Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale a week ago, steers sold mostly steady to 16.00 higher. Heifers sold 4.00 to 19.00 lower, although not well compared. Demand was good today and included internet bidding. Supply was moderate and comprised mainly of smaller packages and just a handful of load lots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $416.20/cwt on 72 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −66.08 against this barn's trailing median of $482.28.

Average price

$416.20

72 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,367

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$445

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

$57.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.50

vs IA average

−14.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	420.21	2,399	67
Medium and Large 1-2	539	362.50	1,954	5thin

One grade step is worth $57.71/cwt here — about $445 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 sale72 hd

416.20

—

IA average10 barns · 1,895 hd

434.71

−18.50

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

−14.43

This barn, trailing median12 sales

482.28

−66.08

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

39 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	300–350	320	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,744	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	774	378.44/cwt	360.00–385.00	2,929	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	990	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,485	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	387.17/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,858	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,705	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	349.07/cwt	346.50–360.00	2,346	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	373	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,921	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	539	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,954	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,272	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,038	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	404.64/cwt	400.00–407.00	2,452	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	337.16/cwt	315.00–344.00	2,940	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	601	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,452	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	784	311.76/cwt	305.00–316.00	2,444	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	714	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,392	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	719	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,283	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	847	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,804	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	356.12/cwt	356.00–356.50	2,571	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	895	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,685	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	420.82/cwt	410.00–427.00	2,420	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	535	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,220	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	365.61/cwt	359.00–385.00	1,898	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	330.81/cwt	330.00–332.50	2,051	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	791	303.50/cwt	303.50–303.50	2,401	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	946	324.75/cwt	324.75–324.75	3,072	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,194	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,733	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	388.55/cwt	360.00–397.00	2,184	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	304.90/cwt	302.00–305.50	2,506	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	337.25/cwt	337.25–337.25	2,614	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	350.06/cwt	348.00–350.25	2,636	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,535	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,011	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,689	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	337.62/cwt	317.00–338.75	2,465	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,141	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	404.61/cwt	400.00–407.50	1,728	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,496	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	330	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,403	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	677	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,302	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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USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Receipts 1,031Last week 2,766Year ago 2,068

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	320	545.00	545.00
54	750–800	774	360.00–385.00	378.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	392	435.00	435.00
10	400–450	427	400.00–407.50	404.61
9	450–500	480	385.00–390.00	387.17
15	500–550	519	359.00–385.00	365.61
46	550–600	562	360.00–397.00	388.55
5	600–650	603	355.00	355.00
32	650–700	672	346.50–360.00	349.07
74	700–750	730	317.00–338.75	337.62
61	750–800	775	337.25	337.25
53	800–850	822	302.00–305.50	304.90
20	850–900	868	287.50	287.50
7	950–1000	990	251.00	251.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	330	425.00	425.00
5	650–700	677	340.00	340.00
18	700–750	719	317.50	317.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	620	330.00–332.50	330.81
9	750–800	791	303.50	303.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	373	515.00	515.00
7	500–550	535	415.00	415.00
11	600–650	601	408.00	408.00
5	700–750	714	335.00	335.00
26	750–800	784	305.00–316.00	311.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	539	362.50	362.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	443	460.00	460.00
5	700–750	733	310.00	310.00
11	850–900	895	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	327	530.00	530.00
11	400–450	414	530.00	530.00
60	550–600	575	410.00–427.00	420.82
18	600–650	606	400.00–407.00	404.64
9	650–700	676	375.00	375.00
47	700–750	722	356.00–356.50	356.12
49	750–800	753	348.00–350.25	350.06
18	800–850	847	331.00	331.00
86	850–900	872	315.00–344.00	337.16
60	900–950	946	324.75	324.75
9	1000–1050	1,011	266.00	266.00

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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