Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent auction sale for comparison. Today was the 57th Anniversary Cattle Sale & Customer Appreciation BBQ. Large number of load lots today that included many six-, seven-, and eight-weight steers. Five consignors brought nearly 850 head. Demand was good today and included internet bidding. Supply was heavy and included several load lots

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $398.68/cwt on 17 head, down $58.85 from the prior sale (only 15 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −80.85 against this barn's trailing median of $479.54.

Average price

$398.68

▼ 58.85 vs prior sale

17 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,207

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$131

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

$8.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.07

vs IA average

+27.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	405.00	2,300	5thin
Medium and Large 1-2	548	396.05	2,169	12thin

One grade step is worth $8.95/cwt here — about $131 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $513.77, low $398.68, median $479.54 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale17 hd

398.68

—

IA average3 barns · 79 hd

410.75

−12.07

National average153 barns · 5,891 hd

371.00

+27.68

This barn, trailing median13 sales

479.54

−80.85

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

Every lot, as filed

29 lots · USDA AMS · Bloomfield Livestock Feeder Cattle - Bloomfield, IA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	985	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,463	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	289.63/cwt	284.50–313.00	2,285	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	393.08/cwt	371.00–406.00	2,075	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	299.74/cwt	280.00–309.00	2,038	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	812	308.78/cwt	307.50–309.00	2,507	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,759	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	343.72/cwt	330.00–351.50	2,138	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	607	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,942	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	322.88/cwt	316.25–328.00	2,796	238
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	335.94/cwt	332.50–340.00	2,294	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,131	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,306	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	333.04/cwt	328.50–339.75	2,731	303
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,360	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	339.40/cwt	317.50–345.00	2,250	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	353.46/cwt	341.75–363.50	2,573	218
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	349.75/cwt	349.75–349.75	2,641	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,481	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,300	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	366.41/cwt	350.00–372.00	2,462	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	277.66/cwt	267.00–280.00	2,388	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	911	308.22/cwt	305.50–311.00	2,808	303
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	316.55/cwt	307.00–328.00	2,323	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	353.66/cwt	335.00–361.00	2,069	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	278.50/cwt	278.50–278.50	2,312	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	983	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	2,551	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,908	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	723	376.15/cwt	356.00–394.00	2,720	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	754	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,865	66

How this sale compares

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 Feeder Cattle - Bloomfield, IA

Wed Aug 26, 2026

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

Receipts 2,131Last week 718Year ago 2,130

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	528	371.00–406.00	393.08
4	550–600	587	402.00	402.00
10	600–650	636	335.00	335.00
17	650–700	683	332.50–340.00	335.94
14	700–750	725	318.00	318.00
21	800–850	812	307.50–309.00	308.78
4	950–1000	985	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	568	405.00	405.00
14	600–650	611	406.00	406.00
53	650–700	672	350.00–372.00	366.41
218	700–750	728	341.75–363.50	353.46
139	750–800	755	349.75	349.75
303	800–850	820	328.50–339.75	333.04
238	850–900	866	316.25–328.00	322.88
303	900–950	911	305.50–311.00	308.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	536	356.00	356.00
41	550–600	585	335.00–361.00	353.66
53	600–650	622	330.00–351.50	343.72
111	650–700	663	317.50–345.00	339.40
163	700–750	734	307.00–328.00	316.55
87	750–800	789	284.50–313.00	289.63
23	800–850	830	278.50	278.50
52	850–900	860	267.00–280.00	277.66
10	950–1000	983	259.50	259.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	533	330.00	330.00
9	600–650	607	320.00	320.00
9	650–700	680	280.00–309.00	299.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
69	700–750	723	356.00–394.00	376.15
66	750–800	754	380.00	380.00

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.

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