Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2023-08-02

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Aug 2
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162
Receipts
1,171 head
▼ 594 vs last sale 1,765▲ 146 vs year ago 1,025 · +14.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $250.20/cwt on 770 head.
Average price
$250.20
770 head · 826 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,066
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$77
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$61.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.66
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1827251.072,078745
Medium and Large 1-2732228.981,67622
Large 11,053190.002,0013thin
One grade step is worth $61.07/cwt here — about $77 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 sale770 hd
250.20
—
IA average4 barns · 2,448 hd
241.54
+8.66
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

27 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1431346.52/cwt340.50–357.001,49413
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2443282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,2513
Steers—Medium and Large 1493313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,5435
Steers—Medium and Large 1532310.17/cwt306.00–314.001,65021
Steers—Medium and Large 1573292.75/cwt279.00–305.501,67717
Steers—Medium and Large 1618279.60/cwt262.00–289.501,72848
Steers—Medium and Large 1668265.38/cwt251.00–269.501,77325
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2736225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6569
Steers—Medium and Large 1737260.42/cwt255.00–262.251,91974
Steers—Medium and Large 1778248.50/cwt248.50–248.501,9339
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2815216.50/cwt216.50–216.501,76410
Steers—Medium and Large 1845230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,9446
Steers—Medium and Large 1872245.87/cwt245.00–246.252,144179
Steers—Medium and Large 1915237.16/cwt236.50–238.002,170348
Steers—Large 11,053190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,0013
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2360197.50/cwt197.50–197.507113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1445275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,2243
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475288.60/cwt280.00–293.001,37125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2500210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0507
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535270.13/cwt257.00–288.001,44533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578257.56/cwt253.00–263.501,48916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626267.52/cwt261.00–268.751,67595
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678249.02/cwt227.50–253.001,68826
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned699170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1886
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2798209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,66817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1831200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6625
Heifers—Medium and Large 1901174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,5688

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.