Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2023-04-05

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Apr 5
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162
Receipts
2,234 head
▲ 1,178 vs last sale 1,056▲ 175 vs year ago 2,059 · +8.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers sold with a higher undertone when compared to a light test. Heifers sold sharply higher when compared to a light test two weeks ago. Demand was very good for lightweight cattle today. Supply was moderate to heavy and many were unweaned fall calves.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $260.02/cwt on 1,123 head.
Average price
$260.02
1,123 head · 489 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,270
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$126
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$26.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+27.90
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1488264.711,292925
Medium and Large 1-2490238.081,167198
One grade step is worth $26.64/cwt here — about $126 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 sale1,123 hd
260.02
—
IA average7 barns · 4,413 hd
232.11
+27.90
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

52 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2325241.35/cwt225.00–255.0078418
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned326270.86/cwt250.00–277.5088312
Steers—Medium and Large 1336291.78/cwt272.50–298.0098028
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned361230.00/cwt230.00–230.008303
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy375300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,12518
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned376255.20/cwt237.50–265.0096040
Steers—Medium and Large 1378265.95/cwt252.50–277.501,00579
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2416250.89/cwt225.00–260.001,04435
Steers—Medium and Large 1423281.20/cwt270.00–292.501,18947
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned427241.76/cwt230.00–255.001,03256
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy435301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,30932
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2462229.24/cwt225.00–237.501,05919
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned472216.61/cwt205.00–220.001,02214
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned479244.91/cwt225.00–254.001,17343
Steers—Medium and Large 1481264.36/cwt242.50–272.501,27284
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy485286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,38744
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2518240.38/cwt200.00–250.001,24547
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned525242.56/cwt230.00–254.001,27360
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned527217.71/cwt217.50–218.001,1479
Steers—Medium and Large 1528281.00/cwt262.50–290.001,484179
Steers—Medium and Large 1558269.55/cwt254.00–276.001,504111
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned565233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,31623
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2582242.01/cwt225.00–246.001,40849
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned624217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,3575
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned632205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2964
Steers—Medium and Large 1638222.43/cwt219.00–242.501,41927
Steers—Medium and Large 1662221.69/cwt216.00–225.001,46816
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned674202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,3656
Steers—Medium and Large 1702213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,49512
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned745190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4163
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1335222.50/cwt222.50–222.507453
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned343249.60/cwt245.00–270.0085616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned357269.75/cwt264.00–272.5096316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2367250.87/cwt224.00–260.0092137
Heifers—Medium and Large 1376288.13/cwt277.50–295.001,08392
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned384230.68/cwt212.50–240.0088622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422263.42/cwt253.00–269.001,11261
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2436214.00/cwt214.00–214.0093316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned442238.83/cwt235.00–241.001,05630
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2471235.53/cwt195.00–247.501,109131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned477208.93/cwt200.00–215.0099749
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480275.93/cwt268.00–279.001,324114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy500274.50/cwt274.50–274.501,37325
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned511206.66/cwt205.00–207.501,05627
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522245.65/cwt229.50–258.001,28280
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2535213.02/cwt200.00–227.501,14032
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563219.01/cwt200.00–229.001,233122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2571190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0855
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned586185.63/cwt185.00–186.001,0888
Heifers—Medium and Large 1617191.09/cwt183.00–194.001,17913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1667190.50/cwt190.50–190.501,2714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1718182.10/cwt180.50–184.501,30710

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.