Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2020-04-15

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Apr 15
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162
Receipts
1,085 head
▲ 205 vs last sale 880▲ 1,085 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous Wednesday steer calves under 650 lbs. 3.00-5.00 lower, not enough offerings last week over 650 lbs. for a true test. Heifer calves under 550 lbs. with fewer offerings than last week 10.00-15.00 lower, no feeders over 550 lbs. last for a comparison. Trade active with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.36/cwt on 584 head.
Average price
$123.36
584 head · 678 lb average
Value per head Derived
$837
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$46
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$13.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.40
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1681124.12846526
Medium and Large 1-2580122.3170930
Large 1726110.1480028
One grade step is worth $13.98/cwt here — about $46 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 sale584 hd
123.36
—
IA average4 barns · 1,146 hd
125.76
−2.40
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

33 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1442170.00/cwt170.00–170.007517
Steers—Medium and Large 1476163.01/cwt157.50–164.0077614
Steers—Medium and Large 1519180.00/cwt179.00–182.0093432
Steers—Medium and Large 1577168.22/cwt165.00–171.5097146
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2577160.59/cwt159.00–161.7592712
Steers—Medium and Large 1615162.64/cwt158.75–165.251,00036
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2629152.66/cwt150.00–154.5096010
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy660154.70/cwt154.70–154.701,02111
Steers—Medium and Large 1683130.73/cwt128.00–136.0089329
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned720129.25/cwt129.25–129.2593118
Steers—Medium and Large 1724134.40/cwt130.75–136.00973111
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2788114.50/cwt114.50–114.509027
Steers—Medium and Large 1794125.26/cwt124.75–125.7599537
Steers—Medium and Large 1827127.25/cwt127.25–127.251,05214
Steers—Medium and Large 1866118.75/cwt118.75–118.751,02816
Steers—Large 1894107.50/cwt107.50–107.5096122
Steers—Medium and Large 1948115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,09011
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1381140.00/cwt140.00–140.005335
Heifers—Medium and Large 1437148.75/cwt143.00–155.0065012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463148.13/cwt145.00–153.006865
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525139.74/cwt135.00–142.5073415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2563125.90/cwt125.00–127.5070922
Heifers—Medium and Large 1571131.42/cwt127.50–138.0075042
Heifers—Large 1617112.50/cwt112.50–112.506946
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2625112.43/cwt110.00–116.507038
Heifers—Medium and Large 1639125.72/cwt123.50–126.7580345
Heifers—Medium and Large 1670124.55/cwt123.75–125.7583469
Heifers—Medium and Large 1715121.68/cwt120.00–123.25870267
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned719111.50/cwt111.50–111.5080214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement741130.00/cwt130.00–130.0096330
Heifers—Large 1756109.50/cwt109.50–109.5082822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1803105.00/cwt105.00–105.0084316
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,00094.00/cwt94.00–94.009406

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.