Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2023-04-12

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Apr 12
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162
Receipts
1,546 head
▼ 688 vs last sale 2,234▼ 492 vs year ago 2,038 · −24.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Todays sale featured mostly yearling cattle. Supply was moderate and included many load lots of steers. Demand was good, especially for the eight weight steers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $210.06/cwt on 955 head.
Average price
$210.06
955 head · 806 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,693
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$891
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$40.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.40
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1803210.511,690937
Medium and Large 1-2631197.911,24811thin
Large 11,518170.002,5817thin
One grade step is worth $40.51/cwt here — about −$891 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 sale955 hd
210.06
—
IA average8 barns · 5,166 hd
218.46
−8.40
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

28 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1335262.50/cwt262.50–262.508793
Steers—Medium and Large 1430259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,1148
Steers—Medium and Large 1483245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1836
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2522205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0707
Steers—Medium and Large 1540249.57/cwt230.00–253.001,34838
Steers—Medium and Large 1596228.24/cwt215.00–248.001,36031
Steers—Medium and Large 1622222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,38130
Steers—Medium and Large 1732211.63/cwt207.50–215.501,549148
Steers—Medium and Large 1771209.50/cwt190.00–212.251,615165
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2821185.50/cwt185.50–185.501,5234
Steers—Medium and Large 1836213.18/cwt212.50–213.851,782129
Steers—Medium and Large 1866208.26/cwt202.85–214.001,804126
Steers—Medium and Large 1927197.89/cwt183.50–208.001,834253
Steers—Large 11,518170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,5817
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1398226.00/cwt226.00–226.008995
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426232.50/cwt232.50–232.5099015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,0283
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned486182.00/cwt182.00–182.008858
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527227.18/cwt218.00–231.251,19790
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2539197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,06521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580203.27/cwt195.50–220.001,17912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1671193.53/cwt182.00–200.001,299294
Heifers—Medium and Large 1726177.86/cwt174.00–180.751,29115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1751178.25/cwt178.25–178.251,33914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1816175.65/cwt167.50–177.001,43335
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2949166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,5756
Heifers—Large 11,028147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,5114
Heifers—Large 11,200167.00/cwt167.00–167.002,0043

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.