Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today was the Annual Special Thanksgiving Calf Sale. Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers under 800 lbs. sold sharply higher, although they were not well compared. Steers 800 lbs. and heavier sold mostly lower. Heifers under 650 lbs. sold sharply higher, although not well compared, while 650 to 700 lb. heifers sold 5.00 higher. Demand was good today. Supply was heavy and comprised of several load lots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $424.79/cwt on 219 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −57.49 against this barn's trailing median of $482.28.

Average price

$424.79

219 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,335

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$259

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

$43.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.62

vs IA average

−4.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	431.80	2,377	184
Medium and Large 1-2	546	387.99	2,118	35

One grade step is worth $43.81/cwt here — about $259 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale219 hd

424.79

—

IA average2 barns · 305 hd

422.17

+2.62

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

−4.36

This barn, trailing median12 sales

482.28

−57.49

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

45 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 1-2	350–400	375	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,481	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	476.06/cwt	465.00–502.50	2,276	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	380.43/cwt	353.00–390.50	2,568	291
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	389.55/cwt	380.00–408.00	2,435	357
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,743	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	284.68/cwt	284.50–285.00	2,201	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	392.59/cwt	375.00–415.00	2,234	200
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	410.90/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,960	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	371	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,651	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	324.37/cwt	318.50–329.00	2,689	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	355.78/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,583	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	352.67/cwt	326.00–356.50	2,712	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	635	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,254	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	546	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,282	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	455	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,048	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	410.64/cwt	390.00–425.00	2,139	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,395	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,375	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,101	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	553	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,046	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	565	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,444	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	517	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,197	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	368.86/cwt	355.00–374.00	2,324	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,435	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	646	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,410	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,426	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	434.79/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,822	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	393.46/cwt	390.00–410.00	2,066	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	534	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,762	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	319.86/cwt	275.00–335.00	2,143	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	368.01/cwt	350.00–375.00	2,495	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	370.64/cwt	356.00–385.00	2,302	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	511.95/cwt	510.00–515.00	2,119	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	370.36/cwt	350.00–379.00	1,918	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	341	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,398	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	586	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,212	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	421.12/cwt	405.00–440.00	2,388	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,745	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	455.10/cwt	435.00–465.00	2,367	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,172	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	357.87/cwt	300.00–372.50	1,761	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	450.15/cwt	435.00–455.00	2,215	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	337	427.41/cwt	420.00–435.00	1,440	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,737	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	338.26/cwt	290.00–348.00	2,161	151

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 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	375	395.00	395.00
4	400–450	416	417.50	417.50
31	450–500	492	300.00–372.50	357.87
57	500–550	518	350.00–379.00	370.36
26	550–600	591	367.50	367.50
151	600–650	639	290.00–348.00	338.26
23	650–700	670	275.00–335.00	319.86
53	750–800	773	284.50–285.00	284.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	310	450.00	450.00
47	400–450	419	420.00–450.00	434.79
63	450–500	477	400.00–440.00	410.90
60	500–550	521	390.00–425.00	410.64
200	550–600	569	375.00–415.00	392.59
171	600–650	621	356.00–385.00	370.64
91	650–700	678	350.00–375.00	368.01
10	800–850	806	301.00	301.00
5	900–950	924	257.00	257.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	371	445.00	445.00
7	600–650	635	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	553	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	517	425.00	425.00
13	550–600	565	432.50	432.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	534	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	414	510.00–515.00	511.95
60	450–500	478	465.00–502.50	476.06
59	500–550	520	435.00–465.00	455.10
112	550–600	567	405.00–440.00	421.12
357	600–650	625	380.00–408.00	389.55
291	650–700	675	353.00–390.50	380.43
168	700–750	726	340.00–365.00	355.78
133	750–800	769	326.00–356.50	352.67
78	800–850	829	318.50–329.00	324.37
29	850–900	855	321.00	321.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	337	420.00–435.00	427.41
4	400–450	425	410.00	410.00
36	450–500	492	435.00–455.00	450.15
23	500–550	525	390.00–410.00	393.46
11	600–650	630	355.00–374.00	368.86
14	650–700	686	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	455	450.00	450.00
13	500–550	546	418.00	418.00
14	600–650	646	373.00	373.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	341	410.00	410.00
12	550–600	586	377.50	377.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	483	435.00	435.00

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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