Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2022-12-07

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Dec 7
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162
Receipts
615 head
▼ 2,244 vs last sale 2,859▲ 615 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough on offer when compared to the special sale after Thanksgiving to establish a trend, however a weaker undertone is noted. Demand was moderate to good on light supply.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $185.41/cwt on 317 head.
Average price
$185.41
317 head · 616 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,143
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$103
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$37.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.19
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1615185.771,143314
Medium and Large 1-2703148.001,0403thin
One grade step is worth $37.77/cwt here — about $103 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 sale317 hd
185.41
—
IA average13 barns · 11,319 hd
187.60
−2.19
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

31 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1316186.54/cwt172.50–207.0058910
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned339227.00/cwt227.00–227.0077016
Steers—Medium and Large 1407218.00/cwt218.00–218.008873
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned429230.00/cwt230.00–230.0098711
Steers—Medium and Large 1467179.96/cwt175.00–200.0084015
Steers—Medium and Large 1534202.60/cwt194.00–210.001,08228
Steers—Medium and Large 1581185.59/cwt170.00–192.501,07810
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned613184.86/cwt181.50–188.001,13358
Steers—Medium and Large 1623173.38/cwt169.50–181.501,08055
Steers—Medium and Large 1676178.76/cwt170.00–180.751,20829
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2703148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,0403
Steers—Medium and Large 1726173.52/cwt173.25–174.501,26014
Steers—Medium and Large 1790177.70/cwt165.50–178.501,40465
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned258177.00/cwt177.00–177.004575
Heifers—Medium and Large 1348142.50/cwt142.50–142.504963
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378175.00/cwt175.00–175.006623
Heifers—Medium and Large 1403160.00/cwt160.00–160.006454
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned423171.74/cwt155.00–185.0072621
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned471167.50/cwt167.50–167.507896
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481179.00/cwt179.00–179.0086115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532179.18/cwt178.50–180.0095313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned538173.00/cwt173.00–173.0093110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned563167.55/cwt167.00–168.0094349
Heifers—Medium and Large 1576164.62/cwt150.00–176.0094818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620158.74/cwt155.00–165.0098428
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673157.48/cwt156.00–158.001,06012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1733138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1760159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,2083
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1441166.00/cwt166.00–166.007326
Bulls—Medium and Large 1489169.00/cwt169.00–169.008264
Bulls—Medium and Large 1661144.00/cwt144.00–144.0095210

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.