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Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-10

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Apr 10

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162

← Apr 3Apr 10Apr 24 →

Receipts

2,051 head

▼ 251 vs last sale 2,302▲ 505 vs year ago 1,546 · +32.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale a week ago, mostly seven and eight weight steers and heifers sold today. Steers under 700 lbs. sold with a lower undertone on a light test this week. Heifers sold with a lighter test this week. Demand was very good and included active internet bidding. Supply was heavy with several load lots.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $289.46/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −177.54 against this barn's trailing median of $467.01.

Average price

$289.46

41 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,655

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−31.37

vs IA average

−16.01 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	572	289.46	1,655	41

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale41 hd

289.46

—

IA average6 barns · 679 hd

320.83

−31.37

National average170 barns · 11,306 hd

305.47

−16.01

This barn, trailing median12 sales

467.01

−177.54

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

12 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $513.77, low $398.68, median $467.01 across 12 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

31 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	303	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,015	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,432	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,587	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	507	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,617	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	283.38/cwt	278.00–293.00	1,658	34
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	269.85/cwt	260.00–281.00	1,714	25
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	278.15/cwt	272.50–283.00	1,861	76
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	267.88/cwt	245.00–274.50	1,910	182
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	788	251.37/cwt	240.00–254.00	1,981	129
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	252.73/cwt	245.75–255.10	2,085	308
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	250.41/cwt	235.50–252.75	2,179	400
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	890	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	1,998	3
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	927	231.09/cwt	224.50–233.75	2,142	100
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,081	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	2,021	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	354	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,133	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	447	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,345	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	465	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,214	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	289.13/cwt	273.00–294.00	1,405	21
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	265.53/cwt	261.00–270.00	1,405	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	262.58/cwt	248.00–268.25	1,512	25
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	258.52/cwt	255.50–269.00	1,636	83
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	246.10/cwt	232.50–256.50	1,659	74
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	711	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,557	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	736	243.97/cwt	229.50–250.50	1,796	152
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	245.31/cwt	225.00–249.75	1,896	87
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	782	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,697	20
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	847	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,024	67
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	856	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,909	66
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	881	196.19/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,728	16
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,033	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,952	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	475	267.26/cwt	260.00–290.00	1,269	12

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 Apr 10, 2024

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

Receipts 2,051Last week 2,302Year ago 1,546

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1000–1050	1,033	189.00	189.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	354	320.00	320.00
6	400–450	447	301.00	301.00
21	450–500	486	273.00–294.00	289.13
8	500–550	529	261.00–270.00	265.53
25	550–600	576	248.00–268.25	262.58
83	600–650	633	255.50–269.00	258.52
74	650–700	674	232.50–256.50	246.10
152	700–750	736	229.50–250.50	243.97
87	750–800	773	225.00–249.75	245.31
67	800–850	847	239.00	239.00
66	850–900	856	223.00	223.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	465	261.00	261.00
8	700–750	711	219.00	219.00
20	750–800	782	217.00	217.00
16	850–900	881	190.00–200.00	196.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1050–1100	1,081	187.00	187.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	412	347.50	347.50
14	450–500	481	330.00	330.00
7	500–550	507	319.00	319.00
34	550–600	585	278.00–293.00	283.38
25	600–650	635	260.00–281.00	269.85
76	650–700	669	272.50–283.00	278.15
182	700–750	713	245.00–274.50	267.88
129	750–800	788	240.00–254.00	251.37
308	800–850	825	245.75–255.10	252.73
400	850–900	870	235.50–252.75	250.41
100	900–950	927	224.50–233.75	231.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	303	335.00	335.00
3	850–900	890	224.50	224.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	475	260.00–290.00	267.26

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.