Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2022-01-12

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Jan 12
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162
Receipts
1,406 head
▼ 680 vs last sale 2,086▼ 578 vs year ago 1,984 · −29.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. Lightweight steers didn't have the large quantity of last week and was a mix. Heavier steers 4.00-6.00 higher. Lightweight heifers were 6.5 lower. Demand good. Trading active.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $170.40/cwt on 706 head.
Average price
$170.40
706 head · 697 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,188
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$208
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.23
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1713171.121,221598
Medium and Large 1-2609166.461,013108
One grade step is worth $4.66/cwt here — about $208 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 sale706 hd
170.40
—
IA average13 barns · 16,173 hd
170.18
+0.23
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

36 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1345217.00/cwt217.00–217.007494
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2365172.48/cwt170.00–175.006306
Steers—Medium and Large 1411201.78/cwt192.50–207.0082911
Steers—Medium and Large 1459205.78/cwt192.50–209.5094516
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2522179.93/cwt175.00–184.0093922
Steers—Medium and Large 1525201.84/cwt187.00–209.501,06063
Steers—Medium and Large 1564190.21/cwt190.00–190.501,07312
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2584164.89/cwt163.00–170.0096314
Steers—Medium and Large 1621179.96/cwt179.00–182.751,11868
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2633164.15/cwt157.00–165.501,03931
Steers—Medium and Large 1678173.60/cwt169.00–178.001,17781
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2683160.40/cwt155.00–166.001,09627
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2726157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,1408
Steers—Medium and Large 1735165.96/cwt164.50–171.001,22092
Steers—Medium and Large 1784159.39/cwt153.00–161.001,25078
Steers—Medium and Large 1812159.19/cwt152.50–163.751,293112
Steers—Medium and Large 1928149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,38761
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2273155.00/cwt155.00–155.004237
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2320153.96/cwt150.00–157.504938
Heifers—Medium and Large 1345190.00/cwt190.00–190.006563
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2358145.00/cwt145.00–145.005193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2424146.46/cwt139.00–154.006218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430176.77/cwt174.00–180.0076019
Heifers—Medium and Large 1482165.83/cwt159.00–171.0079944
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2484151.00/cwt151.00–151.007316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526164.21/cwt162.00–166.5086439
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580154.39/cwt150.00–163.75895101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2592142.50/cwt142.50–142.5084410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2613136.50/cwt136.00–137.008376
Heifers—Medium and Large 1637153.37/cwt145.00–158.00977170
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2676132.61/cwt131.00–139.0089624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1689149.72/cwt144.00–159.501,03289
Heifers—Medium and Large 1712140.26/cwt139.00–144.0099916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1784132.85/cwt130.00–135.001,0427
Heifers—Medium and Large 1819128.50/cwt128.50–128.501,0526
Heifers—Medium and Large 1881131.50/cwt131.50–131.501,1598

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.