Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers sold mostly steady to 11.00 higher, except the 750 to 800 lb. steers that sold 4.00 lower. Heifers under 450 lbs. sold sharply higher, while others sold 2.00 to 9.00 higher. Demand was very good today and included active internet bidding. Supply was heavy and included several load lots of reputation steers and heifers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $322.68/cwt on 147 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −159.61 against this barn's trailing median of $482.28.

Average price

$322.68

147 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,768

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$47

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

$17.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.73

vs IA average

−1.67 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	330.70	1,789	80
Medium and Large 1-2	556	313.10	1,741	67

One grade step is worth $17.60/cwt here — about $47 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

12 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $513.77, low $452.62, median $482.28 across 12 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 sale147 hd

322.68

—

IA average8 barns · 2,134 hd

324.41

−1.73

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

−1.67

This barn, trailing median12 sales

482.28

−159.61

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

50 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	Large 1	550–600	565	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,667	3
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	689	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,819	19
Steers	Large 1	650–700	690	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,949	18
Steers	Large 1	850–900	850	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,125	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,617	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,563	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,324	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	591	286.12/cwt	277.50–295.00	1,691	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	261.20/cwt	252.00–265.75	1,878	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	270.58/cwt	265.50–277.50	2,100	239
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	386.42/cwt	385.00–388.00	1,778	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	313.84/cwt	300.00–321.00	1,648	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	270.70/cwt	268.00–280.50	1,949	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	359.96/cwt	350.00–367.00	1,584	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	637	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,586	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	431	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,185	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	319.87/cwt	315.00–323.00	1,865	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	570	291.71/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,663	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	396.26/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,748	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	253.05/cwt	235.75–263.35	1,926	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	346.54/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,705	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	327.50/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,261	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	355.73/cwt	337.50–365.00	1,821	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	460	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,633	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,490	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	278.50/cwt	242.00–298.00	1,462	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	316	346.57/cwt	340.00–357.50	1,095	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	265.22/cwt	250.00–276.00	1,681	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	696	264.25/cwt	264.25–264.25	1,839	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	318.27/cwt	305.00–335.00	1,528	58
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	394	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,537	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,332	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,526	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,030	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	323.84/cwt	302.00–335.00	1,733	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	299.03/cwt	291.00–311.00	1,746	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	258.63/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,761	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	523	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,480	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	640	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,869	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	666	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,778	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	704	269.75/cwt	269.75–269.75	1,899	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	928	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,032	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	301.71/cwt	280.00–330.00	1,321	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	310.01/cwt	301.00–321.00	1,925	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,118	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	265.32/cwt	252.75–266.00	2,337	184
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	285.15/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,919	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,514	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,736	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,333	8

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
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	565	295.00	295.00
19	650–700	689	264.00	264.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	327	405.00	405.00
53	400–450	440	350.00–367.00	359.96
58	450–500	480	305.00–335.00	318.27
47	500–550	525	300.00–321.00	313.84
80	550–600	591	277.50–295.00	286.12
113	600–650	634	250.00–276.00	265.22
72	650–700	696	264.25	264.25
163	700–750	719	252.00–265.75	261.20
120	750–800	761	235.75–263.35	253.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	523	283.00	283.00
20	600–650	637	249.00	249.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	431	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	316	340.00–357.50	346.57
6	350–400	385	325.00–330.00	327.50
9	400–450	438	280.00–330.00	301.71
12	500–550	525	242.00–298.00	278.50
7	600–650	631	240.00	240.00
3	900–950	928	219.00	219.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	650–700	690	282.50	282.50
3	850–900	850	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	325	410.00	410.00
3	350–400	368	405.00	405.00
33	400–450	441	380.00–400.00	396.26
19	450–500	460	385.00–388.00	386.42
43	500–550	512	337.50–365.00	355.73
13	550–600	583	315.00–323.00	319.87
102	600–650	621	301.00–321.00	310.01
104	650–700	673	275.00–290.00	285.15
45	700–750	720	268.00–280.50	270.70
239	750–800	776	265.50–277.50	270.58
45	800–850	839	252.50	252.50
184	850–900	881	252.75–266.00	265.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	460	355.00	355.00
24	550–600	570	285.00–295.00	291.71
5	600–650	640	292.00	292.00
3	650–700	666	267.00	267.00
20	700–750	704	269.75	269.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	365	365.00	365.00
4	400–450	436	350.00	350.00
9	450–500	492	340.00–360.00	346.54
38	500–550	535	302.00–335.00	323.84
29	550–600	584	291.00–311.00	299.03
10	600–650	643	270.00	270.00
9	650–700	681	250.00–270.00	258.63
12	750–800	790	257.00	257.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	394	390.00	390.00
6	450–500	490	319.00	319.00
3	600–650	610	265.00	265.00

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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