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Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-22

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, May 22

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162

← May 8May 22Jun 5 →

Receipts

1,102 head

▼ 950 vs last sale 2,052▼ 822 vs year ago 1,924 · −42.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers sold 6.00 to 24.00 higher. Heifers sold mostly steady to sharply higher on a light test this week. Several groups of quality yearling cattle were offered today. Supply was moderate and included several load lots. Demand was very good.

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 $344.27/cwt on 75 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −122.74 against this barn's trailing median of $467.01.

Average price

$344.27

75 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,865

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$116

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

$43.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.10

vs IA average

+30.17 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	348.95	1,876	67
Medium and Large 1-2	577	305.00	1,760	8thin

One grade step is worth $43.95/cwt here — about $116 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 sale75 hd

344.27

—

IA average6 barns · 1,814 hd

334.16

+10.10

National average158 barns · 11,390 hd

314.10

+30.17

This barn, trailing median12 sales

467.01

−122.74

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

27 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	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,594	17
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	457	356.67/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,630	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	466	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,887	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	387.79/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,873	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	357.31/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,879	46
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	330.65/cwt	320.00–336.00	1,862	21
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,760	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	309.33/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,902	76
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	1,864	62
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	661	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,719	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	738	271.73/cwt	250.00–274.50	2,005	88
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	760	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,824	8
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	842	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,231	62
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	888	254.07/cwt	252.50–254.85	2,256	187
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	380.75/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,432	18
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	336.88/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,445	16
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	431	310.66/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,339	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	313.91/cwt	307.00–320.00	1,457	48
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,434	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	305.77/cwt	305.00–307.00	1,602	33
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	299.80/cwt	291.00–306.50	1,691	78
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,463	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	297.12/cwt	270.00–303.00	1,875	61
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	638	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,621	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	246.25/cwt	246.25–246.25	1,908	60
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	907	216.75/cwt	216.75–216.75	1,966	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	694	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,728	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

Wed May 22, 2024

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

Receipts 1,102Last week 2,052Year ago 1,924

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	466	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	750–800	760	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	425	375.00	375.00
9	450–500	483	385.00–390.00	387.79
46	500–550	526	340.00–370.00	357.31
21	550–600	563	320.00–336.00	330.65
76	600–650	615	290.00–315.00	309.33
62	650–700	653	285.50	285.50
88	700–750	738	250.00–274.50	271.73
62	800–850	842	265.00	265.00
187	850–900	888	252.50–254.85	254.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	457	355.00–360.00	356.67
8	550–600	577	305.00	305.00
6	650–700	661	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	376	370.00–385.00	380.75
16	400–450	429	330.00–340.00	336.88
48	450–500	464	307.00–320.00	313.91
33	500–550	524	305.00–307.00	305.77
78	550–600	564	291.00–306.50	299.80
61	600–650	631	270.00–303.00	297.12
60	750–800	775	246.25	246.25
10	900–950	907	216.75	216.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	431	295.00–315.00	310.66
8	450–500	482	297.50	297.50
7	550–600	583	251.00	251.00
6	600–650	638	254.00	254.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	694	249.00	249.00

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.