Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2023-06-07

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Jun 7
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162
Receipts
1,302 head
▼ 622 vs last sale 1,924▲ 277 vs year ago 1,025 · +27.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent auction sale for comparison. Demand was good today. Supply was moderate with several load lots.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $255.15/cwt on 723 head.
Average price
$255.15
723 head · 711 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,814
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$178
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$82.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+19.01
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1718256.371,840672
Medium and Large 1-2589243.101,43248
Large 11,160174.002,0183thin
One grade step is worth $82.37/cwt here — about −$178 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 sale723 hd
255.15
—
IA average6 barns · 2,638 hd
236.14
+19.01
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

45 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1345317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,0954
Steers—Medium and Large 1390300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1707
Steers—Medium and Large 1433304.46/cwt290.00–319.001,31819
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475260.79/cwt250.00–275.001,23911
Steers—Medium and Large 1478313.41/cwt308.00–320.001,49832
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2515260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3395
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned528261.25/cwt255.00–277.001,37910
Steers—Medium and Large 1530300.79/cwt280.00–305.001,59474
Steers—Medium and Large 1575281.04/cwt265.00–297.001,61631
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned585256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,4986
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2596239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,4246
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2618240.28/cwt230.00–250.001,4856
Steers—Medium and Large 1624275.73/cwt255.00–285.501,721148
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2652235.50/cwt235.50–235.501,53517
Steers—Medium and Large 1665239.50/cwt239.50–239.501,5939
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2701207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,4513
Steers—Medium and Large 1727245.24/cwt236.00–254.001,78333
Steers—Medium and Large 1772226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,7457
Steers—Medium and Large 1819231.25/cwt231.25–231.251,89468
Steers—Medium and Large 1869225.48/cwt223.00–227.001,959101
Steers—Medium and Large 1937221.75/cwt221.75–221.752,07861
Steers—Medium and Large 1976214.75/cwt214.75–214.752,09662
Steers—Large 11,160174.00/cwt174.00–174.002,0183
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2325235.00/cwt235.00–235.007645
Heifers—Medium and Large 1335283.21/cwt280.00–285.0094911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1371290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,0763
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned386225.00/cwt225.00–225.008694
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2393235.00/cwt235.00–235.009244
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433276.98/cwt257.50–287.001,19921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2469245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1495
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476267.75/cwt257.50–277.001,27447
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned494246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,2156
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2500220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1006
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned511246.14/cwt242.00–248.501,25817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515256.92/cwt245.00–268.001,32360
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572243.12/cwt230.00–249.001,39148
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2604214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,2936
Heifers—Medium and Large 1614234.85/cwt230.50–237.001,44261
Heifers—Medium and Large 1668224.86/cwt217.00–229.751,50246
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2688192.13/cwt187.50–195.001,32213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1728217.78/cwt207.00–219.751,58547
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2771175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,3493
Heifers—Medium and Large 1850185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,5734
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned667192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,2815
Bulls—Medium and Large 1867168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,4574

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.