Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Annual Early Bird Calf Special was held today. Steer and heifer prices are not well compared. Demand was good today and included active internet bidding. Supply was heavy and included mostly unweaned calves as well as smaller strings of cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $464.52/cwt on 329 head. That ranks 3 of 12 comparable sales and sits −17.77 against this barn's trailing median of $482.28.

Average price

$464.52

329 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,585

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$210

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

$38.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.76

vs IA average

+51.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	468.27	2,606	297
Medium and Large 1-2	558	429.68	2,395	32

One grade step is worth $38.59/cwt here — about $210 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale329 hd

464.52

—

IA average6 barns · 1,754 hd

453.75

+10.76

National average170 barns · 13,807 hd

413.52

+51.00

This barn, trailing median12 sales

482.28

−17.77

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

36 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	555	492.92/cwt	482.00–498.00	2,736	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,452	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	552.78/cwt	532.50–560.00	2,051	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	420.12/cwt	415.00–440.00	2,227	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	477.24/cwt	450.00–490.00	2,109	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	468.18/cwt	440.00–485.00	2,182	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	448.79/cwt	436.00–467.00	2,590	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	481.87/cwt	480.00–485.00	2,433	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	625	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,000	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	608	430.97/cwt	410.00–437.00	2,620	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	511.32/cwt	485.00–527.50	2,444	167
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	344.18/cwt	340.00–347.50	2,447	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	567.67/cwt	562.50–580.00	2,384	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	572	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,488	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	439	547.50/cwt	547.50–547.50	2,404	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	370	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,684	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	561	392.49/cwt	360.00–405.00	2,202	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	570.57/cwt	560.00–585.00	1,900	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	587.73/cwt	575.00–595.00	2,139	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	385	548.85/cwt	540.00–570.00	2,113	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	485	477.25/cwt	460.00–485.00	2,315	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	532	471.57/cwt	440.00–482.50	2,509	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	324	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,507	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	524	397.94/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,085	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	662	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,549	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	597	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,806	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	450	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,530	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	458.33/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,200	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,960	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	312.87/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,796	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	388.85/cwt	350.00–405.00	1,688	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,341	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	420.57/cwt	410.00–426.00	2,439	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	343	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,715	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,096	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,319	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

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Receipts 1,500Last week 2,130Year ago 1,150

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
89	550–600	555	482.00–498.00	492.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	333	560.00–585.00	570.57
14	350–400	364	575.00–595.00	587.73
29	400–450	420	562.50–580.00	567.67
167	450–500	478	485.00–527.50	511.32
16	500–550	505	480.00–485.00	481.87
116	550–600	577	436.00–467.00	448.79
9	700–750	711	340.00–347.50	344.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
43	350–400	385	540.00–570.00	548.85
18	400–450	439	547.50	547.50
63	450–500	485	460.00–485.00	477.25
65	500–550	532	440.00–482.50	471.57
11	550–600	572	435.00	435.00
160	600–650	608	410.00–437.00	430.97
4	650–700	662	385.00	385.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	450	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	343	500.00	500.00
31	450–500	480	450.00–470.00	458.33
15	500–550	532	440.00	440.00
17	550–600	580	410.00–426.00	420.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	371	532.50–560.00	552.78
81	400–450	442	450.00–490.00	477.24
83	450–500	466	440.00–485.00	468.18
68	500–550	530	415.00–440.00	420.12
12	600–650	613	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	324	465.00	465.00
16	350–400	370	455.00	455.00
14	500–550	524	390.00–400.00	397.94
92	550–600	561	360.00–405.00	392.49
4	600–650	625	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	597	302.50	302.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	434	350.00–405.00	388.85
8	450–500	493	397.50	397.50
11	550–600	574	300.00–335.00	312.87
4	600–650	621	337.50	337.50
5	650–700	687	337.50	337.50

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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