Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2023-09-13

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Sep 13
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162
Receipts
1,650 head
▼ 260 vs last sale 1,910▲ 526 vs year ago 1,124 · +46.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Annual Early Bird Special Calf Sale. Demand was good today. Supply was moderate to heavy and included mostly four and five weight calves.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $311.99/cwt on 891 head.
Average price
$311.99
891 head · 498 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,555
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$261
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$39.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+41.95
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1502319.151,603730
Medium and Large 1-2480279.521,342161
One grade step is worth $39.63/cwt here — about $261 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 sale891 hd
311.99
—
IA average10 barns · 9,509 hd
270.04
+41.95
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

46 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1320370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,1848
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned345345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,1907
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned364358.87/cwt345.00–372.501,30623
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2376280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,0536
Steers—Medium and Large 1377370.57/cwt360.00–380.001,39745
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned390306.20/cwt302.00–320.001,19413
Steers—Medium and Large 1408360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,4696
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy418372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,5575
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2426282.18/cwt270.00–306.001,20235
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned433326.97/cwt305.00–337.501,41622
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2466279.96/cwt275.00–290.001,3059
Steers—Medium and Large 1472341.18/cwt341.00–342.001,61081
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned472335.49/cwt315.00–349.001,584102
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned487273.18/cwt260.00–300.001,33019
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned518301.18/cwt285.00–317.001,560154
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned520275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,43013
Steers—Medium and Large 1528329.54/cwt307.50–335.751,740108
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2528275.47/cwt250.00–300.001,45466
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned564292.13/cwt289.00–293.501,64830
Steers—Medium and Large 1581283.35/cwt277.00–295.001,64697
Steers—Medium and Large 1616250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5406
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned617274.50/cwt262.50–276.001,69436
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1313315.00/cwt315.00–315.009864
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned341240.00/cwt240.00–240.008183
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378313.36/cwt295.00–317.001,18560
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned382311.49/cwt295.00–321.001,19062
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2432287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,2424
Heifers—Medium and Large 1434271.92/cwt260.00–287.501,18027
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned440259.55/cwt252.50–275.001,14238
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460257.69/cwt255.00–263.001,18524
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned463251.00/cwt235.00–265.001,16218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2469247.71/cwt220.00–255.001,16216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned470300.96/cwt280.00–308.001,41583
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy480298.40/cwt293.00–312.001,43272
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy505291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,47070
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned508265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,34620
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2518250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,29512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530265.15/cwt250.00–267.001,405105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned557276.21/cwt270.00–279.001,53826
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,4848
Heifers—Medium and Large 1658249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,6384
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned356262.50/cwt262.50–262.509353
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned444273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,21214
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2458273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,2503
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned485257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,2493
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned500256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,2803

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.