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Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-09-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-14

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Sep 14

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162

← Aug 31Sep 14Sep 21 →

Receipts

1,124 head

▲ 657 vs last sale 467▲ 1,124 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Early Bird Calf Special. Excellent quality young calves with good demand.

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 $232.90/cwt on 602 head.

Average price

$232.90

602 head · 472 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,100

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$190

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

$31.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+37.22

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	474	234.97	1,113	562
Medium and Large 1-2	453	203.85	923	40

One grade step is worth $31.12/cwt here — about $190 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 sale602 hd

232.90

—

IA average7 barns · 4,783 hd

195.68

+37.22

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

Every lot

29 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	321	260.80/cwt	248.50–272.50	837	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	376	242.65/cwt	229.00–247.50	912	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	385	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	997	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	385	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	828	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	416	241.09/cwt	230.00–247.00	1,003	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	431	210.08/cwt	192.00–218.00	905	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	435	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,077	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	465	247.72/cwt	230.00–255.00	1,152	143
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	483	227.51/cwt	219.00–233.00	1,099	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	484	196.19/cwt	189.00–213.00	950	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	515	219.52/cwt	216.00–222.50	1,131	67
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	223.21/cwt	210.00–230.50	1,154	71
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	576	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,244	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	213.02/cwt	206.00–216.00	1,227	53
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,187	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	304	209.93/cwt	200.00–215.00	638	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	360	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	702	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	365	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	639	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	382	221.33/cwt	206.00–224.00	845	92
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	402	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	892	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	431	200.28/cwt	185.00–210.25	863	132
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	432	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	778	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	466	195.18/cwt	178.00–200.00	910	93
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	482	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	786	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	192.44/cwt	173.00–199.00	1,018	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,001	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	643	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,106	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	468	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	842	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	515	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	973	6

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 Sep 14, 2022

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

Receipts 1,124Last week 467Year ago 0

Early Bird Calf Special. Excellent quality young calves with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	484	189.00–213.00	196.19
18	—	431	192.00–218.00	210.08
3	—	385	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	576	216.00	216.00
47	—	435	247.50	247.50
67	—	515	216.00–222.50	219.52
20	—	385	259.00	259.00
44	—	483	219.00–233.00	227.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
143	—	465	230.00–255.00	247.72
18	—	416	230.00–247.00	241.09
60	—	376	229.00–247.50	242.65
3	—	628	189.00	189.00
53	—	576	206.00–216.00	213.02
71	—	517	210.00–230.50	223.21
16	—	321	248.50–272.50	260.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	468	180.00	180.00
6	—	515	189.00	189.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	402	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	569	176.00	176.00
7	—	643	172.00	172.00
12	—	304	200.00–215.00	209.93
30	—	529	173.00–199.00	192.44
132	—	431	185.00–210.25	200.28
93	—	466	178.00–200.00	195.18
92	—	382	206.00–224.00	221.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	365	175.00	175.00
7	—	432	180.00	180.00
5	—	482	163.00	163.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	360	195.00	195.00

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.