Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2023-08-30

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Aug 30
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162
Receipts
1,910 head
▲ 739 vs last sale 1,171▲ 1,443 vs year ago 467 · +309.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent auction sale for comparison. Demand was good today. Supply was moderate to heavy and included 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 $266.70/cwt on 1,107 head.
Average price
$266.70
1,107 head · 763 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,035
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$442
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$22.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.02
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1766267.352,0481,075
Medium and Large 1-2656244.941,60632
One grade step is worth $22.41/cwt here — about $442 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 sale1,107 hd
266.70
—
IA average7 barns · 4,546 hd
249.68
+17.02
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

34 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2408277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,1323
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2472273.75/cwt270.00–280.001,2928
Steers—Medium and Large 1475307.79/cwt287.50–313.001,46225
Steers—Medium and Large 1506312.96/cwt307.50–315.001,58411
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2533275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4663
Steers—Medium and Large 1589284.34/cwt278.00–288.001,67540
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2600227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,3653
Steers—Medium and Large 1633283.72/cwt265.50–292.001,796132
Steers—Medium and Large 1663283.83/cwt267.50–290.351,882101
Steers—Medium and Large 1741263.42/cwt262.25–270.001,95284
Steers—Medium and Large 1771253.38/cwt237.00–255.001,954106
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy773270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,08713
Steers—Medium and Large 1810267.98/cwt245.00–269.602,171254
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2836219.41/cwt175.00–234.501,83412
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2850225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,9133
Steers—Medium and Large 1880253.61/cwt229.00–257.752,232303
Steers—Medium and Large 1942227.25/cwt227.25–227.252,1416
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2328225.00/cwt225.00–225.007383
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2388250.00/cwt250.00–250.009703
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,1076
Heifers—Medium and Large 1484260.94/cwt247.50–270.001,26318
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523257.61/cwt247.50–268.001,3476
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy531287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,5279
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572268.98/cwt257.50–277.501,53919
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2580240.14/cwt232.50–245.001,39313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624271.55/cwt266.00–273.101,69497
Heifers—Medium and Large 1667269.72/cwt244.50–273.001,799174
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2720228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,6427
Heifers—Medium and Large 1734250.44/cwt245.50–260.001,838239
Heifers—Medium and Large 1761244.36/cwt235.00–245.851,86081
Heifers—Medium and Large 1824236.27/cwt229.00–239.001,94732
Heifers—Medium and Large 1889195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,7346
Heifers—Medium and Large 1946192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,8163
Heifers—Medium and Large 1991190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,8833

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.