Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2022-04-06

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Apr 6
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162
Receipts
2,059 head
▼ 369 vs last sale 2,428▲ 353 vs year ago 1,706 · +20.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend, as there hasn't been a recently reported sale. Heavy demand for lightweight cattle today. Trading 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 $198.29/cwt on 1,086 head.
Average price
$198.29
1,086 head · 513 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,017
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$23
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$31.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+20.12
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1496205.121,018850
Medium and Large 1-2572173.70994236
One grade step is worth $31.42/cwt here — about $23 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 sale1,086 hd
198.29
—
IA average7 barns · 3,988 hd
178.17
+20.12
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

43 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1240230.00/cwt230.00–230.005524
Steers—Medium and Large 1285220.00/cwt220.00–220.006273
Steers—Medium and Large 1337206.05/cwt195.00–220.0069426
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2346175.00/cwt175.00–175.006063
Steers—Medium and Large 1376228.38/cwt200.00–238.0085974
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned390198.00/cwt198.00–198.0077229
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2399187.50/cwt187.50–187.507486
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2418168.97/cwt160.00–178.0070610
Steers—Medium and Large 1437215.94/cwt202.50–234.00944174
Steers—Medium and Large 1475214.10/cwt205.00–231.001,017160
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2484173.59/cwt165.00–183.0084032
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned491189.76/cwt189.00–196.0093237
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned523167.50/cwt167.50–167.508768
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2527189.78/cwt189.00–191.001,00010
Steers—Medium and Large 1529209.54/cwt204.00–215.001,108145
Steers—Medium and Large 1572194.39/cwt185.00–197.751,11247
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2583174.04/cwt172.50–176.001,01518
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned600178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,06824
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2616173.14/cwt149.00–177.251,067146
Steers—Medium and Large 1620191.89/cwt189.00–195.001,19053
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned654161.50/cwt161.50–161.501,05616
Steers—Medium and Large 1669170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,13724
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2698150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0473
Steers—Medium and Large 1717155.81/cwt153.00–158.001,11734
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1335186.04/cwt177.50–190.0062332
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2365165.00/cwt165.00–165.006026
Heifers—Medium and Large 1384185.27/cwt180.00–190.0071131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425197.02/cwt187.50–214.00837103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned429167.06/cwt165.00–179.0071734
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2431176.19/cwt160.00–183.0075946
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465183.71/cwt177.50–195.0085467
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2484166.80/cwt162.50–172.5080750
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned516145.00/cwt145.00–145.0074810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520158.56/cwt152.50–160.0082523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525171.70/cwt165.00–194.00901160
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned557147.31/cwt142.50–148.5082136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1559163.31/cwt156.00–167.50913154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2572135.05/cwt130.00–142.0077213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1609166.64/cwt164.50–174.001,01544
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2624150.00/cwt150.00–150.0093611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1681145.44/cwt140.00–150.5099017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1711140.00/cwt140.00–140.009954
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1620145.00/cwt145.00–145.008995

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.