Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2024-01-17

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Jan 17
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162
Receipts
1,055 head
▼ 813 vs last sale 1,868▼ 801 vs year ago 1,856 · −43.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers 600 to 650 lbs. sold 5.00 higher. Heifers sold mostly 9.00 to 13.00 lower. Demand was good today. Supply was moderate and included a few load lots.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $258.55/cwt on 541 head.
Average price
$258.55
541 head · 698 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,805
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$52
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$90.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.90
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1704259.881,829505
Medium and Large 1-2575246.281,41733
Large 11,113169.001,8813thin
One grade step is worth $90.88/cwt here — about −$52 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 sale541 hd
258.55
—
IA average6 barns · 4,437 hd
251.65
+6.90
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

32 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 1432305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,3184
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2436275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1993
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2471277.24/cwt275.00–282.501,30610
Steers—Medium and Large 1493310.57/cwt296.00–319.501,53156
Steers—Medium and Large 1510309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,5767
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2566245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3873
Steers—Medium and Large 1582294.25/cwt294.25–294.251,71324
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned632235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4859
Steers—Medium and Large 1634276.14/cwt255.00–285.501,751141
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned640276.50/cwt276.50–276.501,77014
Steers—Medium and Large 1669263.19/cwt249.50–274.001,76130
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2698210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4668
Steers—Medium and Large 1780228.99/cwt228.50–231.001,78654
Steers—Medium and Large 1828235.05/cwt220.00–235.751,946132
Steers—Medium and Large 1901216.50/cwt216.50–216.501,95143
Steers—Large 11,113169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,8813
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,1226
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470254.26/cwt240.00–259.001,19542
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,0213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1536220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1793
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2569206.50/cwt206.50–206.501,1755
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580234.09/cwt216.00–239.501,35867
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2600198.50/cwt198.50–198.501,1913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy602247.75/cwt247.75–247.751,49186
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned610205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628227.87/cwt211.00–236.751,43161
Heifers—Medium and Large 1685203.31/cwt192.00–215.001,3936
Heifers—Medium and Large 1729197.26/cwt190.00–202.001,43839
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy762220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,67614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1825185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,52611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1876170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,48914
Heifers—Large 11,003145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,45411

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.