Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers sold mostly 9.00 to 15.00 higher, while 700 to 750 lb. steers were sharply higher. Heifers sold mostly 8.00 to 21.00 higher, while 700 to 750 lb. heifers were sharply higher. Demand was good today and included active telephone and internet bidding. Supply was moderate to heavy and included a few load lots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $350.92/cwt on 116 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −131.37 against this barn's trailing median of $482.28.

Average price

$350.92

116 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,976

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$279

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

$33.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.04

vs IA average

+2.26 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	356.74	2,026	96
Medium and Large 1-2	541	322.95	1,747	20

One grade step is worth $33.79/cwt here — about $279 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 sale116 hd

350.92

—

IA average7 barns · 1,448 hd

345.88

+5.04

National average177 barns · 23,098 hd

348.66

+2.26

This barn, trailing median12 sales

482.28

−131.37

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

35 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,736	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,518	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,445	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	801	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,954	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	333.47/cwt	331.00–340.00	1,597	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	308.58/cwt	305.00–310.50	1,626	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	369.11/cwt	361.00–373.00	1,971	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	286.14/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,891	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	334.75/cwt	331.00–340.00	2,099	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	306.69/cwt	296.00–318.00	2,193	193
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	997	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,223	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	268.50/cwt	268.50–268.50	2,078	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	285.95/cwt	281.50–291.00	1,796	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	612	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,818	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	1,701	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	591	348.28/cwt	332.50–356.00	2,058	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	302.37/cwt	295.00–309.00	1,690	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	319.01/cwt	307.00–327.50	2,131	187
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	288.06/cwt	283.00–291.00	2,117	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,913	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1200–1250	1,200	203.50/cwt	203.50–203.50	2,442	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,678	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	285.03/cwt	270.00–289.25	2,209	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	255.74/cwt	252.00–261.00	1,841	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	787	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,849	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	290.07/cwt	270.00–302.00	1,952	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	435	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,349	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	265.35/cwt	248.00–269.00	1,804	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	904	270.70/cwt	257.50–272.25	2,447	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	406	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,147	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	258.07/cwt	245.00–263.00	1,616	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	288.39/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,531	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	330.61/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,713	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	313.59/cwt	290.00–325.00	1,784	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	272.32/cwt	250.00–283.00	1,588	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 29, 2025

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

Receipts 1,589Last week 2,790Year ago 1,290

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	482	315.00	315.00
6	600–650	620	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	438	330.00	330.00
28	450–500	479	331.00–340.00	333.47
33	500–550	527	305.00–310.50	308.58
59	550–600	559	295.00–309.00	302.37
56	600–650	628	281.50–291.00	285.95
101	650–700	661	275.00–295.00	286.14
63	700–750	735	283.00–291.00	288.06
60	750–800	774	268.50	268.50
5	800–850	801	244.00	244.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	406	282.50	282.50
16	500–550	531	280.00–295.00	288.39
17	550–600	583	250.00–283.00	272.32
11	600–650	626	245.00–263.00	258.07
56	650–700	680	248.00–269.00	265.35
84	700–750	720	252.00–261.00	255.74
4	750–800	787	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	435	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	443	384.00	384.00
39	500–550	534	361.00–373.00	369.11
57	550–600	591	332.50–356.00	348.28
49	600–650	627	331.00–340.00	334.75
187	650–700	668	307.00–327.50	319.01
193	700–750	715	296.00–318.00	306.69
106	750–800	775	270.00–289.25	285.03
67	900–950	904	257.50–272.25	270.70
4	950–1000	997	223.00	223.00
18	1200–1250	1,200	203.50	203.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	612	297.00	297.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	490	342.50	342.50
11	500–550	518	325.00–345.00	330.61
9	550–600	569	290.00–325.00	313.59
13	600–650	622	307.50	307.50
23	650–700	673	270.00–302.00	290.07

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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