Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2020-11-18

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-18

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Nov 18

● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162

← Sep 23Nov 18Nov 28 →

Receipts

1,891 head

▲ 400 vs last sale 1,491▲ 1,091 vs year ago 800 · +136.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent market coverage for comparison. In active trading, demand was good for the moderate offerings. Supply included several lot loads.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.60/cwt on 913 head.

Average price

$135.60

913 head · 663 lb average

Value per head Derived

$899

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$75

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

$14.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.76

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	668	136.44	912	832
Large 1	491	134.90	662	30
Medium and Large 1-2	685	122.24	837	51

One grade step is worth $14.21/cwt here — about $75 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 sale913 hd

135.60

—

IA average10 barns · 4,841 hd

131.84

+3.76

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

Every lot

40 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Large 1Unweaned	351	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	597	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	367	188.64/cwt	185.00–193.50	692	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	377	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	726	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	454	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	760	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	478	160.10/cwt	159.00–160.25	765	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	539	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	862	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	152.60/cwt	147.50–154.50	864	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	582	156.19/cwt	151.00–156.50	909	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	629	146.49/cwt	138.00–150.75	921	62
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	642	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	924	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	658	137.71/cwt	135.00–141.00	906	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	674	135.99/cwt	133.50–139.50	917	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	728	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	976	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	731	148.58/cwt	137.00–150.10	1,086	148
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	762	153.55/cwt	153.25–153.85	1,170	127
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	781	139.18/cwt	135.00–140.50	1,087	62
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	781	133.38/cwt	132.50–133.75	1,042	24
Steers	—	Large 1	800	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,060	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	810	143.25/cwt	143.25–143.25	1,160	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	853	145.35/cwt	145.35–145.35	1,240	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	925	109.50/cwt	108.50–110.00	1,013	12
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	366	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	556	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	397	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	596	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	408	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	679	9
Heifers	—	Large 1Unweaned	408	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	571	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	480	147.64/cwt	147.00–150.00	709	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	715	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	534	136.43/cwt	133.00–141.00	729	124
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	616	139.52/cwt	129.00–141.10	859	95
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	617	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	784	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	633	127.51/cwt	127.00–127.75	807	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	658	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	806	6
Heifers	—	Large 1Unweaned	684	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	841	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	692	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	837	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	693	136.08/cwt	129.00–136.50	943	74
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	715	136.16/cwt	125.50–139.00	974	300
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	724	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	869	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	788	127.08/cwt	123.00–135.00	1,001	79
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	793	141.25/cwt	141.25–141.25	1,120	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,021	95.50/cwt	95.50–95.50	975	5

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 Nov 18, 2020

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

Receipts 1,891Last week 1,491Year ago 800

No recent market coverage for comparison. In active trading, demand was good for the moderate offerings. Supply included several lot loads.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	800	132.50	132.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	351	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
127	—	762	153.25–153.85	153.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	367	185.00–193.50	188.64
148	—	731	137.00–150.10	148.58
14	—	454	167.50	167.50
37	—	566	147.50–154.50	152.60
14	—	674	133.50–139.50	135.99
21	—	810	143.25	143.25
58	—	853	145.35	145.35
62	—	629	138.00–150.75	146.49
62	—	781	135.00–140.50	139.18
6	—	539	160.00	160.00
12	—	925	108.50–110.00	109.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	658	135.00–141.00	137.71
51	—	582	151.00–156.50	156.19
12	—	377	192.50	192.50
43	—	478	159.00–160.25	160.10
43	—	642	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	728	134.00	134.00
24	—	781	132.50–133.75	133.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	408	140.00	140.00
9	—	684	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	793	141.25	141.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
300	—	715	125.50–139.00	136.16
74	—	693	129.00–136.50	136.08
33	—	480	147.00–150.00	147.64
79	—	788	123.00–135.00	127.08
95	—	616	129.00–141.10	139.52
4	—	397	150.00	150.00
4	—	524	136.50	136.50
5	—	1,021	95.50	95.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	633	127.00–127.75	127.51
7	—	366	152.00	152.00
9	—	408	166.50	166.50
6	—	658	122.50	122.50
124	—	534	133.00–141.00	136.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	724	120.00	120.00
14	—	617	127.00	127.00
16	—	692	121.00	121.00

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.