Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2021-12-28

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Tue, Dec 28
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2133
Receipts
1,687 head
▲ 1,101 vs last sale 586▼ 30 vs year ago 1,717 · −1.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special IMBIO Calf Sale. No trend. Demand was good for the moderate offerings. Several load lots were in the offerings. Trade was active.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $168.85/cwt on 932 head.
Average price
$168.85
932 head · 658 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,112
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$246
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$15.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.17
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2478183.5687853
Medium and Large 1669167.961,124879
One grade step is worth $15.59/cwt here — about −$246 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 sale932 hd
168.85
—
IA average3 barns · 1,164 hd
162.68
+6.17
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

15 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2446187.50/cwt187.50–187.5083631
Steers—Medium and Large 1503189.00/cwt189.00–189.00951104
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2524178.00/cwt178.00–178.0093322
Steers—Medium and Large 1579176.50/cwt176.50–176.501,02290
Steers—Medium and Large 1618173.52/cwt172.00–175.001,072158
Steers—Medium and Large 1684162.52/cwt157.50–163.501,112267
Steers—Medium and Large 1738159.50/cwt159.50–159.501,177130
Steers—Medium and Large 1828158.12/cwt157.00–158.851,309130
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1413182.50/cwt182.50–182.5075444
Heifers—Medium and Large 1489165.13/cwt161.00–166.00807133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575154.03/cwt151.75–156.35886182
Heifers—Medium and Large 1633151.75/cwt151.75–151.75961158
Heifers—Medium and Large 1656144.97/cwt142.50–145.7595160
Heifers—Medium and Large 1726149.00/cwt148.75–149.251,082129
Heifers—Medium and Large 1779145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,1309

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.