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Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-14

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Aug 14

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162

← Jun 5Aug 14Sep 4 →

Receipts

1,050 head

▼ 201 vs last sale 1,251▼ 121 vs year ago 1,171 · −10.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent auction sale for comparison. Demand was very good today. Supply was moderate to heavy and included several load lots of reputation yearling cattle.

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 $304.62/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −162.39 against this barn's trailing median of $467.01.

Average price

$304.62

52 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,684

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$172

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

$35.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.70

vs IA average

+24.28 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	318.73	1,758	29
Large 1	527	305.00	1,607	4thin
Medium and Large 1-2	560	283.00	1,586	19thin

One grade step is worth $35.73/cwt here — about $172 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 sale52 hd

304.62

—

IA average2 barns · 96 hd

297.92

+6.70

National average153 barns · 6,707 hd

280.34

+24.28

This barn, trailing median12 sales

467.01

−162.39

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

25 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	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	409	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,264	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	461	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,360	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,743	15
Steers	500–550	Large 1	527	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,607	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,564	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	304.52/cwt	301.50–310.00	1,766	14
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,598	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	606	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,745	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	285.79/cwt	277.50–292.25	1,912	43
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	1,972	17
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	794	262.83/cwt	262.00–270.00	2,087	74
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	801	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	2,031	75
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	807	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	2,030	16
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	868	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,040	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	874	256.64/cwt	253.50–258.25	2,243	187
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	912	246.23/cwt	244.25–248.00	2,246	114
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	398	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,154	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	452	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,342	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	539	278.03/cwt	275.00–282.50	1,499	35
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	277.94/cwt	265.00–286.00	1,543	24
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	257.89/cwt	252.00–262.00	1,627	34
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	1,728	17
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	741	249.09/cwt	243.50–251.00	1,846	108
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	762	242.26/cwt	239.25–245.75	1,846	143
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,005	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,985	7

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 Aug 14, 2024

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

Receipts 1,050Last week 1,251Year ago 1,171

No recent auction sale for comparison. Demand was very good today. Supply was moderate to heavy and included several load lots of reputation yearling cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	525	332.00	332.00
14	550–600	580	301.50–310.00	304.52
13	600–650	606	288.00	288.00
43	650–700	669	277.50–292.25	285.79
17	700–750	729	270.50	270.50
74	750–800	794	262.00–270.00	262.83
16	800–850	807	251.50	251.50
187	850–900	874	253.50–258.25	256.64
114	900–950	912	244.25–248.00	246.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	527	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
75	800–850	801	253.50	253.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	409	309.00	309.00
4	450–500	461	295.00	295.00
8	500–550	532	294.00	294.00
11	550–600	581	275.00	275.00
4	850–900	868	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	452	297.00	297.00
35	500–550	539	275.00–282.50	278.03
24	550–600	555	265.00–286.00	277.94
34	600–650	631	252.00–262.00	257.89
17	650–700	666	259.50	259.50
108	700–750	741	243.50–251.00	249.09
143	750–800	762	239.25–245.75	242.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,005	197.50	197.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	398	290.00	290.00

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.