Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-15

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 very good today and included active internet bidding. Supply was heavy and included many yearling load lots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $455.00/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 2 of 12 comparable sales and sits −27.28 against this barn's trailing median of $482.28.

Average price

$455.00

12 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,534

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+5.60

vs IA average

−14.04 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	455.00	2,534	12thin

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 sale12 hd

455.00

—

IA average3 barns · 361 hd

449.40

+5.60

National average176 barns · 29,227 hd

469.04

−14.04

This barn, trailing median12 sales

482.28

−27.28

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

27 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	400–450	430	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,978	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	975	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,901	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,900	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	958	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,826	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,751	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,262	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	382.24/cwt	376.50–387.75	3,165	217
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	396.32/cwt	384.00–400.00	2,469	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	984	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	3,124	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	394	545.70/cwt	530.00–550.00	2,150	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	316	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,343	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	912	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,508	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	552	390.00/cwt	375.00–395.00	2,153	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	397.15/cwt	392.00–402.50	2,701	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	379.90/cwt	377.00–383.00	2,712	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	397.19/cwt	395.00–400.00	2,443	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	349.99/cwt	344.00–360.00	2,723	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	548	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,891	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	622	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,317	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	557	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,534	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	604	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,235	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	381.33/cwt	367.00–388.00	2,589	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	378.73/cwt	373.50–384.50	2,765	219
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	398.39/cwt	392.00–401.75	3,111	236
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	889	364.82/cwt	344.00–368.25	3,243	378
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	3,090	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	445.27/cwt	436.00–454.00	2,703	64

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 15, 2025

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

Receipts 1,578Last week 1,157Year ago 1,032

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	430	460.00	460.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	481	395.00	395.00
39	550–600	564	401.00	401.00
40	600–650	623	384.00–400.00	396.32
48	650–700	679	367.00–388.00	381.33
219	700–750	730	373.50–384.50	378.73
10	750–800	795	346.00	346.00
9	950–1000	958	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	316	425.00	425.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	550–600	552	375.00–395.00	390.00
31	600–650	604	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	548	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	950–1000	975	297.50	297.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	394	530.00–550.00	545.70
64	600–650	607	436.00–454.00	445.27
35	650–700	680	392.00–402.50	397.15
35	700–750	714	377.00–383.00	379.90
236	750–800	781	392.00–401.75	398.39
217	800–850	828	376.50–387.75	382.24
378	850–900	889	344.00–368.25	364.82
7	900–950	917	337.00	337.00
5	950–1000	984	317.50	317.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	615	395.00–400.00	397.19
13	750–800	778	344.00–360.00	349.99
4	900–950	912	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	557	455.00	455.00
9	600–650	622	372.50	372.50

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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