Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2021-04-14

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Apr 14
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162
Receipts
1,983 head
▲ 277 vs last sale 1,706▲ 898 vs year ago 1,085 · +82.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week lightweight steers were 2.00 to sharply higher, lightweight heifers were mostly steady to 7.00 higher. Demand was good for the moderate offerings. Trading 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 $141.70/cwt on 986 head.
Average price
$141.70
986 head · 698 lb average
Value per head Derived
$989
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$147
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.49
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1701142.39999921
Medium and Large 1-2646131.8485165
One grade step is worth $10.55/cwt here — about $147 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 sale986 hd
141.70
—
IA average10 barns · 7,461 hd
143.19
−1.49
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

34 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1431188.20/cwt185.00–190.0081111
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2490176.00/cwt176.00–176.008627
Steers—Medium and Large 1508180.00/cwt180.00–180.009144
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2552155.00/cwt155.00–155.0085613
Steers—Medium and Large 1587174.87/cwt173.00–177.001,02635
Steers—Medium and Large 1614167.42/cwt159.00–175.501,02895
Steers—Medium and Large 1654165.82/cwt160.00–167.101,084112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2673150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0105
Steers—Medium and Large 1727159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,15645
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2736139.25/cwt139.25–139.251,02533
Steers—Medium and Large 1768151.14/cwt144.50–158.001,161237
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2786138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0853
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2805136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,0954
Steers—Medium and Large 1838146.07/cwt140.85–150.001,224238
Steers—Medium and Large 1853148.56/cwt142.00–149.851,26773
Steers—Medium and Large 1909137.59/cwt135.00–145.001,25127
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2976120.25/cwt120.25–120.251,1744
Steers—Large 11,043116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,2104
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1281187.50/cwt187.50–187.505278
Heifers—Medium and Large 1398166.00/cwt166.00–166.0066112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430154.50/cwt154.50–154.506646
Heifers—Medium and Large 1485157.50/cwt157.50–157.507646
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2501137.00/cwt137.00–137.006865
Heifers—Medium and Large 1540156.00/cwt156.00–156.0084220
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2570136.81/cwt130.00–142.007807
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574151.28/cwt144.00–157.0086873
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2632137.74/cwt137.00–138.5087114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1639151.14/cwt146.00–154.25966107
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673143.64/cwt140.25–145.50967205
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2683128.17/cwt116.50–131.5087539
Heifers—Medium and Large 1730138.87/cwt132.75–148.001,014172
Heifers—Medium and Large 1764138.28/cwt132.00–146.601,056168
Heifers—Medium and Large 1829131.33/cwt126.25–132.751,089113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1868130.35/cwt130.35–130.351,13131

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.