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Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-05

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Jun 5

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162

← May 22Jun 5Aug 14 →

Receipts

1,251 head

▲ 149 vs last sale 1,102▼ 51 vs year ago 1,302 · −3.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers sold mostly steady to 10.00 lower. Heifers sold 5.00 to 15.00 lower. Supply was moderate to heavy today and included a several load lots of reputation cattle. Demand was good and included active internet bidding.

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 $324.29/cwt on 117 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −142.72 against this barn's trailing median of $467.01.

Average price

$324.29

117 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,811

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$305

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

$47.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.22

vs IA average

+15.13 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	338.46	1,904	82
Medium and Large 1-2	549	291.08	1,599	35

One grade step is worth $47.38/cwt here — about $305 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 sale117 hd

324.29

—

IA average5 barns · 623 hd

328.51

−4.22

National average164 barns · 13,053 hd

309.16

+15.13

This barn, trailing median12 sales

467.01

−142.72

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

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	419.84/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,511	15
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	412	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,463	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	368.44/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,536	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	365.20/cwt	357.50–370.00	1,727	35
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	497	324.98/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,615	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	515	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,519	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	348.04/cwt	342.50–357.00	1,827	25
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	561	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,571	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	292.98/cwt	287.50–316.00	1,670	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	334.26/cwt	330.00–347.00	1,935	57
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	601	321.50/cwt	321.50–321.50	1,932	47
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	294.14/cwt	283.00–310.00	1,835	37
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	287.52/cwt	273.00–294.00	1,935	87
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	261.20/cwt	254.00–267.75	1,902	21
Steers	750–800	Large 1	770	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,917	11
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	884	256.69/cwt	256.00–257.00	2,269	307
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	365.03/cwt	357.50–375.00	1,373	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	431	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,379	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	439	331.42/cwt	328.00–335.00	1,455	10
Heifers	400–450	Large 1	444	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,332	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	447	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,274	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	308.61/cwt	298.00–317.00	1,463	27
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	506	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,392	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	302.45/cwt	301.00–304.50	1,549	19
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	559	273.48/cwt	271.00–277.50	1,529	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	566	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,528	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	289.30/cwt	284.00–295.00	1,655	103
Heifers	550–600	Large 1	581	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,586	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	607	281.87/cwt	260.00–288.00	1,711	76
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,681	9
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	762	248.75/cwt	248.75–248.75	1,895	71
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	804	234.45/cwt	220.00–235.50	1,885	61

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 Jun 5, 2024

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

Receipts 1,251Last week 1,102Year ago 1,302

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	444	300.00	300.00
7	550–600	581	273.00	273.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	376	357.50–375.00	365.03
10	400–450	439	328.00–335.00	331.42
27	450–500	474	298.00–317.00	308.61
19	500–550	512	301.00–304.50	302.45
103	550–600	572	284.00–295.00	289.30
76	600–650	607	260.00–288.00	281.87
9	650–700	667	252.00	252.00
71	750–800	762	248.75	248.75
61	800–850	804	220.00–235.50	234.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	431	320.00	320.00
8	550–600	566	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	447	285.00	285.00
5	500–550	506	275.00	275.00
14	550–600	559	271.00–277.50	273.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	750–800	770	249.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
47	600–650	601	321.50	321.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	360	400.00–425.00	419.84
7	400–450	417	360.00–380.00	368.44
35	450–500	473	357.50–370.00	365.20
25	500–550	525	342.50–357.00	348.04
57	550–600	579	330.00–347.00	334.26
37	600–650	624	283.00–310.00	294.14
87	650–700	673	273.00–294.00	287.52
21	700–750	728	254.00–267.75	261.20
307	850–900	884	256.00–257.00	256.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	497	320.00–330.00	324.98
16	550–600	570	287.50–316.00	292.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	515	295.00	295.00
7	550–600	561	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	412	355.00	355.00

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.