Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2020-06-10

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Jun 10
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162
Receipts
1,194 head
▼ 706 vs last sale 1,900▲ 1,194 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report available. Trade active with very 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 $134.02/cwt on 556 head.
Average price
$134.02
556 head · 632 lb average
Value per head Derived
$847
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$56
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$0.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.36
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1633134.02848544
Large 1591134.0079212thin
One grade step is worth $0.02/cwt here — about $56 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 sale556 hd
134.02
—
IA average7 barns · 3,010 hd
131.66
+2.36
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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned430171.00/cwt171.00–171.007352
Steers—Medium and Large 1437174.19/cwt170.00–176.0076129
Steers—Medium and Large 1476170.68/cwt166.00–176.0081232
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned493166.00/cwt166.00–166.008185
Steers—Medium and Large 1525161.68/cwt161.50–161.7584926
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned565150.00/cwt150.00–150.008486
Steers—Medium and Large 1566154.59/cwt143.50–158.5087549
Steers—Medium and Large 1623152.28/cwt146.00–156.0094952
Steers—Medium and Large 1678145.08/cwt140.00–152.0098478
Steers—Medium and Large 1724138.58/cwt135.00–140.001,00349
Steers—Medium and Large 1785133.24/cwt121.00–136.001,04693
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed803136.75/cwt136.75–136.751,09859
Steers—Medium and Large 1828127.18/cwt121.50–129.001,05343
Steers—Medium and Large 1879120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0558
Steers—Medium and Large 1978106.50/cwt106.50–106.501,0424
Steers—Medium and Large 11,005110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,1067
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378163.27/cwt163.00–164.0061711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428152.60/cwt145.00–160.0065326
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned461139.00/cwt139.00–139.006413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471145.52/cwt137.00–154.0068537
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527132.08/cwt130.00–135.0069629
Heifers—Medium and Large 1566136.39/cwt134.00–137.7577268
Heifers—Large 1591134.00/cwt134.00–134.0079212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618132.28/cwt128.00–135.1081763
Heifers—Medium and Large 1661127.81/cwt120.50–132.25845103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1719132.50/cwt120.00–134.75953160
Heifers—Medium and Large 1781125.87/cwt120.00–127.2598344

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.