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Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-21

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Mon, Oct 21

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2133

← earliestOct 21Dec 31 →

Receipts

510 head

▲ 510 vs last sale 0▲ 510 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as this is a Special Precondition Sale of feeders graded, weighed and co-mingled. Trade was active with good demand.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $155.64/cwt on 344 head.

Average price

$155.64

344 head · 577 lb average

Value per head Derived

$897

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$31

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$6.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+20.29

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	576	156.33	901	308
Large 1	581	149.72	869	36

One grade step is worth $6.60/cwt here — about $31 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale344 hd

155.64

—

IA average5 barns · 1,655 hd

135.34

+20.29

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

12 lots · USDA AMS · Bloomfield Livestock IMBIO Feeder Cattle Special - 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	364	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	622	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	459	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	748	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	532	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	865	102
Steers	—	Large 1	559	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	852	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	606	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	921	88
Steers	—	Large 1	656	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	918	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	662	150.10/cwt	150.10–150.10	994	71
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	786	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,041	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	388	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	578	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	497	144.42/cwt	144.00–144.50	718	86
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	581	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	813	64
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	741	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	963	6

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 IMBIO Feeder Cattle Special - Bloomfield, IA

Mon Oct 21, 2019

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

Receipts 510Last week 0Year ago 0

No trend as this is a Special Precondition Sale of feeders graded, weighed and co-mingled. Trade was active with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	581	140.00	140.00
15	—	388	149.00	149.00
6	—	741	130.00	130.00
86	—	497	144.00–144.50	144.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	559	152.50	152.50
8	—	656	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	459	163.00	163.00
102	—	532	162.50	162.50
5	—	786	132.50	132.50
88	—	606	152.00	152.00
4	—	364	171.00	171.00
71	—	662	150.10	150.10

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.