Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2021-12-15

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Dec 15
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162
Receipts
1,360 head
▼ 1,377 vs last sale 2,737▲ 1,360 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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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. Offerings included several load lots. 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 $162.32/cwt on 733 head.
Average price
$162.32
733 head · 787 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,278
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$174
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$17.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.55
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1788163.191,287696
Medium and Large 1-2762145.971,11337
One grade step is worth $17.22/cwt here — about $174 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 sale733 hd
162.32
—
IA average11 barns · 9,008 hd
168.87
−6.55
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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1478180.58/cwt177.00–185.0086320
Steers—Medium and Large 1582181.93/cwt175.00–186.001,05916
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned648140.00/cwt140.00–140.009073
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2677150.30/cwt150.00–150.501,01818
Steers—Medium and Large 1725160.04/cwt156.50–165.001,160194
Steers—Medium and Large 1781164.95/cwt161.00–168.751,288136
Steers—Medium and Large 1842163.14/cwt152.50–164.851,374141
Steers—Medium and Large 1852161.10/cwt161.10–161.101,373130
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2880142.22/cwt139.00–146.501,25216
Steers—Medium and Large 1907163.25/cwt163.25–163.251,48159
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1403168.00/cwt168.00–168.006774
Heifers—Medium and Large 1534162.00/cwt162.00–162.0086516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2547144.00/cwt144.00–144.007888
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574140.43/cwt135.00–148.008067
Heifers—Medium and Large 1599170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,01838
Heifers—Medium and Large 1640153.00/cwt153.00–153.0097953
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2667135.00/cwt135.00–135.0090010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1695156.63/cwt155.35–157.851,089145
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2702130.00/cwt130.00–130.009136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1737152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,12064
Heifers—Medium and Large 1811148.91/cwt140.00–149.501,208131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1884142.25/cwt142.25–142.251,25716
Heifers—Medium and Large 1915136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,24412
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1566131.76/cwt130.00–134.007467

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.