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Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-02-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-22

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Feb 22

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162

← Feb 8Feb 22Mar 8 →

Receipts

2,014 head

▼ 11 vs last sale 2,025▼ 414 vs year ago 2,428 · −17.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers 550 lbs. and heavier sold steady to 11.00 higher, while steers under 550 lbs. sold on a light test. Heifers sold 2.00 to 10.00 higher. Supply was moderate that included several load lots today. Demand was good to very good.

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 $198.74/cwt on 1,120 head.

Average price

$198.74

1,120 head · 693 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,376

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$277

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

$13.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.73

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	698	199.46	1,391	1,062
Medium and Large 1-2	601	185.52	1,114	58

One grade step is worth $13.94/cwt here — about $277 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 sale1,120 hd

198.74

—

IA average8 barns · 8,148 hd

200.47

−1.73

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

Every lot

32 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	369	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	863	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	422	219.60/cwt	215.00–222.50	927	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	439	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,128	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	461	247.48/cwt	234.00–250.00	1,141	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	461	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	991	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	509	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,150	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	232.01/cwt	226.00–244.00	1,218	54
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	540	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,134	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	219.28/cwt	216.00–221.50	1,248	81
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	192.87/cwt	182.50–198.00	1,119	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	614	210.93/cwt	202.50–214.00	1,295	74
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	617	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,104	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	680	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,241	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	686	196.71/cwt	190.00–203.00	1,349	302
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	187.65/cwt	183.50–190.00	1,360	108
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	788	188.30/cwt	176.00–192.50	1,484	174
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	826	185.64/cwt	170.00–187.50	1,533	128
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	854	186.68/cwt	180.00–187.00	1,594	67
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	917	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,614	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	359	215.44/cwt	215.00–216.00	773	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	204.16/cwt	190.00–216.00	864	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	467	196.86/cwt	187.50–212.50	919	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	481	173.70/cwt	170.00–177.00	835	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	533	198.43/cwt	186.25–207.00	1,058	124
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	538	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	963	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	566	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	869	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	188.48/cwt	170.00–198.75	1,071	55
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	180.82/cwt	171.75–184.75	1,139	251
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	665	182.71/cwt	170.00–188.00	1,215	97
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	669	155.73/cwt	155.00–156.00	1,042	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	733	171.10/cwt	157.00–177.00	1,254	157
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	776	165.03/cwt	162.50–167.25	1,281	21

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 Feb 22, 2023

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

Receipts 2,014Last week 2,025Year ago 2,428

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	568	170.00–198.75	188.48
97	—	665	170.00–188.00	182.71
124	—	533	186.25–207.00	198.43
157	—	733	157.00–177.00	171.10
251	—	630	171.75–184.75	180.82
7	—	359	215.00–216.00	215.44
21	—	776	162.50–167.25	165.03
16	—	467	187.50–212.50	196.86
17	—	423	190.00–216.00	204.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	481	170.00–177.00	173.70
5	—	538	179.00	179.00
11	—	669	155.00–156.00	155.73
3	—	566	153.50	153.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	725	183.50–190.00	187.65
67	—	854	180.00–187.00	186.68
302	—	686	190.00–203.00	196.71
5	—	917	176.00	176.00
54	—	525	226.00–244.00	232.01
31	—	461	234.00–250.00	247.48
74	—	614	202.50–214.00	210.93
81	—	569	216.00–221.50	219.28
6	—	369	234.00	234.00
174	—	788	176.00–192.50	188.30
19	—	422	215.00–222.50	219.60
128	—	826	170.00–187.50	185.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	461	215.00	215.00
12	—	580	182.50–198.00	192.87
3	—	540	210.00	210.00
37	—	617	179.00	179.00
3	—	680	182.50	182.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	509	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	439	257.00	257.00

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.