Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers over 400 lbs. sold mostly 2.00 to 29.00 lower, while steer calves under 400 lbs. sold sharply higher. Heifers sold on a light test this week with a higher undertone. Demand was good today, especially for lighter cattle. 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 $385.13/cwt on 94 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −97.15 against this barn's trailing median of $482.28.

Average price

$385.13

94 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,116

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$241

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

$60.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.70

vs IA average

+7.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	391.58	2,140	84
Medium and Large 1-2	574	330.93	1,900	10thin

One grade step is worth $60.65/cwt here — about $241 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 sale94 hd

385.13

—

IA average6 barns · 1,364 hd

397.83

−12.70

National average157 barns · 12,981 hd

378.05

+7.08

This barn, trailing median12 sales

482.28

−97.15

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

38 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 1-2	500–550	514	325.75/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,674	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,994	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	551	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,121	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	614	350.50/cwt	350.50–350.50	2,152	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	312	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	1,903	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,081	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	460.69/cwt	435.00–475.00	1,903	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	303.06/cwt	293.00–304.25	2,164	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,152	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	309.18/cwt	299.00–310.00	2,579	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	368.38/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,934	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	358.41/cwt	340.00–370.00	2,075	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	269.97/cwt	267.00–276.00	2,457	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	414.00/cwt	390.00–430.00	1,929	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	332.20/cwt	330.00–336.00	2,269	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	444.19/cwt	430.00–462.50	2,137	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	409.13/cwt	387.50–420.00	2,152	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	368.19/cwt	360.00–385.00	2,113	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	483.99/cwt	465.00–497.00	1,989	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,126	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	310.95/cwt	305.00–319.00	2,270	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,273	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	515.35/cwt	500.00–525.00	1,943	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	460	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,001	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	360.01/cwt	355.00–372.50	2,261	84
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	725	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,994	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,823	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,785	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	374.86/cwt	370.00–377.50	1,788	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	330.93/cwt	327.00–335.00	1,900	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	491.63/cwt	475.00–515.00	1,844	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	891	293.23/cwt	290.00–296.25	2,613	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	798	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,835	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,840	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	336.29/cwt	335.00–337.50	1,957	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	356	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,513	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,722	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	490	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,421	6

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 May 21, 2025

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

Receipts 1,055Last week 2,401Year ago 1,102

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	356	425.00	425.00
5	400–450	430	415.00	415.00
11	450–500	477	370.00–377.50	374.86
7	500–550	514	315.00–340.00	325.75
18	550–600	582	335.00–337.50	336.29
10	600–650	631	316.00	316.00
3	650–700	675	270.00	270.00
4	700–750	705	261.00	261.00
3	750–800	798	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	551	385.00	385.00
22	600–650	614	350.50	350.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	375	475.00–515.00	491.63
12	400–450	413	435.00–475.00	460.69
33	450–500	466	390.00–430.00	414.00
45	500–550	525	360.00–375.00	368.38
65	550–600	579	340.00–370.00	358.41
8	600–650	613	351.00	351.00
18	650–700	654	325.00	325.00
75	700–750	714	293.00–304.25	303.06
5	750–800	750	277.50	277.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	490	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	312	610.00	610.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	328	525.00	525.00
8	350–400	377	500.00–525.00	515.35
20	400–450	411	465.00–497.00	483.99
27	450–500	481	430.00–462.50	444.19
48	500–550	526	387.50–420.00	409.13
36	550–600	574	360.00–385.00	368.19
84	600–650	628	355.00–372.50	360.01
17	650–700	683	330.00–336.00	332.20
31	700–750	730	305.00–319.00	310.95
6	750–800	755	301.00	301.00
130	800–850	834	299.00–310.00	309.18
127	850–900	891	290.00–296.25	293.23
9	900–950	910	267.00–276.00	269.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	460	435.00	435.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	574	327.00–335.00	330.93
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	700–750	725	275.00	275.00

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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