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Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-10-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-18

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Oct 18

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162

← Sep 20Oct 18Nov 1 →

Receipts

920 head

▼ 750 vs last sale 1,670▼ 280 vs year ago 1,200 · −23.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent price comparison. Demand was good today. Supply was moderate and included several yearling cattle.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $262.91/cwt on 456 head.

Average price

$262.91

456 head · 698 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,836

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$585

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$32.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.90

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	703	263.91	1,855	442
Medium and Large 1-2	549	231.43	1,270	14thin

One grade step is worth $32.48/cwt here — about $585 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 sale456 hd

262.91

—

IA average8 barns · 3,318 hd

254.01

+8.90

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	915	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	410	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,353	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	465	283.69/cwt	280.00–294.00	1,319	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,000	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	505	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,401	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	535	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,498	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	537	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,343	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	269.82/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,560	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	612	290.50/cwt	290.50–290.50	1,778	83
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	612	257.92/cwt	250.00–262.50	1,578	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	641	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,474	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	655	258.02/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,690	70
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	671	253.74/cwt	250.00–263.00	1,703	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	729	251.26/cwt	244.00–252.50	1,832	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	778	253.15/cwt	250.50–258.00	1,970	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	839	250.71/cwt	238.00–252.10	2,103	76
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	866	254.06/cwt	252.50–254.75	2,200	67
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	375	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	956	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	231.89/cwt	222.50–236.00	986	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	468	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	913	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	516	229.77/cwt	227.50–233.00	1,186	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	517	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,189	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,375	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	275.99/cwt	260.00–277.75	1,590	90
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	597	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,379	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	627	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	1,464	48
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	632	251.40/cwt	250.50–253.50	1,589	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	663	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,399	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	681	241.79/cwt	240.00–244.00	1,647	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	732	246.65/cwt	235.00–249.60	1,805	90
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	787	231.61/cwt	225.00–234.50	1,823	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	809	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,893	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	875	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,794	8
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,052	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,946	5

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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Bloomfield Livestock Feeder Cattle - Bloomfield, IA

Wed Oct 18, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Receipts 920Last week 1,670Year ago 1,200

No recent price comparison. Demand was good today. Supply was moderate and included several yearling cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	465	280.00–294.00	283.69
6	—	535	280.00	280.00
11	—	578	260.00–280.00	269.82
67	—	866	252.50–254.75	254.06
76	—	839	238.00–252.10	250.71
20	—	729	244.00–252.50	251.26
24	—	612	250.00–262.50	257.92
39	—	671	250.00–263.00	253.74
20	—	778	250.50–258.00	253.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	655	245.00–260.00	258.02
3	—	300	305.00	305.00
8	—	505	277.50	277.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	612	290.50	290.50
4	—	410	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	537	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	641	230.00	230.00
4	—	500	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,052	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	632	250.50–253.50	251.40
90	—	576	260.00–277.75	275.99
90	—	732	235.00–249.60	246.65
8	—	875	205.00	205.00
11	—	681	240.00–244.00	241.79
13	—	787	225.00–234.50	231.61
18	—	809	234.00	234.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	663	211.00	211.00
3	—	375	255.00	255.00
8	—	517	230.00	230.00
10	—	425	222.50–236.00	231.89
3	—	573	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	516	227.50–233.00	229.77
48	—	627	233.50	233.50
4	—	597	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	468	195.00	195.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.