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Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-12-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-28

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Thu, Dec 28

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2133

← Nov 6Dec 28Dec 30 →

Receipts

1,498 head

▲ 946 vs last sale 552▲ 13 vs year ago 1,485 · +0.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special IMBIO Precondition Sale. No recent price comparison. Active trade 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 $259.11/cwt on 795 head.

Average price

$259.11

795 head · 639 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,656

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$538

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

$84.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	639	259.97	1,662	787
Medium and Large 1-2	642	175.00	1,124	8thin

One grade step is worth $84.97/cwt here — about $538 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 sale795 hd

259.11

—

IA average1 barns · 795 hd

259.11

+0.00

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

Every lot

21 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	355	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,074	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	441	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,332	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	295.73/cwt	271.00–300.00	1,547	111
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	567	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	992	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	584	286.50/cwt	286.50–286.50	1,673	89
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	641	256.92/cwt	237.75–263.25	1,647	219
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	715	238.60/cwt	226.50–243.25	1,706	199
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	717	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,255	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	771	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,735	66
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	822	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,644	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	860	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,840	31
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	329	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	895	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	412	249.48/cwt	228.00–255.00	1,028	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	497	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,277	108
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	545	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,243	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	561	246.75/cwt	246.75–246.75	1,384	92
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,049	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	232.37/cwt	227.00–236.00	1,443	238
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	680	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,275	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	726	212.60/cwt	210.75–214.50	1,543	141
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	780	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,521	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 IMBIO Feeder Cattle Special - Bloomfield, IA

Thu Dec 28, 2023

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

Receipts 1,498Last week 552Year ago 1,485

Special IMBIO Precondition Sale. No recent price comparison. Active trade 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
3	—	780	195.00	195.00
9	—	545	228.00	228.00
12	—	329	272.00	272.00
40	—	412	228.00–255.00	249.48
92	—	561	246.75	246.75
108	—	497	257.00	257.00
141	—	726	210.75–214.50	212.60
238	—	621	227.00–236.00	232.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	575	182.50	182.50
3	—	680	187.50	187.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	771	225.00	225.00
89	—	584	286.50	286.50
111	—	523	271.00–300.00	295.73
19	—	355	302.50	302.50
31	—	860	214.00	214.00
46	—	441	302.00	302.00
199	—	715	226.50–243.25	238.60
219	—	641	237.75–263.25	256.92
7	—	822	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	567	175.00	175.00
4	—	717	175.00	175.00

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.