Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2023-11-15

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Nov 15
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162
Receipts
1,070 head
▲ 243 vs last sale 827▼ 509 vs year ago 1,579 · −32.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Annual Yearling Sale. Compared to two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold with a higher undertone on a light test this week. Demand was good today. Supply was moderate and included several load lots of yearling steers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $235.89/cwt on 775 head.
Average price
$235.89
775 head · 821 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,937
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$221
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$26.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.57
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1821238.361,957703
Medium and Large 1-2819211.851,73672
One grade step is worth $26.51/cwt here — about $221 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 sale775 hd
235.89
—
IA average8 barns · 6,263 hd
243.47
−7.57
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

22 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1572254.04/cwt251.00–255.001,45313
Steers—Medium and Large 1681255.09/cwt252.50–256.001,73730
Steers—Medium and Large 1712248.32/cwt233.00–260.001,76823
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2733225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6493
Steers—Medium and Large 1788242.18/cwt230.00–246.001,908157
Steers—Medium and Large 1815239.86/cwt220.00–242.751,955241
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2816212.73/cwt180.00–215.001,73663
Steers—Medium and Large 1862237.63/cwt237.50–237.752,048125
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2898196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,7606
Steers—Medium and Large 1922222.51/cwt219.50–225.002,052114
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,2118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624229.62/cwt218.00–237.751,43339
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2637168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,0705
Heifers—Medium and Large 1690231.50/cwt215.00–239.501,59712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1734229.51/cwt221.50–232.251,68596
Heifers—Medium and Large 1788219.73/cwt195.00–221.751,73140
Heifers—Medium and Large 1856190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,6267
Heifers—Medium and Large 1948192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,8205
Heifers—Large 11,010190.50/cwt190.50–190.501,9249
Heifers—Large 11,138170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,9353
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned526183.00/cwt183.00–183.009633
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned684164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,1226

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.