Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2020-04-29

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Apr 29
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162
Receipts
2,828 head
▲ 1,743 vs last sale 1,085▲ 2,828 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago 500-650 pound steers sold 7.00-10.00 lower, while the 650-800 pound steers were 2.00-9.00 higher. Heifers 550-750 pound heifer sold steady to 4.50 higher. Other weights of the heifers did not have sufficient numbers at the previous auction for comparison. Trade was active with good demand for the 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 $142.56/cwt on 1,452 head.
Average price
$142.56
1,452 head · 678 lb average
Value per head Derived
$966
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$161
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$5.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.76
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2563147.37829229
Medium and Large 1699141.669901,223
One grade step is worth $5.71/cwt here — about −$161 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 sale1,452 hd
142.56
—
IA average4 barns · 2,831 hd
140.80
+1.76
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

51 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2336170.00/cwt170.00–170.005715
Steers—Medium and Large 1371186.30/cwt182.00–191.0069119
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2395176.40/cwt175.50–178.0069711
Steers—Medium and Large 1417170.93/cwt169.00–173.007138
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy468188.00/cwt188.00–188.0088019
Steers—Medium and Large 1472174.82/cwt161.50–179.5082583
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475158.47/cwt155.00–161.5075329
Steers—Medium and Large 1517172.24/cwt160.00–175.5089067
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2523152.78/cwt150.00–159.0079977
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned536158.50/cwt158.50–158.508504
Steers—Medium and Large 1578157.99/cwt151.00–166.0091350
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2579148.89/cwt145.00–150.0086222
Steers—Medium and Large 1613152.03/cwt144.50–157.00932183
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2616139.06/cwt135.00–143.5085752
Steers—Medium and Large 1662137.63/cwt131.00–142.7591134
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2665130.50/cwt130.50–130.508683
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned666136.50/cwt136.50–136.5090912
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned670128.25/cwt128.25–128.2585910
Steers—Medium and Large 1723136.32/cwt130.00–139.75986245
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2738127.50/cwt127.50–127.509415
Steers—Medium and Large 1762135.10/cwt131.00–135.351,02952
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2775118.69/cwt117.50–123.5092015
Steers—Medium and Large 1822125.17/cwt116.25–128.351,029392
Steers—Medium and Large 1893119.25/cwt119.25–119.251,06555
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2324157.00/cwt157.00–157.005099
Heifers—Medium and Large 1342170.00/cwt170.00–170.005813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2364154.74/cwt149.00–160.0056310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1379168.60/cwt165.00–172.5063914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned387150.00/cwt150.00–150.0058110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1432149.58/cwt145.00–157.0064644
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2437141.32/cwt140.00–143.006189
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463152.54/cwt144.00–156.5070649
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned463136.00/cwt136.00–136.0063018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2483135.00/cwt135.00–135.0065211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2518125.55/cwt125.00–126.006507
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526134.09/cwt130.00–139.00705111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568132.02/cwt129.00–137.7575088
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned569124.00/cwt124.00–124.0070614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned595118.00/cwt118.00–118.007026
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2608120.50/cwt120.50–120.5073313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623126.04/cwt120.00–132.00785126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1668129.08/cwt121.00–132.25862177
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2678115.47/cwt113.00–119.0078325
Heifers—Large 1711114.00/cwt114.00–114.008117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2727111.17/cwt107.50–112.5080811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1728125.66/cwt118.50–129.35915293
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy769107.00/cwt107.00–107.0082317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1783124.00/cwt124.00–124.0097158
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2788106.30/cwt105.00–110.0083826
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement801130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,04127
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1521127.00/cwt127.00–127.006624

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.