Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2020-05-13

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, May 13
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162
Receipts
1,900 head
▼ 928 vs last sale 2,828▲ 1,900 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the most recent market coverage two weeks ago steers under 550 lbs. ended mixed, while the 550-700 lb. steers sold 5.00-12.00 higher. The 700-850 lb. steers were 4.00-7.00 higher. Heifers under 500 lbs. also ended mixed and the 500-650 lb. heifers were 2.50-13.00 higher. Heifers 650-800 lbs. were steady to 7.00 higher. Demand was good for the moderate to heavy offerings. Trading was active.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $153.84/cwt on 940 head.
Average price
$153.84
940 head · 648 lb average
Value per head Derived
$997
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$180
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$0.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.48
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1657153.901,011870
Medium and Large 1-2543153.0783170
One grade step is worth $0.84/cwt here — about $180 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 sale940 hd
153.84
—
IA average4 barns · 2,281 hd
147.36
+6.48
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

37 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2300170.00/cwt170.00–170.005105
Steers—Medium and Large 1344195.00/cwt195.00–195.0067121
Steers—Medium and Large 1420183.53/cwt181.50–190.0077147
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2430168.77/cwt167.50–171.0072613
Steers—Medium and Large 1457181.02/cwt171.00–183.0082774
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2473157.53/cwt155.00–160.0074511
Steers—Medium and Large 1531159.84/cwt155.00–165.0084924
Steers—Medium and Large 1567163.17/cwt155.00–166.50925119
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2579149.63/cwt149.00–153.0086627
Steers—Medium and Large 1646156.83/cwt150.00–158.101,01394
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed661152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,00813
Steers—Medium and Large 1678149.94/cwt148.00–150.751,01747
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2699138.50/cwt138.50–138.509688
Steers—Medium and Large 1717144.02/cwt141.50–149.251,03378
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed722147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,06139
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2746131.66/cwt130.50–134.009826
Steers—Medium and Large 1774140.88/cwt138.00–141.851,090275
Steers—Medium and Large 1830129.41/cwt126.00–130.101,07439
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1290181.00/cwt181.00–181.005254
Heifers—Medium and Large 1349166.50/cwt166.50–166.5058126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1364165.00/cwt165.00–165.006014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1413153.35/cwt150.00–154.0063319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475149.92/cwt141.25–156.00712107
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2489135.50/cwt135.50–135.506639
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2515126.00/cwt126.00–126.006495
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523136.62/cwt134.50–143.5071538
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572139.09/cwt137.00–141.5079649
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2598128.50/cwt128.50–128.5076812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed605143.50/cwt143.50–143.5086812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2608126.27/cwt122.50–128.5076816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1630139.13/cwt133.50–145.5087789
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678136.67/cwt130.00–139.50927132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1711131.80/cwt129.75–133.60937103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed758132.10/cwt132.10–132.101,00123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1785124.97/cwt120.00–125.5098153
Heifers—Medium and Large 1860130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,11860
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1549117.50/cwt117.50–117.506456

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.