Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2021-01-27

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Jan 27
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162
Receipts
1,600 head
▼ 384 vs last sale 1,984▼ 113 vs year ago 1,713 · −6.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers 650-800 lbs. were mostly 6.00 higher. Heifers 600-750 lbs. sold mostly 4.00-6.00 higher. Demand was good for the moderate offerings. Trade was active.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $145.34/cwt on 1,008 head.
Average price
$145.34
1,008 head · 704 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,023
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$155
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.72
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2598145.5087016thin
Medium and Large 1706145.341,025992
One grade step is worth $0.16/cwt here — about −$155 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 sale1,008 hd
145.34
—
IA average9 barns · 7,615 hd
139.62
+5.72
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

24 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 1-2323170.00/cwt170.00–170.005494
Steers—Medium and Large 1476171.76/cwt167.00–173.0081831
Steers—Medium and Large 1521169.58/cwt166.00–175.0088440
Steers—Medium and Large 1566161.42/cwt155.00–168.0091472
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2586146.00/cwt146.00–146.008568
Steers—Medium and Large 1622146.29/cwt140.00–151.0091044
Steers—Medium and Large 1672149.52/cwt139.00–151.251,005215
Steers—Medium and Large 1730142.91/cwt135.50–147.001,043165
Steers—Medium and Large 1762138.60/cwt133.50–142.751,056329
Steers—Medium and Large 1806129.89/cwt129.85–130.001,04732
Steers—Medium and Large 1855133.25/cwt133.25–133.251,13964
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2898120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0784
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1488139.69/cwt137.00–143.0068224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525139.71/cwt135.00–142.2573368
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned553127.50/cwt127.50–127.507057
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577129.51/cwt126.00–134.5074724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2605124.50/cwt124.50–124.507535
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626137.59/cwt132.00–140.00861136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1674131.57/cwt127.00–140.50887142
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2683126.25/cwt126.25–126.2586213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1727128.04/cwt125.35–129.5093158
Heifers—Medium and Large 1768126.08/cwt125.25–126.3596825
Heifers—Medium and Large 1900115.75/cwt115.75–115.751,04217
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1524146.00/cwt146.00–146.007659

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.