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Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-19

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Oct 19

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162

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Receipts

1,200 head

▲ 273 vs last sale 927▼ 96 vs year ago 1,296 · −7.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf/Yearling Sale. Several load lots of yearling steer cattle. Steers 450 - 650 pounds 7.00 -19.00 lower, steers 650 pounds or more were 5.00-17.00 higher. Heifers were all lower.

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 $177.07/cwt on 884 head.

Average price

$177.07

884 head · 828 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,467

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$586

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

$25.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.07

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	833	177.53	1,479	868
Medium and Large 1-2	586	152.44	893	16thin

One grade step is worth $25.09/cwt here — about $586 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 sale884 hd

177.07

—

IA average9 barns · 3,728 hd

176.00

+1.07

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

Every lot

27 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	347	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	677	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	413	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	661	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	460	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	925	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	713	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	519	200.44/cwt	188.00–216.00	1,040	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	190.55/cwt	170.50–198.00	1,090	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	632	178.77/cwt	168.00–185.00	1,130	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	692	181.05/cwt	170.00–182.75	1,253	67
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	727	180.57/cwt	162.25–184.60	1,313	77
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	765	177.42/cwt	175.75–178.25	1,357	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	801	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	1,214	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	830	181.22/cwt	166.50–185.00	1,504	135
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	887	175.75/cwt	160.00–176.25	1,559	130
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	908	174.32/cwt	160.00–175.00	1,583	67
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	982	170.89/cwt	157.25–176.50	1,678	251
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	174.19/cwt	172.50–177.00	824	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	476	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	726	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	539	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	873	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	169.41/cwt	169.00–170.00	1,052	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	657	180.25/cwt	180.25–180.25	1,184	65
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	660	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,020	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	712	173.88/cwt	163.00–177.10	1,238	117
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	786	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,100	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	818	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,325	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	995	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,333	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	538	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	872	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	793	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,039	4

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 Oct 19, 2022

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

Receipts 1,200Last week 927Year ago 1,296

Special Calf/Yearling Sale. Several load lots of yearling steer cattle. Steers 450 - 650 pounds 7.00 -19.00 lower, steers 650 pounds or more were 5.00-17.00 higher. Heifers were all lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	538	162.00	162.00
4	—	793	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	995	134.00	134.00
10	—	539	162.00	162.00
14	—	818	162.00	162.00
20	—	473	172.50–177.00	174.19
24	—	621	169.00–170.00	169.41
65	—	657	180.25	180.25
117	—	712	163.00–177.10	173.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	786	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	476	152.50	152.50
7	—	660	154.50	154.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
251	—	982	157.25–176.50	170.89
67	—	692	170.00–182.75	181.05
67	—	908	160.00–175.00	174.32
77	—	727	162.25–184.60	180.57
35	—	572	170.50–198.00	190.55
7	—	347	195.00	195.00
9	—	460	201.00	201.00
30	—	765	175.75–178.25	177.42
47	—	632	168.00–185.00	178.77
13	—	519	188.00–216.00	200.44
130	—	887	160.00–176.25	175.75
135	—	830	166.50–185.00	181.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	801	151.50	151.50
7	—	475	150.00	150.00
3	—	413	160.00	160.00

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.