Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2023-01-11

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Jan 11
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162
Receipts
1,856 head
▼ 545 vs last sale 2,401▲ 450 vs year ago 1,406 · +32.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale a week ago, steers under 650 pounds were 2.00 to 8.00 lower. Heifers 550 to 650 pounds were 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Demand was good to very good and supply was heavy. Cattle were well conditioned. A few load lots of yearlings cattle that saw good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $191.83/cwt on 1,026 head.
Average price
$191.83
1,026 head · 650 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,247
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$285
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$43.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.11
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1650192.771,252988
Medium and Large 1-2587170.811,00232
Large 11,032149.001,5386thin
One grade step is worth $43.77/cwt here — about −$285 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 sale1,026 hd
191.83
—
IA average14 barns · 17,759 hd
190.72
+1.11
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

33 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1366216.48/cwt210.00–230.007929
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned405221.00/cwt221.00–221.0089513
Steers—Medium and Large 1440218.68/cwt212.50–220.0096227
Steers—Medium and Large 1476206.42/cwt195.00–215.0098327
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned488209.38/cwt187.00–216.001,02253
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2492180.73/cwt176.50–184.0088913
Steers—Medium and Large 1525203.25/cwt190.00–213.501,06788
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2552180.00/cwt180.00–180.0099410
Steers—Medium and Large 1570200.96/cwt190.00–210.751,14588
Steers—Medium and Large 1627192.31/cwt178.50–199.001,206206
Steers—Medium and Large 1669186.13/cwt175.50–198.251,245170
Steers—Medium and Large 1710176.23/cwt166.00–178.751,25177
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2762146.27/cwt140.00–158.501,1159
Steers—Medium and Large 1775184.87/cwt169.00–190.351,43397
Steers—Medium and Large 1839189.10/cwt189.10–189.101,58765
Steers—Medium and Large 1866184.42/cwt175.50–185.851,59764
Steers—Medium and Large 1918160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,4694
Steers—Large 11,032149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,5386
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1345185.00/cwt185.00–185.006386
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned366185.00/cwt185.00–185.0067724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy381201.00/cwt201.00–201.007663
Heifers—Medium and Large 1395168.44/cwt168.00–169.006659
Heifers—Medium and Large 1438180.30/cwt170.00–184.0079023
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned455184.75/cwt184.75–184.7584138
Heifers—Medium and Large 1492187.14/cwt169.75–194.5092158
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned516169.50/cwt169.50–169.5087515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1541172.08/cwt160.50–180.0093126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569176.40/cwt162.50–185.501,004135
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627169.77/cwt161.00–176.501,064164
Heifers—Medium and Large 1674162.96/cwt157.00–173.001,09868
Heifers—Medium and Large 1726172.52/cwt161.50–173.751,252119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1912144.53/cwt140.00–149.001,3186
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned520190.00/cwt190.00–190.009887

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.