Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent auction sale for comparison. Today was the 56th Anniversary Cattle Sale & Customer Appreciation BBQ. Large number of load lots today that included many seven- and eight-weight steers. Demand was very good today and included internet bidding. Supply was heavy and included several load lots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $475.76/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 5 of 12 comparable sales and sits −6.52 against this barn's trailing median of $482.28.

Average price

$475.76

21 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,598

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+22.89

vs IA average

+66.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	475.76	2,598	21

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 sale21 hd

475.76

—

IA average4 barns · 344 hd

452.87

+22.89

National average152 barns · 8,476 hd

409.30

+66.46

This barn, trailing median12 sales

482.28

−6.52

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

26 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	400–450	423	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,904	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,156	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,448	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	346.21/cwt	341.00–349.00	2,687	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,787	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	383.79/cwt	371.00–400.00	2,802	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	392.21/cwt	382.50–417.50	2,667	250
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	378.45/cwt	370.50–385.00	3,084	372
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	382.72/cwt	371.00–389.00	3,016	366
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	399.25/cwt	399.25–399.25	2,887	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	420.01/cwt	414.00–432.50	2,621	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	404.06/cwt	392.50–427.00	2,752	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	402	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	1,960	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,784	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	703	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,531	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	656	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,575	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	374.02/cwt	366.00–378.50	3,269	490
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	475.76/cwt	450.00–480.00	2,598	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	858	350.34/cwt	348.50–355.00	3,006	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	323.71/cwt	316.00–328.00	2,506	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	841	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,922	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,587	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	3,288	64
Steers	Large 1	750–800	796	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,806	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	370.66/cwt	361.00–384.00	2,313	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,192	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 →

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	423	450.00	450.00
7	500–550	511	422.00	422.00
13	600–650	612	400.00	400.00
250	650–700	680	382.50–417.50	392.21
96	700–750	730	371.00–400.00	383.79
40	750–800	776	341.00–349.00	346.21
40	800–850	815	342.00	342.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	548	400.00	400.00
39	600–650	624	361.00–384.00	370.66
26	750–800	774	316.00–328.00	323.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	402	487.50	487.50
21	500–550	546	450.00–480.00	475.76
28	600–650	624	414.00–432.50	420.01
101	650–700	681	392.50–427.00	404.06
55	700–750	723	399.25	399.25
366	750–800	788	371.00–389.00	382.72
372	800–850	815	370.50–385.00	378.45
490	850–900	874	366.00–378.50	374.02
64	900–950	916	359.00	359.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	642	403.00	403.00
3	650–700	656	392.50	392.50
21	700–750	703	360.00	360.00
20	750–800	782	356.00	356.00
3	800–850	841	347.50	347.50
14	850–900	858	348.50–355.00	350.34
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	796	352.50	352.50

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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