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Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-24

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Apr 24

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162

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Receipts

760 head

▼ 1,291 vs last sale 2,051▼ 640 vs year ago 1,400 · −45.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers sold with a higher undertone on a lighter test this week. Heifers under 700 lbs. sold mostly steady to higher and heifers over 700 lbs. sold with a lower undertone on a lighter test. Supply was moderate today and demand was very good.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $279.57/cwt on 81 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −133.95 against this barn's trailing median of $413.52.

Average price

$279.57

81 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,533

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$131

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

$25.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.30

vs IA average

+9.38 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	286.61	1,568	59
Medium and Large 1-2	551	260.68	1,437	22

One grade step is worth $25.93/cwt here — about $131 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale81 hd

279.57

—

IA average4 barns · 432 hd

279.27

+0.30

National average178 barns · 11,596 hd

270.19

+9.38

This barn, trailing median13 sales

413.52

−133.95

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

13 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $450.36, low $351.92, median $413.52 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

29 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	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	376.36/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,776	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	341.38/cwt	327.50–353.50	1,789	23
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	531	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,712	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	279.07/cwt	267.00–297.50	1,485	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	323.03/cwt	312.50–330.00	1,841	39
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	310.39/cwt	307.50–312.50	1,940	46
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	690	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,787	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	695	290.50/cwt	290.50–290.50	2,019	26
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,956	9
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	255.23/cwt	240.00–262.00	1,955	48
Steers	800–850	Large 1	833	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,916	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	845	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,998	19
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	945	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,022	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	399	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,389	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	307.07/cwt	300.00–313.00	1,465	44
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,405	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	497	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,441	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	308.57/cwt	299.00–312.50	1,583	23
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	539	273.18/cwt	255.00–280.00	1,472	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	272.58/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,551	36
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	238.81/cwt	225.00–247.50	1,368	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	609	258.20/cwt	245.00–264.00	1,572	54
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	249.40/cwt	246.00–253.00	1,686	47
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	232.42/cwt	230.00–234.00	1,664	20
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	228.02/cwt	220.00–231.00	1,749	25
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	812	222.46/cwt	212.50–229.00	1,806	10
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	839	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,955	21
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,897	4
Heifers	1350–1400	Large 1	1,355	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	2,405	6

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 24, 2024

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

Receipts 760Last week 2,051Year ago 1,400

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1350–1400	1,355	177.50	177.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	497	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	399	348.00	348.00
44	450–500	477	300.00–313.00	307.07
23	500–550	513	299.00–312.50	308.57
36	550–600	569	265.00–285.00	272.58
54	600–650	609	245.00–264.00	258.20
47	650–700	676	246.00–253.00	249.40
20	700–750	716	230.00–234.00	232.42
25	750–800	767	220.00–231.00	228.02
10	800–850	812	212.50–229.00	222.46
4	850–900	870	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	478	294.00	294.00
14	500–550	539	255.00–280.00	273.18
8	550–600	573	225.00–247.50	238.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	800–850	839	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	800–850	833	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	472	370.00–380.00	376.36
23	500–550	524	327.50–353.50	341.38
39	550–600	570	312.50–330.00	323.03
46	600–650	625	307.50–312.50	310.39
26	650–700	695	290.50	290.50
9	700–750	745	262.50	262.50
48	750–800	766	240.00–262.00	255.23
19	800–850	845	236.50	236.50
7	900–950	945	214.00	214.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	531	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	532	267.00–297.50	279.07
14	650–700	690	259.00	259.00

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.