Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2021-03-10

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Mar 10
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162
Receipts
2,772 head
▲ 333 vs last sale 2,439▲ 2,772 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steer calves 450-700 lbs. were steady to 6.00 higher, 700-850 lbs. mostly 2.00-5.00 higher. Heifer calves 450-650 lbs. mostly steady to 4.00 higher, 650-800 lbs. mostly 3.00-6.00 higher. Demand was good for the heavy offerings. Several load lots were offered. Trade was active.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.32/cwt on 1,351 head.
Average price
$136.32
1,351 head · 678 lb average
Value per head Derived
$924
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$130
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$3.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.56
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1681136.449291,303
Medium and Large 1-2600132.9879848
One grade step is worth $3.46/cwt here — about $130 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 sale1,351 hd
136.32
—
IA average10 barns · 5,343 hd
132.76
+3.56
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

42 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1416186.82/cwt186.00–189.0077718
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2442172.00/cwt172.00–172.007604
Steers—Medium and Large 1482181.37/cwt178.50–187.0087434
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2512169.50/cwt169.50–169.508684
Steers—Medium and Large 1531180.43/cwt175.00–185.0095836
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2566156.50/cwt156.50–156.508868
Steers—Medium and Large 1573168.15/cwt165.50–175.0096331
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2623140.00/cwt140.00–140.008723
Steers—Medium and Large 1625157.75/cwt150.50–161.50986160
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned649130.00/cwt130.00–130.008447
Steers—Medium and Large 1665150.20/cwt143.00–155.0099971
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2691133.68/cwt130.00–140.0092411
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy703153.10/cwt153.10–153.101,076148
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2715130.00/cwt130.00–130.009304
Steers—Medium and Large 1718143.26/cwt137.00–148.001,029159
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2761132.66/cwt132.00–133.001,01012
Steers—Medium and Large 1770143.00/cwt136.50–147.001,101218
Steers—Medium and Large 1819134.37/cwt131.00–138.851,100260
Steers—Medium and Large 1854132.75/cwt132.75–132.751,1345
Steers—Medium and Large 1928123.36/cwt123.25–124.001,14535
Steers—Medium and Large 1966123.25/cwt123.25–123.251,1919
Steers—Large 11,072114.50/cwt114.50–114.501,2279
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1352167.50/cwt167.50–167.505904
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2391150.00/cwt150.00–150.005877
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425167.00/cwt167.00–167.007107
Heifers—Medium and Large 1477149.14/cwt146.00–151.7571126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522145.57/cwt142.50–147.0076016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528137.00/cwt137.00–137.007234
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned532140.00/cwt140.00–140.0074525
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578143.93/cwt137.00–149.00832115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2586135.00/cwt135.00–135.0079116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615138.49/cwt132.00–143.7585290
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy659144.10/cwt144.10–144.10950309
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678135.11/cwt128.00–139.00916139
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2695125.00/cwt125.00–125.0086921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1709132.74/cwt125.00–137.85941348
Heifers—Medium and Large 1769125.06/cwt122.50–130.00962110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1834123.89/cwt122.00–128.001,03398
Heifers—Medium and Large 1989114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,12716
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned400175.00/cwt175.00–175.007002
Bulls—Medium and Large 1613131.53/cwt123.00–136.008066
Bulls—Medium and Large 1848100.00/cwt100.00–100.008484

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.