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Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-24

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Jan 24

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162

← Jan 17Jan 24Jan 31 →

Receipts

1,483 head

▲ 428 vs last sale 1,055▼ 528 vs year ago 2,011 · −26.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, steers sold mostly with a lower undertone on last weeks light test, while heifers sold mostly with a higher undertone on last weeks light test. Demand was good. Supply was heavy with a few load lots.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $224.52/cwt on 657 head.

Average price

$224.52

657 head · 610 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,371

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$234

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

$44.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.59

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	606	234.45	1,421	512
Medium and Large 1-2	626	189.48	1,187	145

One grade step is worth $44.97/cwt here — about $234 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 sale657 hd

224.52

—

IA average14 barns · 8,883 hd

227.11

−2.59

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

Every lot

35 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	448	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,371	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	297.56/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,407	54
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	511	270.00/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,380	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	289.66/cwt	267.00–299.50	1,668	180
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	593	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,364	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	622	226.97/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,412	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	679	260.43/cwt	259.00–263.00	1,768	89
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	728	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,565	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	729	249.47/cwt	231.00–252.50	1,819	123
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	768	236.35/cwt	221.00–244.50	1,815	96
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	818	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,767	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	879	226.25/cwt	226.25–226.25	1,989	58
Steers	—	Large 1	1,018	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,578	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	397	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	933	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	424	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	950	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	451	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	893	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	478	248.79/cwt	235.00–254.00	1,189	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	521	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,094	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	243.95/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,273	114
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	238.03/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,369	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	590	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,109	61
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	228.70/cwt	219.50–234.00	1,429	109
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	635	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	1,121	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	676	235.10/cwt	214.00–240.00	1,589	96
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	686	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,386	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	715	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,394	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	720	223.49/cwt	221.00–230.00	1,609	101
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	814	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,465	14
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	381	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	714	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	420	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,050	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	554	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,042	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	562	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,371	35
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	698	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,438	35
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	712	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	1,278	35
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	890	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,246	4

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 Jan 24, 2024

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

Receipts 1,483Last week 1,055Year ago 2,011

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	712	179.50	179.50
8	—	554	188.00	188.00
3	—	381	187.50	187.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	890	140.00	140.00
9	—	420	250.00	250.00
35	—	562	244.00	244.00
35	—	698	206.00	206.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	511	260.00–280.00	270.00
89	—	679	259.00–263.00	260.43
123	—	729	231.00–252.50	249.47
96	—	768	221.00–244.50	236.35
180	—	576	267.00–299.50	289.66
4	—	448	306.00	306.00
4	—	818	216.00	216.00
54	—	473	280.00–305.00	297.56
58	—	879	226.25	226.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	728	215.00	215.00
10	—	622	225.00–230.00	226.97
3	—	593	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,018	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	635	176.50	176.50
61	—	590	188.00	188.00
7	—	451	198.00	198.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	522	230.00–250.00	243.95
101	—	720	221.00–230.00	223.49
50	—	478	235.00–254.00	248.79
22	—	575	235.00–240.00	238.03
96	—	676	214.00–240.00	235.10
109	—	625	219.50–234.00	228.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	397	235.00	235.00
6	—	715	195.00	195.00
21	—	686	202.00	202.00
14	—	814	180.00	180.00
3	—	521	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	424	224.00	224.00

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.