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Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-11-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-25

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Sat, Nov 25

● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162

← Nov 15Nov 25Dec 13 →

Receipts

2,425 head

▲ 1,355 vs last sale 1,070▼ 434 vs year ago 2,859 · −15.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Annual Special Thanksgiving Calf Sale. Active trade with good quality cattle. Compared to the sale 10 days ago, steers and heifers sold with a lower undertone on a light test last week. Demand was good today. Supply was heavy and included several load lots.

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 $275.97/cwt on 1,326 head.

Average price

$275.97

1,326 head · 576 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,590

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$278

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

$8.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.68

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	581	276.49	1,607	1,247
Medium and Large 1-2	496	267.73	1,329	79

One grade step is worth $8.76/cwt here — about $278 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 sale1,326 hd

275.97

—

IA average7 barns · 4,449 hd

257.29

+18.68

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

51 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	311	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	840	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	335	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,039	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	340	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,034	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	363	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,165	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	346.27/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,472	113
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	302.35/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,300	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	432	308.69/cwt	299.00–315.00	1,334	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	478	285.04/cwt	267.00–299.00	1,362	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	479	277.04/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,327	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	480	311.57/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,496	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	521	252.73/cwt	250.00–262.50	1,317	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	293.25/cwt	280.00–313.50	1,545	204
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	529	288.81/cwt	277.00–300.00	1,528	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	540	258.66/cwt	232.50–265.00	1,397	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	561	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,453	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	284.12/cwt	267.50–295.00	1,617	138
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	573	260.01/cwt	258.00–266.00	1,490	86
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	615	230.91/cwt	225.00–236.00	1,420	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	618	232.63/cwt	220.00–242.50	1,438	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	262.66/cwt	247.00–276.25	1,644	311
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	664	229.18/cwt	228.00–234.00	1,522	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	684	246.36/cwt	230.00–252.00	1,685	109
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	727	243.58/cwt	230.00–248.50	1,771	80
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	768	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,536	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	815	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,606	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	820	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,763	17
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	321	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	738	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	333	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	833	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	348	258.79/cwt	240.00–265.00	901	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	248.56/cwt	235.00–255.00	932	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	377	249.43/cwt	240.00–255.00	940	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,036	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	430	249.70/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,074	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	432	278.88/cwt	260.00–290.00	1,205	78
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	473	252.98/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,197	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	482	271.17/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,307	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	492	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,009	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	264.43/cwt	250.00–273.50	1,378	141
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	534	234.35/cwt	232.00–239.00	1,251	73
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	535	215.18/cwt	200.00–230.00	1,151	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	554	268.24/cwt	265.00–272.00	1,486	123
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	571	218.82/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,249	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	588	233.37/cwt	225.00–255.00	1,372	118
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	617	218.25/cwt	200.00–230.00	1,347	72
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	651	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,269	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	687	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,374	46
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	788	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,576	17
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	435	284.65/cwt	279.00–290.00	1,238	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	568	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,233	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	574	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,363	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	613	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,318	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

Sat Nov 25, 2023

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Receipts 2,425Last week 1,070Year ago 2,859

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
138	—	569	267.50–295.00	284.12
17	—	820	215.00	215.00
311	—	626	247.00–276.25	262.66
204	—	527	280.00–313.50	293.25
80	—	727	230.00–248.50	243.58
38	—	480	300.00–330.00	311.57
109	—	684	230.00–252.00	246.36
113	—	425	340.00–360.00	346.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	340	304.00	304.00
86	—	573	258.00–266.00	260.01
31	—	478	267.00–299.00	285.04
5	—	363	321.00	321.00
3	—	815	197.00	197.00
3	—	768	200.00	200.00
24	—	432	299.00–315.00	308.69
30	—	664	228.00–234.00	229.18
33	—	529	277.00–300.00	288.81
19	—	615	225.00–236.00	230.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	521	250.00–262.50	252.73
12	—	479	260.00–285.00	277.04
7	—	618	220.00–242.50	232.63
6	—	430	295.00–310.00	302.35
9	—	335	310.00	310.00
9	—	561	259.00	259.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	540	232.50–265.00	258.66
3	—	311	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	333	250.00	250.00
21	—	571	215.00–220.00	218.82
37	—	473	250.00–255.00	252.98
73	—	534	232.00–239.00	234.35
12	—	377	240.00–255.00	249.43
19	—	430	240.00–255.00	249.70
3	—	651	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	788	200.00	200.00
72	—	617	200.00–230.00	218.25
78	—	432	260.00–290.00	278.88
29	—	375	235.00–255.00	248.56
41	—	482	260.00–280.00	271.17
118	—	588	225.00–255.00	233.37
141	—	521	250.00–273.50	264.43
46	—	687	200.00	200.00
12	—	348	240.00–265.00	258.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
123	—	554	265.00–272.00	268.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	321	230.00	230.00
3	—	423	245.00	245.00
6	—	535	200.00–230.00	215.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	492	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	574	237.50	237.50
5	—	613	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	435	279.00–290.00	284.65
3	—	568	217.00	217.00

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.