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Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-04

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Sep 4

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162

← Aug 14Sep 4Sep 11 →

Receipts

2,615 head

▲ 1,565 vs last sale 1,050▲ 705 vs year ago 1,910 · +36.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

" 55TH ANNIVERSARY AND CUSTOMER APPRECIATION YEARLING AND CALF SALE" No trend. Trade active with moderate demand for the moderate offerings. A number of load lots offered today.

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 $283.00/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −184.01 against this barn's trailing median of $467.01.

Average price

$283.00

17 head · 599 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,695

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−10.67

vs IA average

+13.60 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	599	283.00	1,695	17thin

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 sale17 hd

283.00

—

IA average3 barns · 291 hd

293.67

−10.67

National average147 barns · 6,928 hd

269.40

+13.60

This barn, trailing median12 sales

467.01

−184.01

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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	416	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,144	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	283.07/cwt	275.00–286.00	1,339	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	599	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,695	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	279.50/cwt	279.50–279.50	1,722	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	258.45/cwt	251.00–265.00	1,628	21
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	638	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,898	55
Steers	600–650	Large 1	645	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,619	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	268.22/cwt	264.00–279.50	1,810	76
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	738	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,897	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	739	275.25/cwt	275.25–275.25	2,034	132
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	779	265.81/cwt	256.50–275.25	2,071	365
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	788	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,923	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	257.57/cwt	250.00–261.00	2,117	260
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	872	247.94/cwt	240.50–257.75	2,162	371
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	944	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,228	58
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,304	20
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	270.93/cwt	268.00–274.00	1,409	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	261.60/cwt	256.00–270.00	1,509	40
Heifers	550–600	Large 1	598	261.50/cwt	261.50–261.50	1,564	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	251.70/cwt	245.00–257.50	1,576	51
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,356	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	254.27/cwt	245.00–259.50	1,729	164
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	241.50/cwt	230.00–249.00	1,758	737
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	249.03/cwt	248.25–254.00	1,900	119
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	927	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,016	21

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 Sep 4, 2024

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

Receipts 2,615Last week 1,050Year ago 1,910

" 55TH ANNIVERSARY AND CUSTOMER APPRECIATION YEARLING AND CALF SALE" No trend. Trade active with moderate demand for the moderate offerings. A number of load lots offered today.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	598	261.50	261.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	483	270.00	270.00
6	500–550	520	268.00–274.00	270.93
40	550–600	577	256.00–270.00	261.60
51	600–650	626	245.00–257.50	251.70
164	650–700	680	245.00–259.50	254.27
737	700–750	728	230.00–249.00	241.50
119	750–800	763	248.25–254.00	249.03
21	900–950	927	217.50	217.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	628	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	645	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
55	600–650	638	297.50	297.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	416	275.00	275.00
15	450–500	473	275.00–286.00	283.07
21	600–650	630	251.00–265.00	258.45
4	700–750	738	257.00	257.00
4	750–800	788	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	550–600	599	283.00	283.00
14	600–650	616	279.50	279.50
76	650–700	675	264.00–279.50	268.22
132	700–750	739	275.25	275.25
365	750–800	779	256.50–275.25	265.81
260	800–850	822	250.00–261.00	257.57
371	850–900	872	240.50–257.75	247.94
58	900–950	944	236.00	236.00

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.