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Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-30

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Mon, Dec 30

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2133

← Dec 28Dec 30Dec 29 →

Receipts

1,564 head

▲ 66 vs last sale 1,498▲ 66 vs year ago 1,498 · +4.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special IMBIO Precondition Sale. No recent price comparison. Supply was heavy. Active trade with very good demand and active internet and phone bidding.

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 $328.64/cwt on 207 head.

Average price

$328.64

207 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,820

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$271

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

$63.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs IA average

−4.23 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	335.66	1,849	184
Medium and Large 1-2	579	272.50	1,578	23

One grade step is worth $63.16/cwt here — about $271 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale207 hd

328.64

—

IA average1 barns · 207 hd

328.64

+0.00

National average40 barns · 9,035 hd

332.87

−4.23

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

Every lot

20 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	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,414	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,573	24
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	452	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,413	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	343.75/cwt	343.75–343.75	1,815	91
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	327.75/cwt	327.75–327.75	1,878	93
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,578	23
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	314.31/cwt	312.00–316.50	1,946	169
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	693	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,982	73
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	281.59/cwt	276.50–284.00	1,985	201
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	263.64/cwt	258.25–265.50	2,027	136
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	857	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,185	62
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,315	19
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	393	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,183	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,419	38
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	495	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,500	56
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	554	273.50/cwt	273.50–273.50	1,515	27
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	294.40/cwt	287.00–302.00	1,684	182
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	643	271.50/cwt	271.50–271.50	1,746	153
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	704	256.30/cwt	251.50–257.50	1,804	90
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,900	63

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 Dec 30, 2024

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

Receipts 1,564Last week 1,498Year ago 1,498

Special IMBIO Precondition Sale. No recent price comparison. Supply was heavy. Active trade with very good demand and active internet and phone bidding.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	328	401.00	401.00
38	400–450	416	341.00	341.00
56	450–500	495	303.00	303.00
182	550–600	572	287.00–302.00	294.40
153	600–650	643	271.50	271.50
90	700–750	704	251.50–257.50	256.30
63	750–800	782	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	393	301.00	301.00
27	550–600	554	273.50	273.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	365	387.50	387.50
24	400–450	437	360.00	360.00
91	500–550	528	343.75	343.75
93	550–600	573	327.75	327.75
169	600–650	619	312.00–316.50	314.31
73	650–700	693	286.00	286.00
201	700–750	705	276.50–284.00	281.59
136	750–800	769	258.25–265.50	263.64
62	850–900	857	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	452	312.50	312.50
23	550–600	579	272.50	272.50

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.