Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold with a higher undertone though not well compared. Demand was good to very good today and included active internet bidding. Supply was moderate to heavy and included many bawling calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $444.52/cwt on 370 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −37.77 against this barn's trailing median of $482.28.

Average price

$444.52

370 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,421

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$367

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

$51.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.33

vs IA average

+21.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	450.40	2,463	328
Medium and Large 1-2	526	398.62	2,097	42

One grade step is worth $51.78/cwt here — about $367 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale370 hd

444.52

—

IA average4 barns · 951 hd

441.19

+3.33

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

+21.87

This barn, trailing median12 sales

482.28

−37.77

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

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	630	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,205	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	287.56/cwt	280.00–295.00	2,062	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,579	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,419	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	381.70/cwt	360.00–385.00	2,145	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	377	527.97/cwt	525.00–530.00	1,990	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	397.58/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,719	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	401.90/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,472	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	489.86/cwt	475.00–500.00	2,283	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	589.38/cwt	565.00–600.00	2,210	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,989	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	419.55/cwt	390.00–430.00	2,173	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1200–1250	1,220	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	2,849	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	344	596.81/cwt	580.00–602.50	2,053	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	544	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,353	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	575	412.50/cwt	390.00–420.00	2,372	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	536.11/cwt	520.00–567.50	2,295	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	465.41/cwt	445.00–472.50	2,122	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	710	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,592	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	807	342.04/cwt	325.00–345.00	2,760	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	319	428.16/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,366	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	569	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,034	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	426.60/cwt	410.00–440.00	2,470	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	464.95/cwt	445.00–483.50	2,469	212
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	534	382.36/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,042	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	415	442.08/cwt	420.00–455.00	1,835	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,540	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	526	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,038	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	618	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,410	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	491	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,087	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,688	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	402.58/cwt	397.50–422.50	1,989	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	663	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,155	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	475.17/cwt	455.00–507.00	1,996	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	455	437.38/cwt	415.00–440.00	1,990	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	363	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,615	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	400.47/cwt	390.00–420.00	2,106	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	415.59/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,745	22

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 Oct 1, 2025

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

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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
4	600–650	630	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	377	525.00–530.00	527.97
9	450–500	491	425.00	425.00
7	500–550	544	432.50	432.50
26	550–600	575	390.00–420.00	412.50
12	600–650	618	390.00	390.00
13	700–750	710	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	344	580.00–602.50	596.81
44	350–400	375	565.00–600.00	589.38
43	400–450	428	520.00–567.50	536.11
43	450–500	466	475.00–500.00	489.86
212	500–550	531	445.00–483.50	464.95
83	550–600	579	410.00–440.00	426.60
21	600–650	615	400.00–410.00	401.90
12	650–700	684	390.00–400.00	397.58
27	800–850	807	325.00–345.00	342.04
6	1200–1250	1,220	233.50	233.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	526	387.50	387.50
4	650–700	663	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	420	455.00–507.00	475.17
36	500–550	526	390.00–420.00	400.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	329	480.00	480.00
21	400–450	410	485.00	485.00
69	450–500	456	445.00–472.50	465.41
52	500–550	518	390.00–430.00	419.55
23	550–600	562	360.00–385.00	381.70
7	650–700	670	361.00	361.00
6	700–750	717	280.00–295.00	287.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	319	425.00–430.00	428.16
16	350–400	363	445.00	445.00
27	400–450	415	420.00–455.00	442.08
49	450–500	455	415.00–440.00	437.38
30	500–550	534	380.00–390.00	382.36
10	550–600	569	357.50	357.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	388	435.00	435.00
22	400–450	420	400.00–430.00	415.59
19	450–500	494	397.50–422.50	402.58
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	400	385.00	385.00

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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