Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2023-09-20

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Sep 20
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162
Receipts
1,670 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 1,650▼ 499 vs year ago 2,169 · −23.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Annual Off Grass Special Sale. Compared to a week ago, steers and heifers sold with a higher undertone on this weeks light test. Demand was good today. Supply was moderate and included 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 $257.92/cwt on 1,140 head.
Average price
$257.92
1,140 head · 819 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,112
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$163
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$34.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.77
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1824258.442,1281,096
Medium and Large 1-2674246.641,66141
Large 11,023224.002,2923thin
One grade step is worth $34.44/cwt here — about −$163 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 sale1,140 hd
257.92
—
IA average6 barns · 4,883 hd
263.69
−5.77
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

29 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2471285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3424
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2506251.01/cwt250.00–252.001,2706
Steers—Medium and Large 1542299.97/cwt290.00–302.001,62628
Steers—Medium and Large 1569288.29/cwt260.00–291.501,64030
Steers—Medium and Large 1631270.81/cwt264.00–287.001,70913
Steers—Medium and Large 1678271.31/cwt269.00–276.001,83937
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2680232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,5813
Steers—Medium and Large 1704281.18/cwt259.00–285.001,98042
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2710248.97/cwt240.00–251.001,76817
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2754231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,7426
Steers—Medium and Large 1771267.04/cwt263.00–272.752,059179
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2813230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,8705
Steers—Medium and Large 1832257.48/cwt246.25–265.502,142369
Steers—Medium and Large 1893249.29/cwt229.50–254.252,226154
Steers—Medium and Large 1922244.38/cwt230.00–249.752,253244
Steers—Large 11,023224.00/cwt224.00–224.002,2923
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,27413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1506277.16/cwt275.00–277.501,40223
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2516200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1582270.31/cwt250.00–272.001,57377
Heifers—Medium and Large 1617254.55/cwt247.00–264.001,57153
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2669219.13/cwt211.00–225.001,4667
Heifers—Medium and Large 1670255.67/cwt241.00–266.001,71340
Heifers—Medium and Large 1733255.17/cwt241.50–268.001,870179
Heifers—Medium and Large 1753249.59/cwt248.75–250.001,87949
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2842200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,68411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1855232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,98410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1941217.00/cwt217.00–217.002,0427
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2663215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4254

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.