Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2021-01-13

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Jan 13
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162
Receipts
1,984 head
▼ 742 vs last sale 2,726▲ 542 vs year ago 1,442 · +37.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling sale. Compared to last week steers 500-700 pounds were steady to mostly 2.00 lower, heifers 500-700 pounds were mostly 5.00 lower. Several lot loads today. Demand good for the moderate offerings. Trading active

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $142.29/cwt on 977 head.
Average price
$142.29
977 head · 678 lb average
Value per head Derived
$965
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$126
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$5.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.69
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1683142.72975898
Medium and Large 1-2618137.3784979
One grade step is worth $5.36/cwt here — about $126 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 sale977 hd
142.29
—
IA average15 barns · 17,026 hd
141.60
+0.69
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

30 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1425182.09/cwt179.00–185.0077425
Steers—Medium and Large 1470169.48/cwt167.00–171.5079713
Steers—Medium and Large 1528162.36/cwt153.75–165.5085786
Steers—Medium and Large 1565161.00/cwt161.00–161.0091022
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2587141.23/cwt139.50–146.0082949
Steers—Medium and Large 1621146.62/cwt139.00–153.00911110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2669131.06/cwt130.00–131.7587730
Steers—Medium and Large 1671143.19/cwt134.00–147.10961284
Steers—Medium and Large 1726136.51/cwt129.50–138.00991144
Steers—Medium and Large 1764132.71/cwt125.00–134.601,01497
Steers—Medium and Large 1805138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,1116
Steers—Medium and Large 1872123.91/cwt122.85–124.601,080111
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2388135.00/cwt135.00–135.005243
Heifers—Medium and Large 1438148.81/cwt147.00–155.0065219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1477146.72/cwt140.00–149.0070016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2485134.32/cwt133.50–136.006519
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520139.35/cwt135.50–146.0072564
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2532133.50/cwt133.50–133.507103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568134.91/cwt130.00–136.6076681
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2588125.00/cwt125.00–125.007355
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned599125.00/cwt125.00–125.007498
Heifers—Medium and Large 1629130.69/cwt122.25–132.75822133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2640120.00/cwt120.00–120.007687
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678132.94/cwt121.00–134.85901259
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2680120.00/cwt120.00–120.008165
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned691120.00/cwt120.00–120.008295
Heifers—Medium and Large 1735124.00/cwt124.00–124.0091164
Heifers—Medium and Large 1761129.25/cwt129.25–129.2598471
Heifers—Medium and Large 1802118.79/cwt111.00–119.5095363
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1496149.00/cwt149.00–149.007394

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.