Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2023-07-12

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Jul 12
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162
Receipts
1,765 head
▲ 463 vs last sale 1,302▲ 740 vs year ago 1,025 · +72.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent auction sale for comparison. Demand was very good today. Supply was moderate to heavy with several load lots of reputation cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $258.49/cwt on 1,100 head.
Average price
$258.49
1,100 head · 781 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,018
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$677
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+26.75
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1790258.722,0441,058
Medium and Large 1-2541252.511,36742
One grade step is worth $6.22/cwt here — about $677 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 sale1,100 hd
258.49
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IA average5 barns · 2,100 hd
231.74
+26.75
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

30 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2341280.00/cwt280.00–280.009554
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2441266.91/cwt250.00–275.001,1779
Steers—Medium and Large 1449308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,38359
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2493255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,2574
Steers—Medium and Large 1523286.85/cwt279.00–295.001,50046
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2536234.38/cwt225.00–250.001,2568
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy540317.25/cwt317.25–317.251,71390
Steers—Medium and Large 1555310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,72130
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2581257.24/cwt256.00–260.001,49513
Steers—Medium and Large 1628286.33/cwt267.50–287.251,79862
Steers—Medium and Large 1673264.23/cwt257.50–268.001,77851
Steers—Medium and Large 1715264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,88821
Steers—Medium and Large 1796252.53/cwt243.00–254.252,01078
Steers—Medium and Large 1836255.05/cwt254.50–255.602,132126
Steers—Medium and Large 1878240.74/cwt236.25–243.002,11472
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2896211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,8914
Steers—Medium and Large 1916236.99/cwt233.50–237.852,17181
Steers—Medium and Large 1956232.09/cwt225.50–234.852,219342
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2386230.00/cwt230.00–230.008884
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430282.80/cwt282.50–283.501,21638
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2434241.67/cwt215.00–252.001,04917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1466280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,30547
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2484227.42/cwt217.50–240.001,1019
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525251.25/cwt244.00–260.001,31961
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570273.47/cwt266.50–276.751,559115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2586214.28/cwt210.00–220.001,2567
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615264.89/cwt240.00–269.001,629147
Heifers—Medium and Large 1685241.80/cwt240.25–244.751,65646
Heifers—Medium and Large 1783234.85/cwt234.85–234.851,83967
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1371252.50/cwt252.50–252.509379

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.