Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers less than 700 lbs. sold mostly 3.00 to 10.00 lower, while heavier steers sold 6.00 to 23.00 higher. Heifers sold 3.00 to 18.00 lower, except for the 700 to 750 lb. heifers which sold for 15.00 higher when compared to a lighter test two weeks ago. Demand was very good today and included active internet bidding. One large consignment of seven weight steers started the auction and bidding was strong throughout. Recent warm weather melted the last of the snow which put mud on some of the cattle. Supply was moderate to heavy and included several load lots of reputation cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $367.40/cwt on 109 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −114.88 against this barn's trailing median of $482.28.

Average price

$367.40

109 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,054

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$271

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

$34.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.61

vs IA average

+8.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	373.67	2,105	89
Medium and Large 1-2	540	339.49	1,833	20

One grade step is worth $34.18/cwt here — about $271 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale109 hd

367.40

—

IA average7 barns · 764 hd

360.79

+6.61

National average173 barns · 15,162 hd

358.67

+8.73

This barn, trailing median12 sales

482.28

−114.88

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	364.68/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,122	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	426.30/cwt	415.00–435.00	1,790	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,760	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,482	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	308.21/cwt	300.00–309.00	2,136	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	834	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,168	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	281.97/cwt	265.00–289.00	1,892	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,103	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	363.23/cwt	350.00–367.50	1,591	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	339.49/cwt	310.00–351.00	1,833	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	289.28/cwt	286.00–290.00	2,378	77
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	586	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,641	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	335.31/cwt	335.00–336.00	2,069	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	385.74/cwt	375.00–389.00	2,075	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	413.50/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,902	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	432	341.53/cwt	320.00–349.00	1,475	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	299.33/cwt	285.00–302.00	1,685	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,331	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	285.39/cwt	269.50–289.50	2,474	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	494	363.65/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,796	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	308.71/cwt	299.00–322.50	1,642	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	655	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,057	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	289.48/cwt	282.00–296.50	2,200	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	314.75/cwt	294.00–317.00	2,323	303
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	324.22/cwt	318.00–329.00	2,237	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,910	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	247.44/cwt	247.00–260.00	2,039	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	282.40/cwt	275.00–288.50	1,754	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	265.91/cwt	255.00–269.50	1,973	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	301	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,189	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1200–1250	1,200	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	2,448	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	738	277.25/cwt	277.25–277.25	2,046	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	851	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,276	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	800	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,288	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	787	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,219	13

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.

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	420	415.00–435.00	426.30
10	450–500	460	405.00–420.00	413.50
38	500–550	538	375.00–389.00	385.74
51	550–600	582	360.00–375.00	364.68
57	600–650	617	335.00–336.00	335.31
52	650–700	690	318.00–329.00	324.22
303	700–750	738	294.00–317.00	314.75
79	750–800	760	282.00–296.50	289.48
77	800–850	822	286.00–290.00	289.28
82	850–900	867	269.50–289.50	285.39
11	900–950	914	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	500–550	540	310.00–351.00	339.49
32	650–700	693	300.00–309.00	308.21
7	700–750	738	285.00	285.00
7	800–850	834	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	494	360.00–380.00	363.65
4	650–700	655	314.00	314.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	610	243.00	243.00
12	650–700	677	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	400–450	438	350.00–367.50	363.23
32	500–550	532	299.00–322.50	308.71
53	550–600	563	285.00–302.00	299.33
54	600–650	621	275.00–288.50	282.40
51	650–700	671	265.00–289.00	281.97
89	700–750	742	255.00–269.50	265.91
70	750–800	781	244.50	244.50
118	800–850	824	247.00–260.00	247.44
5	1200–1250	1,200	204.00	204.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	301	395.00	395.00
11	400–450	432	320.00–349.00	341.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
68	700–750	738	277.25	277.25
13	750–800	787	282.00	282.00
13	800–850	800	286.00	286.00
15	850–900	851	267.50	267.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	586	280.00	280.00

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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