Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2023-02-08

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Feb 8
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162
Receipts
2,025 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 2,011▼ 242 vs year ago 2,267 · −10.7%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers under 600 lbs. sold higher while steers over 600 lbs. sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Heifers under 600 lbs. sold steady to higher while heifers over 600 lbs. sold steady to 3.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good. Supply was moderate and included several load lots of yearling cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $193.73/cwt on 1,062 head.
Average price
$193.73
1,062 head · 707 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,370
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$334
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$0.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.29
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1712193.741,3791,036
Medium and Large 1-2540193.581,04526
One grade step is worth $0.16/cwt here — about $334 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 sale1,062 hd
193.73
—
IA average11 barns · 11,025 hd
196.02
−2.29
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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1348228.00/cwt228.00–228.007933
Steers—Medium and Large 1361223.00/cwt223.00–223.008053
Steers—Medium and Large 1431220.18/cwt215.00–230.0094931
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2472190.00/cwt190.00–190.0089710
Steers—Medium and Large 1486230.98/cwt230.00–233.001,12317
Steers—Medium and Large 1512234.42/cwt218.50–240.001,20041
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2540200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0803
Steers—Medium and Large 1574214.80/cwt201.00–224.501,233134
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2592194.85/cwt187.50–197.001,15413
Steers—Medium and Large 1633199.90/cwt187.00–212.501,26585
Steers—Medium and Large 1679190.19/cwt183.50–200.001,29138
Steers—Medium and Large 1727186.81/cwt176.50–198.001,358342
Steers—Medium and Large 1765183.45/cwt178.50–186.251,40368
Steers—Medium and Large 1832179.27/cwt173.00–184.751,492154
Steers—Medium and Large 1893183.50/cwt183.50–183.501,639120
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378200.00/cwt200.00–200.007563
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428209.42/cwt207.00–214.0089633
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2469170.00/cwt170.00–170.007975
Heifers—Medium and Large 1477196.59/cwt190.50–204.0093835
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524196.97/cwt184.50–201.501,03256
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2542174.00/cwt174.00–174.009434
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572184.95/cwt176.00–200.001,058126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628177.84/cwt171.00–185.001,11746
Heifers—Medium and Large 1684173.06/cwt167.00–177.001,18465
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723169.05/cwt163.50–175.001,222201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1772171.91/cwt169.00–172.251,327151
Heifers—Medium and Large 1890168.50/cwt168.50–168.501,50061
Heifers—Medium and Large 1921155.50/cwt155.50–155.501,4324
Heifers—Large 11,235136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,6804

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.