Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2020-09-23

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-23

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Sep 23

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162

← Sep 16Sep 23Nov 18 →

Receipts

1,491 head

▲ 790 vs last sale 701▼ 534 vs year ago 2,025 · −26.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week 600-750 lb. steers sold 7.00-10.00 higher. Other weights of steers and heifers did not have enough numbers for comparison, as last week was a calf sale and this week yearlings. Demand was good for the moderate offerings. Trading was active.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.75/cwt on 889 head.

Average price

$149.75

889 head · 786 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,177

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$305

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$4.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.73

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	792	149.91	1,187	859
Medium and Large 1-2	607	145.33	882	30

One grade step is worth $4.58/cwt here — about $305 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 sale889 hd

149.75

—

IA average7 barns · 4,288 hd

139.02

+10.73

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

23 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	153.85/cwt	151.00–158.00	811	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	625	137.48/cwt	135.00–140.00	859	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	632	155.09/cwt	151.00–160.00	980	55
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	667	152.87/cwt	146.00–158.00	1,020	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	732	154.57/cwt	146.50–157.00	1,131	225
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	775	153.61/cwt	148.00–155.35	1,190	229
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	812	135.45/cwt	130.00–139.00	1,100	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	839	148.07/cwt	147.75–150.25	1,242	76
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	861	145.43/cwt	140.00–146.85	1,252	142
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	922	137.63/cwt	128.00–139.10	1,269	111
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	956	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,205	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	496	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	734	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	513	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	731	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	561	126.29/cwt	123.00–130.00	708	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	585	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	863	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	639	129.47/cwt	125.00–133.00	827	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	644	145.38/cwt	135.00–148.50	936	78
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	659	146.38/cwt	137.50–148.25	965	118
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	668	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	832	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	713	146.43/cwt	135.50–147.25	1,044	230
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	777	127.19/cwt	125.00–133.50	988	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	867	114.76/cwt	110.00–121.00	995	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	981	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,030	4

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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Bloomfield Livestock Feeder Cattle - Bloomfield, IA

Wed Sep 23, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Receipts 1,491Last week 701Year ago 2,025

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
142	—	861	140.00–146.85	145.43
111	—	922	128.00–139.10	137.63
76	—	839	147.75–150.25	148.07
55	—	632	151.00–160.00	155.09
17	—	667	146.00–158.00	152.87
229	—	775	148.00–155.35	153.61
4	—	956	126.00	126.00
225	—	732	146.50–157.00	154.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	527	151.00–158.00	153.85
10	—	625	135.00–140.00	137.48
5	—	812	130.00–139.00	135.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	644	135.00–148.50	145.38
30	—	777	125.00–133.50	127.19
17	—	867	110.00–121.00	114.76
12	—	496	148.00	148.00
11	—	585	147.50	147.50
230	—	713	135.50–147.25	146.43
4	—	981	105.00	105.00
118	—	659	137.50–148.25	146.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	561	123.00–130.00	126.29
10	—	513	142.50	142.50
9	—	668	124.50	124.50
9	—	639	125.00–133.00	129.47

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.