Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today was the Annual Special Early Bird Calf Sale. Steers and heifers sold with a higher undertone, although they were not well compared. Demand was very good today and included active internet bidding. Supply was heavy and included many unweaned four- and five-weight calves without the usual discounts. Six consignors brought nearly 800 head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $430.72/cwt on 496 head, up $32.03 from the prior sale (only 17 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 13 comparable sales and sits −48.82 against this barn's trailing median of $479.54.

Average price

$430.72

▲ 32.03 vs prior sale

496 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,358

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$345

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

$38.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.45

vs IA average

+27.07 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	432.98	2,379	467
Medium and Large 1-2	516	394.21	2,034	29

One grade step is worth $38.77/cwt here — about $345 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale496 hd

430.72

—

IA average6 barns · 1,812 hd

426.27

+4.45

National average163 barns · 12,167 hd

403.65

+27.07

This barn, trailing median13 sales

479.54

−48.82

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

42 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	396.45/cwt	387.00–412.50	1,867	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,001	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,387	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	461.14/cwt	460.00–462.50	2,140	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	316	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,548	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	485.59/cwt	450.00–500.00	2,078	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	430.44/cwt	400.00–445.00	1,868	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	626	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,222	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	394.21/cwt	370.00–425.00	2,034	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	345	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,708	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	685	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,055	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	602	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,227	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	700	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,373	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	469	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,134	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	586	394.10/cwt	382.50–400.00	2,309	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	457	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,828	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	430	466.27/cwt	440.00–475.00	2,005	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	523	388.66/cwt	387.50–392.50	2,033	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	377	487.60/cwt	480.00–495.00	1,838	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	567	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,922	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	527	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,213	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	937	325.50/cwt	325.50–325.50	3,050	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	393.40/cwt	380.00–410.00	2,467	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	423	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	2,189	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	647	393.50/cwt	393.50–393.50	2,546	82
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	415	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,002	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	308	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,663	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	441.34/cwt	430.00–465.00	2,370	230
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	411.72/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,149	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,604	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	456.38/cwt	430.00–475.00	2,168	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	426.85/cwt	410.00–435.00	2,399	214
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	492.72/cwt	477.50–505.00	2,345	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	498.33/cwt	490.00–510.00	2,138	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	518.54/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,976	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,033	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	540.97/cwt	527.50–545.00	2,305	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	580.83/cwt	555.00–590.00	2,161	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	338.20/cwt	335.00–347.00	2,063	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,413	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,499	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,733	6

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

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	295	470.00	470.00
9	400–450	434	400.00–445.00	430.44
11	450–500	471	387.00–412.50	396.45
4	500–550	513	390.00	390.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	345	495.00	495.00
16	350–400	377	480.00–495.00	487.60
39	400–450	430	440.00–475.00	466.27
4	450–500	457	400.00	400.00
26	500–550	523	387.50–392.50	388.66
10	550–600	567	339.00	339.00
56	600–650	602	370.00	370.00
5	650–700	685	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	315	550.00	550.00
35	350–400	381	500.00–530.00	518.54
52	400–450	429	490.00–510.00	498.33
64	450–500	475	430.00–475.00	456.38
133	500–550	522	400.00–420.00	411.72
22	550–600	560	363.00	363.00
15	600–650	610	335.00–347.00	338.20
7	750–800	766	315.00	315.00
6	800–850	833	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	316	490.00	490.00
10	400–450	428	450.00–500.00	485.59
9	450–500	464	460.00–462.50	461.14
29	500–550	516	370.00–425.00	394.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	626	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	423	517.50	517.50
24	450–500	469	455.00	455.00
11	500–550	527	420.00	420.00
12	550–600	586	382.50–400.00	394.10
82	600–650	647	393.50	393.50
27	700–750	700	339.00	339.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	350–400	372	555.00–590.00	580.83
47	400–450	426	527.50–545.00	540.97
168	450–500	476	477.50–505.00	492.72
230	500–550	537	430.00–465.00	441.34
214	550–600	562	410.00–435.00	426.85
63	600–650	627	380.00–410.00	393.40
8	750–800	766	340.00	340.00
124	900–950	937	325.50	325.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	308	540.00	540.00
5	400–450	415	482.50	482.50

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.

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