Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2021-11-17

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-11-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-17

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Nov 17

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162

← Oct 20Nov 17Nov 27 →

Receipts

1,525 head

▲ 229 vs last sale 1,296▼ 366 vs year ago 1,891 · −19.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend, as there was no recent market coverage for comparison. Demand was good for the moderate offerings. Trading was active.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $165.99/cwt on 878 head.

Average price

$165.99

878 head · 796 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,322

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$202

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$16.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.30

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	799	166.81	1,332	831
Large 1	769	154.50	1,188	11thin
Medium and Large 1-2	751	150.42	1,130	36

One grade step is worth $16.40/cwt here — about $202 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 sale878 hd

165.99

—

IA average10 barns · 6,667 hd

161.69

+4.30

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

22 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	506	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	784	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	557	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	902	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	691	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,164	72
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	697	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,101	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	723	166.02/cwt	158.00–170.35	1,200	142
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	728	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,128	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	768	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,183	3
Steers	—	Large 1	769	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,188	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	775	165.33/cwt	164.10–165.75	1,281	99
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	823	169.62/cwt	165.25–171.75	1,396	390
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	833	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,245	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	907	159.19/cwt	158.85–159.50	1,444	121
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	962	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,275	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	453	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	657	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	770	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	644	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	937	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	683	154.10/cwt	142.50–155.35	1,053	349
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	726	147.77/cwt	146.50–149.00	1,073	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	778	150.76/cwt	146.00–152.35	1,173	148
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	810	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,102	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	815	148.25/cwt	148.25–148.25	1,208	11
Heifers	—	Large 1	845	130.25/cwt	130.25–130.25	1,101	10

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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Bloomfield Livestock Feeder Cattle - Bloomfield, IA

Wed Nov 17, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Receipts 1,525Last week 1,296Year ago 1,891

No trend, as there was no recent market coverage for comparison. Demand was good for the moderate offerings. Trading was active.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	845	130.25	130.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	644	145.50	145.50
8	—	517	149.00	149.00
11	—	815	148.25	148.25
12	—	726	146.50–149.00	147.77
349	—	683	142.50–155.35	154.10
148	—	778	146.00–152.35	150.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	453	145.00	145.00
3	—	810	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
121	—	907	158.85–159.50	159.19
142	—	723	158.00–170.35	166.02
99	—	775	164.10–165.75	165.33
7	—	557	162.00	162.00
72	—	691	168.50	168.50
390	—	823	165.25–171.75	169.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	962	132.50	132.50
4	—	697	158.00	158.00
14	—	728	155.00	155.00
3	—	768	154.00	154.00
3	—	833	149.50	149.50
5	—	506	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	769	154.50	154.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.