Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2023-01-04

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Jan 4
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162
Receipts
2,401 head
▲ 1,499 vs last sale 902▲ 315 vs year ago 2,086 · +15.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent price comparison. Several load lots today. Demand was good to very good for a moderate supply of calves. Good quality throughout the offering.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $192.58/cwt on 1,418 head.
Average price
$192.58
1,418 head · 646 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,245
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$271
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$40.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.17
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1650193.791,2591,328
Medium and Large 1-2566176.3499884
Large 11,000153.001,5306thin
One grade step is worth $40.79/cwt here — about −$271 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 sale1,418 hd
192.58
—
IA average9 barns · 11,265 hd
189.41
+3.17
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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1386232.44/cwt229.00–235.0089716
Steers—Medium and Large 1420227.10/cwt211.00–234.0095435
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2436180.00/cwt180.00–180.007854
Steers—Medium and Large 1472220.00/cwt213.00–228.001,03863
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2488191.76/cwt190.00–195.0093614
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2513164.28/cwt162.00–166.5084310
Steers—Medium and Large 1525210.76/cwt195.00–225.001,106123
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned536202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,0833
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2575182.60/cwt178.00–187.501,05027
Steers—Medium and Large 1580202.58/cwt186.00–215.501,175123
Steers—Medium and Large 1627199.75/cwt184.75–208.501,252315
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2628167.91/cwt160.00–180.001,05424
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2650161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,0475
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned668177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,18212
Steers—Medium and Large 1676183.37/cwt177.00–191.001,240206
Steers—Medium and Large 1732177.48/cwt170.00–181.501,299203
Steers—Medium and Large 1755182.45/cwt167.50–184.001,377159
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy812168.25/cwt168.25–168.251,3667
Steers—Medium and Large 1886180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,59563
Steers—Large 11,000153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,5306
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1365180.38/cwt177.50–182.0065812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426180.97/cwt176.00–183.0077119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473183.21/cwt172.00–189.5086793
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2473172.50/cwt172.50–172.508169
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520186.35/cwt174.00–190.75969124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2561160.00/cwt160.00–160.008983
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565180.80/cwt166.00–188.001,022177
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619172.39/cwt156.00–178.001,067160
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678166.99/cwt159.00–172.001,132121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1734166.27/cwt158.50–168.251,22040
Heifers—Medium and Large 1763159.50/cwt159.50–159.501,2173

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.