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Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-07

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Oct 7

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162

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Receipts

933 head

▲ 89 vs last sale 844▲ 933 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago both steers and heifers were not well compared. Demand was good today and included active internet bidding. Supply was moderate and included two consignors that brought more than 300 head total. Several strings of unweaned calves were offered.

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 $441.40/cwt on 343 head, up $10.68 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 13 comparable sales and sits −35.08 against this barn's trailing median of $476.48.

Average price

$441.40

▲ 10.68 vs prior sale

343 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,499

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$391

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

$49.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.05

vs IA average

+11.04 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	444.41	2,523	322
Medium and Large 1-2	540	395.11	2,132	21

One grade step is worth $49.31/cwt here — about $391 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale343 hd

441.40

—

IA average3 barns · 542 hd

434.34

+7.05

National average183 barns · 26,018 hd

430.36

+11.04

This barn, trailing median13 sales

476.48

−35.08

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $513.77, low $398.68, median $476.48 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

32 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. 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	370	535.52/cwt	525.00–550.00	1,981	12
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	375	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,800	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,133	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	549.17/cwt	542.50–560.00	2,339	23
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	447	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,280	20
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	457	519.36/cwt	505.00–530.00	2,373	76
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	473	488.91/cwt	465.00–497.50	2,313	38
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	448.61/cwt	425.00–475.00	2,140	31
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	465.97/cwt	461.00–475.00	2,404	36
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	535	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,060	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	542	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,331	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	542	400.16/cwt	383.00–442.50	2,169	14
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	458.15/cwt	445.00–462.50	2,598	100
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	579	432.92/cwt	425.50–445.00	2,507	182
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,448	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	603	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,557	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,353	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	724	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,418	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	302	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,359	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	380	475.06/cwt	465.00–500.00	1,805	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	409	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,250	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	420	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,848	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	439	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,976	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	485.42/cwt	480.00–525.00	2,136	23
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	469	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,157	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	430.56/cwt	427.50–442.50	2,062	39
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	490	399.04/cwt	397.50–400.00	1,955	33
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	411.30/cwt	403.00–420.00	2,110	21
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	401.95/cwt	397.50–405.00	2,271	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	574	363.08/cwt	362.50–367.50	2,084	54
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	627	346.68/cwt	345.00–350.00	2,174	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	659	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,109	9

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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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	450–500	477	425.00–475.00	448.61
14	500–550	542	383.00–442.50	400.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	370	525.00–550.00	535.52
20	400–450	447	510.00	510.00
38	450–500	473	465.00–497.50	488.91
4	500–550	542	430.00	430.00
182	550–600	579	425.50–445.00	432.92
5	600–650	600	408.00	408.00
8	650–700	650	362.00	362.00
5	700–750	724	334.00	334.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	375	480.00	480.00
7	500–550	535	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	395	540.00	540.00
23	400–450	426	542.50–560.00	549.17
76	450–500	457	505.00–530.00	519.36
36	500–550	516	461.00–475.00	465.97
100	550–600	567	445.00–462.50	458.15
8	600–650	603	424.00	424.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	302	450.00	450.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	439	450.00	450.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	380	465.00–500.00	475.06
6	400–450	420	440.00	440.00
33	450–500	490	397.50–400.00	399.04
54	550–600	574	362.50–367.50	363.08
9	600–650	627	345.00–350.00	346.68
9	650–700	659	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	400–450	440	480.00–525.00	485.42
39	450–500	479	427.50–442.50	430.56
21	500–550	513	403.00–420.00	411.30
17	550–600	565	397.50–405.00	401.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	409	550.00	550.00
19	450–500	469	460.00	460.00

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.