Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale a week ago, steers under 700 lbs. sold mostly steady to 21.00 higher, while steers heavier than 700 lbs. sold 3.00 to 7.00 lower. Heifers sold mostly 5.00 to sharply lower. Demand was very good today. Supply was heavy and included a several load lots of home raised steer cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $346.18/cwt on 202 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −136.11 against this barn's trailing median of $482.28.

Average price

$346.18

202 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,922

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$233

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

$35.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.75

vs IA average

+3.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	354.89	1,979	153
Medium and Large 1-2	547	318.97	1,746	49

One grade step is worth $35.91/cwt here — about $233 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.

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 sale202 hd

346.18

—

IA average9 barns · 2,060 hd

341.43

+4.75

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

+3.73

This barn, trailing median12 sales

482.28

−136.11

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

41 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	1100–1150	1,115	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,119	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	325.80/cwt	325.00–327.50	1,554	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	576	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,814	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	620	304.72/cwt	300.00–311.00	1,889	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	716	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,012	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	592	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,693	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	276.04/cwt	269.00–281.00	2,148	317
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	440	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,606	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	600	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,776	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	374.09/cwt	367.50–380.00	1,975	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	299.65/cwt	267.50–309.00	1,867	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,659	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	951	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,282	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	393.48/cwt	392.50–400.00	1,657	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	824	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	2,105	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	308.77/cwt	299.50–322.00	2,103	415
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	270.00/cwt	268.00–273.00	2,228	222
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	283.74/cwt	274.00–287.75	2,040	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	278.89/cwt	277.00–280.00	2,404	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	319.35/cwt	314.00–329.00	1,999	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	319.75/cwt	305.00–335.00	1,698	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	631	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,672	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	279.03/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,875	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	524	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,028	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	346.86/cwt	332.50–364.00	1,970	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	380.98/cwt	380.00–382.00	1,783	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	317.75/cwt	290.00–330.00	1,821	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,462	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	257.20/cwt	256.50–257.50	1,955	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	265.07/cwt	250.00–266.00	1,802	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	294.04/cwt	283.00–300.00	1,694	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	312.12/cwt	302.00–325.00	1,642	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	448	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,467	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	275.08/cwt	265.50–297.50	1,692	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	247.35/cwt	243.00–259.00	1,877	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,094	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	272.41/cwt	256.00–280.00	1,561	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,082	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	255.10/cwt	245.00–257.75	1,865	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,166	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	2,227	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	343.49/cwt	336.00–347.50	1,432	17

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 Jan 15, 2025

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

Receipts 2,790Last week 2,290Year ago 1,055

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	417	336.00–347.50	343.49
12	450–500	477	325.00–327.50	325.80
85	500–550	526	302.00–325.00	312.12
122	550–600	576	283.00–300.00	294.04
52	600–650	615	265.50–297.50	275.08
69	650–700	680	250.00–266.00	265.07
31	700–750	731	245.00–257.75	255.10
63	750–800	759	243.00–259.00	247.35
59	850–900	858	244.00	244.00
7	900–950	905	230.00	230.00
7	1100–1150	1,115	190.00	190.00
7	1150–1200	1,166	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	550–600	576	315.00	315.00
56	600–650	620	300.00–311.00	304.72
28	700–750	716	281.00	281.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	448	327.50	327.50
13	600–650	631	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	527	277.50	277.50
20	550–600	573	256.00–280.00	272.41
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	592	286.00	286.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	400–450	421	392.50–400.00	393.48
17	450–500	468	380.00–382.00	380.98
23	500–550	528	367.50–380.00	374.09
115	550–600	568	332.50–364.00	346.86
123	600–650	626	314.00–329.00	319.35
415	650–700	681	299.50–322.00	308.77
169	700–750	719	274.00–287.75	283.74
317	750–800	778	269.00–281.00	276.04
222	800–850	825	268.00–273.00	270.00
188	850–900	862	277.00–280.00	278.89
8	950–1000	951	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	440	365.00	365.00
34	600–650	600	296.00	296.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	488	340.00	340.00
30	500–550	531	305.00–335.00	319.75
19	550–600	573	290.00–330.00	317.75
112	600–650	623	267.50–309.00	299.65
21	650–700	672	270.00–285.00	279.03
17	750–800	760	256.50–257.50	257.20
20	800–850	824	255.50	255.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	524	387.00	387.00

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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