Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today was the Annual Special Yearling Sale that featured mostly yearling cattle of reputation. Compared to the sale a week ago, steers and heifers under 600 lbs., though not well compared, both sold with a lower undertone and those over 600 lbs. sold higher. Demand was good today and included active internet bidding. Supply was heavy and included a several load lots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $360.39/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −121.90 against this barn's trailing median of $482.28.

Average price

$360.39

28 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,971

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−1.25

vs IA average

+6.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	360.39	1,971	28

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale28 hd

360.39

—

IA average7 barns · 1,155 hd

361.64

−1.25

National average175 barns · 9,187 hd

354.30

+6.09

This barn, trailing median12 sales

482.28

−121.90

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

30 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 1Fancy	850–900	871	294.50/cwt	294.50–294.50	2,565	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	764	319.64/cwt	310.00–329.00	2,442	56
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,749	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	401	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,263	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	936	221.70/cwt	217.50–226.00	2,075	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,224	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	278.33/cwt	262.00–287.25	1,996	201
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	312.53/cwt	296.00–326.50	1,822	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	301.73/cwt	297.00–303.50	1,877	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	308.13/cwt	291.00–312.75	2,237	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	287.49/cwt	285.35–292.50	2,507	259
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	285.97/cwt	284.50–291.00	1,987	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	261.70/cwt	258.00–262.00	2,156	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	282.94/cwt	266.00–287.00	2,329	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	316.63/cwt	315.00–318.00	1,700	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	273.03/cwt	266.50–281.75	2,105	206
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	320.88/cwt	315.50–334.00	2,188	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,560	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,956	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	366.35/cwt	363.00–370.00	1,975	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,107	225.65/cwt	222.00–233.00	2,498	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	983	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,467	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	338.71/cwt	329.00–345.00	2,141	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,395	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	292.14/cwt	278.00–304.50	2,255	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	737	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,064	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	299.85/cwt	277.00–314.00	1,853	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	888	263.65/cwt	244.00–266.50	2,341	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,552	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,620	5

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 9, 2025

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

Receipts 1,839Last week 1,756Year ago 2,051

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
56	750–800	764	310.00–329.00	319.64
41	850–900	871	294.50	294.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	401	315.00	315.00
22	500–550	537	315.00–318.00	316.63
30	550–600	583	296.00–326.50	312.53
58	600–650	622	297.00–303.50	301.73
77	650–700	695	284.50–291.00	285.97
201	700–750	717	262.00–287.25	278.33
206	750–800	771	266.50–281.75	273.03
150	800–850	824	258.00–262.00	261.70
15	850–900	879	253.00	253.00
8	900–950	936	217.50–226.00	221.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	577	269.00	269.00
5	600–650	623	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	530	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	395	395.00	395.00
21	500–550	539	363.00–370.00	366.35
7	550–600	571	342.50	342.50
39	600–650	632	329.00–345.00	338.71
108	650–700	682	315.50–334.00	320.88
164	700–750	726	291.00–312.75	308.13
58	750–800	772	278.00–304.50	292.14
94	800–850	823	266.00–287.00	282.94
259	850–900	872	285.35–292.50	287.49
39	900–950	914	262.00	262.00
31	950–1000	983	251.00	251.00
9	1100–1150	1,107	222.00–233.00	225.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	600–650	618	277.00–314.00	299.85
10	700–750	737	280.00	280.00
24	850–900	888	244.00–266.50	263.65

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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