Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent auction sale for comparison. Mostly good quality calves this week that weighed 400-600 lbs. Demand was very good, especially for calves under 500 lbs. Supply was moderate to heavy today

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $380.74/cwt on 368 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −101.55 against this barn's trailing median of $482.28.

Average price

$380.74

368 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,081

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$233

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

$43.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.77

vs IA average

+11.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	385.10	2,104	331
Medium and Large 1-2	547	341.76	1,871	37

One grade step is worth $43.33/cwt here — about $233 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 sale368 hd

380.74

—

IA average5 barns · 788 hd

376.96

+3.77

National average168 barns · 11,835 hd

369.01

+11.73

This barn, trailing median12 sales

482.28

−101.55

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

43 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	450–500	479	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,772	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	409.32/cwt	385.00–417.00	1,793	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	268.63/cwt	259.00–283.00	1,993	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	417	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,772	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	455	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,825	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	402	489.00/cwt	489.00–489.00	1,966	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	350.92/cwt	333.00–362.50	1,867	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,122	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,193	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	434.57/cwt	415.00–445.00	1,612	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	451.83/cwt	435.00–475.00	1,459	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	291.26/cwt	284.00–296.00	1,806	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	373.26/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,732	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	493	409.15/cwt	406.00–415.00	2,017	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	305.08/cwt	300.00–315.00	2,029	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	671	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,761	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	398.08/cwt	385.00–417.50	2,086	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	334.97/cwt	310.00–345.00	1,879	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	373.45/cwt	362.50–379.00	2,121	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	450.63/cwt	430.00–472.50	1,938	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	710	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,016	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	517	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,918	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	429.04/cwt	410.00–445.00	2,051	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	310.35/cwt	305.00–313.00	2,216	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	473	347.45/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,643	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	398.51/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,522	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	497.52/cwt	465.00–508.00	1,861	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	480	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,956	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	354.54/cwt	337.00–367.50	2,180	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	394	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,596	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	383	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,743	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,456	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	631	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,767	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	304.75/cwt	300.00–307.50	1,746	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	433	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,624	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	656	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,139	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	340.04/cwt	330.00–347.50	1,935	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	403.98/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,955	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	442.46/cwt	430.00–455.00	1,650	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	341.70/cwt	332.50–342.50	1,685	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	343.23/cwt	315.00–359.00	1,816	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	320.45/cwt	315.00–326.50	1,702	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	342	408.21/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,396	28

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 Apr 2, 2025

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

Receipts 1,756Last week 1,612Year ago 2,302

No recent auction sale for comparison. Mostly good quality calves this week that weighed 400-600 lbs. Demand was very good, especially for calves under 500 lbs. Supply was moderate to heavy today

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	479	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	323	435.00–475.00	451.83
35	350–400	371	415.00–445.00	434.57
57	400–450	438	385.00–417.00	409.32
132	450–500	464	360.00–385.00	373.26
112	500–550	532	333.00–362.50	350.92
37	550–600	561	310.00–345.00	334.97
25	600–650	620	284.00–296.00	291.26
21	700–750	742	259.00–283.00	268.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	417	425.00	425.00
40	450–500	455	401.00	401.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	394	405.00	405.00
10	400–450	433	375.00	375.00
10	450–500	473	330.00–360.00	347.45
4	600–650	631	280.00	280.00
5	650–700	671	262.50	262.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	300–350	342	400.00–425.00	408.21
43	350–400	382	370.00–410.00	398.51
5	400–450	448	325.00	325.00
62	450–500	493	332.50–342.50	341.70
17	500–550	531	315.00–326.50	320.45
25	550–600	573	300.00–307.50	304.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
39	400–450	402	489.00	489.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
48	350–400	374	465.00–508.00	497.52
83	400–450	430	430.00–472.50	450.63
86	450–500	478	410.00–445.00	429.04
157	500–550	524	385.00–417.50	398.08
169	550–600	568	362.50–379.00	373.45
115	600–650	615	337.00–367.50	354.54
9	650–700	665	300.00–315.00	305.08
12	700–750	714	305.00–313.00	310.35
4	750–800	786	270.00	270.00
4	850–900	860	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	350–400	383	455.00	455.00
42	450–500	493	406.00–415.00	409.15
5	500–550	517	371.00	371.00
8	650–700	656	326.00	326.00
8	700–750	710	284.00	284.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	480	407.50	407.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	373	430.00–455.00	442.46
14	450–500	484	400.00–405.00	403.98
20	500–550	529	315.00–359.00	343.23
17	550–600	569	330.00–347.50	340.04

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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