Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers under 600 lbs. and steers over 700 lbs. sold 2.00 to 12.00 higher, while 600 to 700 lb. steers were lower based on a light test this week. Heifers sold uneven. Demand was good today and included active internet bidding. 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 $398.69/cwt on 59 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −83.59 against this barn's trailing median of $482.28.

Average price

$398.69

59 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,242

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$393

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

$77.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.67

vs IA average

+26.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	402.64	2,262	56
Medium and Large 1-2	575	325.00	1,869	3thin

One grade step is worth $77.64/cwt here — about $393 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 sale59 hd

398.69

—

IA average3 barns · 136 hd

398.02

+0.67

National average146 barns · 8,317 hd

371.92

+26.77

This barn, trailing median12 sales

482.28

−83.59

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

39 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	700–750	718	330.75/cwt	330.75–330.75	2,375	77
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,649	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,533	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,061	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	420.44/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,745	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	456.58/cwt	455.00–460.00	2,000	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	327.14/cwt	317.00–338.50	2,516	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	316.08/cwt	308.00–319.75	2,756	341
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	767	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,301	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	328.54/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,909	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	370.86/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,917	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	289.06/cwt	282.00–292.00	2,284	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	356.71/cwt	347.00–371.00	2,247	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	327.05/cwt	323.00–328.00	2,665	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	416.67/cwt	415.00–421.00	2,229	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	315.38/cwt	310.00–322.50	2,000	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	337.92/cwt	333.50–341.50	2,463	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,096	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,603	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	608	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,012	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	664	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,244	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	331.35/cwt	328.00–337.50	2,210	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,153	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	407	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,490	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,752	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	449	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,673	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	545	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,777	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	599	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,881	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	349.76/cwt	345.00–363.00	1,707	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	297.72/cwt	255.00–317.00	2,313	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,869	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	393.56/cwt	390.00–404.00	2,279	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	294.50/cwt	294.50–294.50	2,730	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	455.72/cwt	442.50–460.00	2,133	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	300.27/cwt	280.00–315.00	2,180	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,816	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	341	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,236	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	1,816	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	276.00/cwt	274.00–278.00	2,285	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,105	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 →

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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
77	700–750	718	330.75	330.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	415	410.00–425.00	420.44
10	450–500	462	393.00	393.00
38	500–550	517	355.00–375.00	370.86
21	550–600	581	315.00–335.00	328.54
36	600–650	634	310.00–322.50	315.38
28	650–700	679	310.00	310.00
6	700–750	718	287.00	287.00
24	750–800	790	282.00–292.00	289.06
12	800–850	828	274.00–278.00	276.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	341	362.50	362.50
4	400–450	407	366.00	366.00
23	450–500	488	345.00–363.00	349.76
4	550–600	565	310.00	310.00
3	650–700	658	276.00	276.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	545	326.00	326.00
6	550–600	599	314.00	314.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	388	425.00	425.00
3	400–450	438	350.00	350.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	750–800	767	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	438	455.00–460.00	456.58
12	450–500	468	442.50–460.00	455.72
22	500–550	535	415.00–421.00	416.67
34	550–600	579	390.00–404.00	393.56
38	600–650	630	347.00–371.00	356.71
12	650–700	667	328.00–337.50	331.35
129	700–750	729	333.50–341.50	337.92
176	750–800	769	317.00–338.50	327.14
89	800–850	815	323.00–328.00	327.05
341	850–900	872	308.00–319.75	316.08
35	900–950	927	294.50	294.50
3	1050–1100	1,096	237.50	237.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	449	372.50	372.50
6	600–650	608	331.00	331.00
9	650–700	664	338.00	338.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	575	325.00	325.00
9	600–650	624	345.00	345.00
7	700–750	726	280.00–315.00	300.27
17	750–800	777	255.00–317.00	297.72

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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