Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2021-01-06

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Jan 6
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162
Receipts
2,726 head
▲ 48 vs last sale 2,678▲ 586 vs year ago 2,140 · +27.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

New Year's Cattle Sale. There is no comparison. Several lot loads today. Demand good for the heavy offerings. Trade active.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.84/cwt on 970 head.
Average price
$135.84
970 head · 663 lb average
Value per head Derived
$901
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$83
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$17.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.23
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1662136.57904930
Medium and Large 1-2690118.9782140
One grade step is worth $17.59/cwt here — about $83 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 sale970 hd
135.84
—
IA average12 barns · 7,790 hd
132.61
+3.23
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

28 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 1-2413140.00/cwt140.00–140.005783
Steers—Medium and Large 1447170.00/cwt170.00–170.007603
Steers—Medium and Large 1477168.15/cwt164.00–174.008027
Steers—Medium and Large 1522170.38/cwt165.50–177.0088949
Steers—Medium and Large 1578155.96/cwt152.00–161.0090173
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2596135.50/cwt135.50–135.508085
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2632128.00/cwt128.00–128.008096
Steers—Medium and Large 1635145.21/cwt142.50–153.7592295
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2668129.74/cwt127.00–132.5086714
Steers—Medium and Large 1670146.08/cwt140.00–149.50979284
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2713112.50/cwt112.50–112.508023
Steers—Medium and Large 1736138.50/cwt136.00–140.601,019153
Steers—Medium and Large 1788128.45/cwt128.00–128.501,01231
Steers—Medium and Large 1830129.39/cwt126.50–135.751,074126
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2874106.00/cwt106.00–106.009264
Steers—Medium and Large 1886117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,0374
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1436158.00/cwt158.00–158.0068910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2505130.00/cwt130.00–130.006573
Heifers—Medium and Large 1516136.27/cwt134.50–140.0070336
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578135.96/cwt127.00–142.00786114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2593120.00/cwt120.00–120.007125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2610122.50/cwt122.50–122.507477
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622147.70/cwt138.00–153.00919161
Heifers—Medium and Large 1680131.72/cwt130.10–142.50896354
Heifers—Medium and Large 1709137.69/cwt129.60–140.20976188
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2736115.24/cwt110.00–125.0084814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2778118.00/cwt118.00–118.0091811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1788130.25/cwt130.25–130.251,02667

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.