Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, 600 to 750 lb. steers sold 10.00 to 22.00 higher while other weight groups, though not well compared, sold with a higher undertone. Heifers 550 to 750 lbs. sold steady to sharply higher while other weight groups, though not well compared, also sold with a higher undertone. Demand was good today. Supply was moderate to heavy.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $381.17/cwt on 239 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −101.11 against this barn's trailing median of $482.28.

Average price

$381.17

239 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,086

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$104

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

$34.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.53

vs IA average

+7.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	390.29	2,112	176
Medium and Large 1-2	565	355.71	2,008	63

One grade step is worth $34.57/cwt here — about $104 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale239 hd

381.17

—

IA average6 barns · 1,119 hd

374.64

+6.53

National average172 barns · 11,123 hd

374.02

+7.15

This barn, trailing median12 sales

482.28

−101.11

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

42 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	600–650	627	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,116	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	525	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,074	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,998	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	796	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,990	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,768	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	295.90/cwt	283.00–309.00	2,003	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	308.45/cwt	269.00–313.00	2,181	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	378.26/cwt	370.00–392.50	1,801	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	456.50/cwt	455.00–465.00	1,552	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	301.49/cwt	296.00–307.50	1,860	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	407.33/cwt	395.00–430.00	1,743	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	331.31/cwt	323.00–340.00	2,226	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	370.95/cwt	357.50–385.00	2,096	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	317.99/cwt	305.00–322.50	1,838	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	330.49/cwt	312.00–335.00	2,360	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	480.02/cwt	460.00–495.00	1,771	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	427.75/cwt	421.00–435.00	2,083	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	346.73/cwt	327.50–365.00	1,813	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,488	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	452.03/cwt	435.00–472.50	1,682	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	418.03/cwt	412.50–425.00	2,174	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	358.19/cwt	342.00–372.50	2,232	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	469	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,876	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	528	378.10/cwt	363.00–395.00	1,996	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	308.50/cwt	308.50–308.50	2,351	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	457.95/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,910	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	574	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,009	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	397	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,767	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	340	450.75/cwt	447.50–455.00	1,533	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	563	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,841	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	477	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,751	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	614	299.50/cwt	299.50–299.50	1,839	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	369.58/cwt	362.50–380.00	1,903	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	351.38/cwt	349.00–355.00	2,038	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	403.02/cwt	395.00–411.00	1,971	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	418.63/cwt	412.50–425.00	1,771	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,719	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	419.21/cwt	402.50–425.00	1,610	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	431.28/cwt	430.00–432.50	1,652	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	323.04/cwt	321.00–330.00	1,987	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	290.67/cwt	290.00–291.00	1,796	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,840	4

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	500–550	525	395.00	395.00
6	600–650	627	337.50	337.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	300–350	340	455.00–465.00	456.50
30	350–400	372	435.00–472.50	452.03
49	400–450	428	395.00–430.00	407.33
142	450–500	476	370.00–392.50	378.26
85	500–550	523	327.50–365.00	346.73
64	550–600	578	305.00–322.50	317.99
42	600–650	617	296.00–307.50	301.49
28	650–700	677	283.00–309.00	295.90
80	700–750	707	269.00–313.00	308.45
4	750–800	796	250.00	250.00
5	800–850	813	217.50	217.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	477	367.00	367.00
9	550–600	563	327.00	327.00
20	600–650	614	299.50	299.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	350–400	384	402.50–425.00	419.21
11	450–500	494	348.00	348.00
9	600–650	618	290.00–291.00	290.67
4	650–700	688	267.50	267.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	575	347.50	347.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
74	350–400	369	460.00–495.00	480.02
29	400–450	417	450.00–460.00	457.95
113	450–500	487	421.00–435.00	427.75
82	500–550	520	412.50–425.00	418.03
44	550–600	565	357.50–385.00	370.95
88	600–650	623	342.00–372.50	358.19
31	650–700	672	323.00–340.00	331.31
51	700–750	714	312.00–335.00	330.49
11	750–800	762	308.50	308.50
9	850–900	873	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	340	447.50–455.00	450.75
6	350–400	397	445.00	445.00
10	450–500	469	400.00	400.00
21	500–550	528	363.00–395.00	378.10
29	550–600	574	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	383	430.00–432.50	431.28
13	400–450	423	412.50–425.00	418.63
12	450–500	489	395.00–411.00	403.02
15	500–550	515	362.50–380.00	369.58
48	550–600	580	349.00–355.00	351.38
13	600–650	615	321.00–330.00	323.04

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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