Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2022-11-07

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Mon, Nov 7
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2133
Receipts
541 head
▼ 1,146 vs last sale 1,687▼ 45 vs year ago 586 · −7.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend. Special IMBIO Precondition Sale. Active trade with moderate demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $185.67/cwt on 325 head.
Average price
$185.67
325 head · 608 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,129
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$368
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$18.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.52
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1614186.351,144313
Medium and Large 1-2463167.7177612thin
One grade step is worth $18.65/cwt here — about $368 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 sale325 hd
185.67
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IA average11 barns · 4,808 hd
180.14
+5.52
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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2357175.00/cwt175.00–175.006255
Steers—Medium and Large 1440205.00/cwt205.00–205.0090214
Steers—Medium and Large 1521200.50/cwt200.50–200.501,04588
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2538162.50/cwt162.50–162.508747
Steers—Medium and Large 1614184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,13063
Steers—Medium and Large 1685177.18/cwt169.00–180.101,214148
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2328160.00/cwt160.00–160.005256
Heifers—Medium and Large 1402190.00/cwt190.00–190.0076417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480190.00/cwt190.00–190.0091258
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2542164.00/cwt164.00–164.008897
Heifers—Medium and Large 1571170.00/cwt170.00–170.0097162
Heifers—Medium and Large 1651160.50/cwt160.50–160.501,04542

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.