164.0060210
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned448173.00/cwt173.00–173.0077520

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.