Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2023-05-10

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, May 10
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162
Receipts
1,924 head
▲ 524 vs last sale 1,400▲ 332 vs year ago 1,592 · +20.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, todays sale was made up of mostly seven and eight weight steers that sold higher compared to a lighter test. Heifers were mostly six weight cattle that sold 7.00 higher. Supply was moderate to heavy today and included several load lots of yearling cattle. Demand was good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $232.45/cwt on 920 head.
Average price
$232.45
920 head · 683 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,588
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$225
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$79.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.10
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1685234.671,607831
Medium and Large 1-2562223.301,25674
Large 1-21,182155.001,83215thin
One grade step is worth $79.67/cwt here — about −$225 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 sale920 hd
232.45
—
IA average7 barns · 6,286 hd
226.35
+6.10
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

43 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1336293.00/cwt293.00–293.009843
Steers—Medium and Large 1370277.23/cwt271.00–285.001,02615
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2381251.72/cwt250.00–252.5095915
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned406248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,00710
Steers—Medium and Large 1415266.11/cwt250.00–282.501,10421
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2423204.00/cwt204.00–204.008634
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy426302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,2899
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2452250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1307
Steers—Medium and Large 1471273.53/cwt252.50–285.001,28855
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned509232.77/cwt229.00–244.001,18524
Steers—Medium and Large 1526269.93/cwt262.50–280.001,42071
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2528228.52/cwt209.00–250.001,20722
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2561222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,2488
Steers—Medium and Large 1568263.99/cwt252.50–275.001,49947
Steers—Medium and Large 1625254.31/cwt237.50–260.001,58999
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy653251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,63926
Steers—Medium and Large 1675222.30/cwt215.00–226.001,50127
Steers—Medium and Large 1728208.80/cwt206.00–210.001,52013
Steers—Medium and Large 1775213.98/cwt202.00–217.251,658149
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2788184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,4506
Steers—Medium and Large 1823209.90/cwt207.10–213.001,727129
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2831188.50/cwt188.50–188.501,5663
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2858189.50/cwt189.50–189.501,6269
Steers—Medium and Large 1869207.50/cwt197.25–208.501,803133
Steers—Large 1-21,182155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,83215
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1338290.00/cwt290.00–290.0098010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1387262.09/cwt242.50–270.001,01433
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned404274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,1079
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426241.59/cwt230.00–250.001,02945
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468239.34/cwt229.00–250.001,12093
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned502226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,13517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1517233.28/cwt220.00–241.001,20676
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2538193.02/cwt175.00–200.001,03823
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2554197.14/cwt182.00–204.001,09220
Heifers—Medium and Large 1562225.83/cwt212.00–238.501,26975
Heifers—Medium and Large 1617226.72/cwt216.00–234.001,399180
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2620191.23/cwt190.00–194.001,18613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2655150.00/cwt150.00–150.009833
Heifers—Medium and Large 1670219.44/cwt198.50–226.251,470108
Heifers—Medium and Large 1724214.57/cwt200.00–216.251,55387
Heifers—Medium and Large 1762184.29/cwt174.00–189.001,40432
Heifers—Medium and Large 1811155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,2574
Heifers—Medium and Large 1855150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,2833

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.