Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2024-11-13

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Nov 13
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162
Receipts
1,763 head
▲ 453 vs last sale 1,310▲ 693 vs year ago 1,070 · +64.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale a week ago, steers and heifers sold with a higher undertone noted on a light test last week. Demand was good today. Supply was heavy and included several load lots of reputation cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $290.87/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −176.14 against this barn's trailing median of $467.01.
Average price
$290.87
11 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,641
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−16.26
vs IA average
−14.57 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1564290.871,64111thin
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 sale11 hd
290.87
—
IA average4 barns · 673 hd
307.13
−16.26
National average190 barns · 31,255 hd
305.44
−14.57
This barn, trailing median12 sales
467.01
−176.14
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
528480432385median 467.0103/1104/2206/0309/1610/21
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

26 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1459312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,4345
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1564290.87/cwt285.00–293.001,64111
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2615258.05/cwt257.50–259.001,58723
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1626270.58/cwt270.00–271.501,69415
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1687286.71/cwt271.50–290.351,970212
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2691254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,7555
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1716261.75/cwt258.00–265.001,874102
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2720236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,6994
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fancy743280.25/cwt280.25–280.252,08266
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2753236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,7775
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fancy774281.81/cwt280.00–283.102,181240
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1785265.72/cwt256.00–277.602,086186
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fancy825271.60/cwt271.60–271.602,24161
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1828260.33/cwt247.00–268.252,156192
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2842246.50/cwt246.50–246.502,07611
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1865260.65/cwt253.00–261.252,25557
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1913254.40/cwt254.40–254.402,32358
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1970233.87/cwt226.50–236.752,26986
Steers1250–1300Large 11,250181.00/cwt181.00–181.002,2639
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1538270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4538
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1592275.50/cwt275.50–275.501,63157
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy615280.25/cwt280.25–280.251,724158
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1640255.39/cwt249.00–262.001,63421
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1685258.53/cwt250.00–260.001,77182
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1734262.34/cwt246.00–264.251,92657
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1822233.15/cwt231.00–235.001,91611

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.