Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today was the Annual Special Off Grass Yearling Sale. Hot and dry conditions were ideal for crop harvest which has begun in Iowa. Steers and heifers sold with a lower undertone, although they were not well compared. Demand was moderate today and included active internet bidding. Supply was moderate to heavy and included mostly yearlings with just a few load lots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $390.44/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −91.84 against this barn's trailing median of $482.28.

Average price

$390.44

48 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,152

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$437

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

$73.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−51.26

vs IA average

−14.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	427.19	2,371	24
Medium and Large 1-2	547	353.70	1,935	24

One grade step is worth $73.49/cwt here — about $437 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale48 hd

390.44

—

IA average2 barns · 137 hd

441.70

−51.26

National average165 barns · 10,728 hd

404.64

−14.20

This barn, trailing median12 sales

482.28

−91.84

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

23 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 1Fleshy	900–950	944	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,021	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	969	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	3,043	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	366.85/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,779	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	361.82/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,918	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	370.40/cwt	363.00–374.00	2,285	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	328.25/cwt	327.00–330.00	2,843	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,379	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	3,120	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	356.65/cwt	340.00–359.00	3,263	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	376.88/cwt	354.00–384.50	3,113	218
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	412.53/cwt	400.00–432.50	2,533	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	381.73/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,955	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	358.69/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,443	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	337.11/cwt	330.00–345.00	2,626	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,366	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,135	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	357.73/cwt	335.00–364.00	2,586	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	360.32/cwt	335.00–370.00	1,877	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,295	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	348.09/cwt	325.00–375.00	1,981	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	303.05/cwt	271.00–345.00	2,367	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	395.58/cwt	390.50–398.50	2,690	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	381.13/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,729	79

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
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	900–950	944	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	547	435.00	435.00
15	550–600	560	422.50	422.50
15	600–650	614	400.00–432.50	412.53
33	650–700	680	390.50–398.50	395.58
79	700–750	716	370.00–400.00	381.13
158	750–800	774	375.00–385.00	381.73
218	800–850	826	354.00–384.50	376.88
60	850–900	850	367.00	367.00
144	900–950	915	340.00–359.00	356.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	521	335.00–370.00	360.32
13	550–600	569	325.00–375.00	348.09
9	750–800	781	271.00–345.00	303.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	485	360.00–380.00	366.85
19	500–550	530	350.00–375.00	361.82
19	600–650	617	363.00–374.00	370.40
63	650–700	681	350.00–365.00	358.69
91	700–750	723	335.00–364.00	357.73
87	750–800	779	330.00–345.00	337.11
29	850–900	866	327.00–330.00	328.25
5	950–1000	969	314.00	314.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	600–650	628	340.00	340.00
19	650–700	670	342.50	342.50

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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