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Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-11

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Dec 11

● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162

← Nov 30Dec 11Jan 8 →

Receipts

2,068 head

▼ 813 vs last sale 2,881▲ 538 vs year ago 1,530 · +35.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers sold mostly steady to 11.00 higher, except the 750 to 800 lb. steers that sold 4.00 lower. Heifers under 450 lbs. sold sharply higher, while others sold 2.00 to 9.00 higher. Demand was very good today and included active internet bidding. Supply was heavy and included several load lots of reputation steers and heifers.

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 $322.68/cwt on 147 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −144.33 against this barn's trailing median of $467.01.

Average price

$322.68

147 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,768

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$47

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

$17.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.73

vs IA average

−1.67 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	330.70	1,789	80
Medium and Large 1-2	556	313.10	1,741	67

One grade step is worth $17.60/cwt here — about $47 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale147 hd

322.68

—

IA average8 barns · 2,134 hd

324.41

−1.73

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

−1.67

This barn, trailing median12 sales

467.01

−144.33

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

50 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,333	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	365	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,332	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,490	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	436	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,526	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	441	396.26/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,748	33
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	386.42/cwt	385.00–388.00	1,778	19
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	460	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,633	19
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	492	346.54/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,705	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	355.73/cwt	337.50–365.00	1,821	43
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	323.84/cwt	302.00–335.00	1,733	38
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	570	291.71/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,663	24
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	319.87/cwt	315.00–323.00	1,865	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	584	299.03/cwt	291.00–311.00	1,746	29
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	310.01/cwt	301.00–321.00	1,925	102
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	640	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,869	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	643	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,736	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	666	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,778	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	285.15/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,919	104
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	681	258.63/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,761	9
Steers	650–700	Large 1	690	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,949	18
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	704	269.75/cwt	269.75–269.75	1,899	20
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	270.70/cwt	268.00–280.50	1,949	45
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	776	270.58/cwt	265.50–277.50	2,100	239
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	790	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,030	12
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	839	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,118	45
Steers	850–900	Large 1	850	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,125	3
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	881	265.32/cwt	252.75–266.00	2,337	184
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	316	346.57/cwt	340.00–357.50	1,095	11
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	327	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,324	20
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	327.50/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,261	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	431	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,185	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	438	301.71/cwt	280.00–330.00	1,321	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	359.96/cwt	350.00–367.00	1,584	53
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	318.27/cwt	305.00–335.00	1,528	58
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	523	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,480	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	313.84/cwt	300.00–321.00	1,648	47
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	278.50/cwt	242.00–298.00	1,462	12
Heifers	550–600	Large 1	565	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,667	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	591	286.12/cwt	277.50–295.00	1,691	80
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	631	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,514	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	265.22/cwt	250.00–276.00	1,681	113
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	637	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,586	20
Heifers	650–700	Large 1	689	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,819	19
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	696	264.25/cwt	264.25–264.25	1,839	72
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	261.20/cwt	252.00–265.75	1,878	163
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	761	253.05/cwt	235.75–263.35	1,926	120
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	928	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,032	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	394	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,537	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,563	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,617	3

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 Dec 11, 2024

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

Receipts 2,068Last week 2,881Year ago 1,530

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	565	295.00	295.00
19	650–700	689	264.00	264.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	327	405.00	405.00
53	400–450	440	350.00–367.00	359.96
58	450–500	480	305.00–335.00	318.27
47	500–550	525	300.00–321.00	313.84
80	550–600	591	277.50–295.00	286.12
113	600–650	634	250.00–276.00	265.22
72	650–700	696	264.25	264.25
163	700–750	719	252.00–265.75	261.20
120	750–800	761	235.75–263.35	253.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	523	283.00	283.00
20	600–650	637	249.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	431	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	316	340.00–357.50	346.57
6	350–400	385	325.00–330.00	327.50
9	400–450	438	280.00–330.00	301.71
12	500–550	525	242.00–298.00	278.50
7	600–650	631	240.00	240.00
3	900–950	928	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	650–700	690	282.50	282.50
3	850–900	850	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	325	410.00	410.00
3	350–400	368	405.00	405.00
33	400–450	441	380.00–400.00	396.26
19	450–500	460	385.00–388.00	386.42
43	500–550	512	337.50–365.00	355.73
13	550–600	583	315.00–323.00	319.87
102	600–650	621	301.00–321.00	310.01
104	650–700	673	275.00–290.00	285.15
45	700–750	720	268.00–280.50	270.70
239	750–800	776	265.50–277.50	270.58
45	800–850	839	252.50	252.50
184	850–900	881	252.75–266.00	265.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	460	355.00	355.00
24	550–600	570	285.00–295.00	291.71
5	600–650	640	292.00	292.00
3	650–700	666	267.00	267.00
20	700–750	704	269.75	269.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	365	365.00	365.00
4	400–450	436	350.00	350.00
9	450–500	492	340.00–360.00	346.54
38	500–550	535	302.00–335.00	323.84
29	550–600	584	291.00–311.00	299.03
10	600–650	643	270.00	270.00
9	650–700	681	250.00–270.00	258.63
12	750–800	790	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	394	390.00	390.00
6	450–500	490	319.00	319.00
3	600–650	610	265.00	265.00

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.