Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Last reported sale was more than four weeks ago, therefore a market trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to good today with active internet bidding. Supply was heavy and comprised of several load lots. Three consignors brought nearly 700 head of cattle today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $466.85/cwt on 227 head. That ranks 3 of 12 comparable sales and sits −15.44 against this barn's trailing median of $482.28.

Average price

$466.85

227 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,641

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$315

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

$33.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.08

vs IA average

−5.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	572	474.61	2,716	174
Medium and Large 1-2	544	441.35	2,401	53

One grade step is worth $33.26/cwt here — about $315 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 sale227 hd

466.85

—

IA average9 barns · 1,953 hd

466.77

+0.08

National average187 barns · 29,067 hd

471.98

−5.13

This barn, trailing median12 sales

482.28

−15.44

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

41 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,269	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	452	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,079	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	659	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,577	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	710	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	3,018	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	360.05/cwt	354.00–370.00	2,466	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	449	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,796	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	801	361.50/cwt	361.50–361.50	2,896	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	388	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,959	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	772	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,540	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	556	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,196	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,567	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	472.10/cwt	460.00–485.00	2,290	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	351.58/cwt	320.00–353.00	3,115	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	548.00/cwt	535.00–555.00	2,334	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	792	359.99/cwt	356.50–362.25	2,851	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	432.25/cwt	425.00–455.00	2,438	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	491.41/cwt	486.00–498.00	2,678	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	412.16/cwt	389.00–426.00	2,770	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,600	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	953	328.75/cwt	328.75–328.75	3,133	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	377.47/cwt	360.00–390.00	2,318	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	637	328.40/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,092	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	338.96/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,468	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	387.14/cwt	363.00–396.00	2,795	327
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	431.78/cwt	426.50–438.00	2,686	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	469.27/cwt	457.00–485.00	2,726	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,067	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	3,340	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,131	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	461.98/cwt	450.00–465.00	2,421	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,710	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,965	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	389.34/cwt	385.00–397.00	2,414	166
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	747	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,278	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	383.05/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,800	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	428.82/cwt	405.00–435.00	2,033	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,148	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	400.15/cwt	387.50–407.50	2,133	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,617	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	363.22/cwt	340.00–370.00	2,070	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	396.92/cwt	395.00–398.00	2,338	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	702	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,422	61

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 Jan 14, 2026

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

Receipts 2,235Last week 1,031Year ago 2,790

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	744	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	452	460.00	460.00
23	650–700	659	391.00	391.00
15	700–750	710	425.00	425.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	385	420.00	420.00
42	450–500	474	405.00–435.00	428.82
140	500–550	533	387.50–407.50	400.15
25	550–600	589	395.00–398.00	396.92
166	600–650	620	385.00–397.00	389.34
18	650–700	685	354.00–370.00	360.05
61	700–750	702	345.00	345.00
44	750–800	790	343.00	343.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	449	400.00	400.00
10	450–500	470	380.00–390.00	383.05
27	550–600	570	340.00–370.00	363.22
8	600–650	634	310.00	310.00
7	650–700	661	325.00	325.00
4	750–800	775	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	637	320.00–335.00	328.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
31	700–750	747	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	426	535.00–555.00	548.00
9	450–500	486	535.00	535.00
42	500–550	545	486.00–498.00	491.41
132	550–600	581	457.00–485.00	469.27
78	600–650	622	426.50–438.00	431.78
148	650–700	672	389.00–426.00	412.16
327	700–750	722	363.00–396.00	387.14
188	750–800	792	356.50–362.25	359.99
58	800–850	801	361.50	361.50
68	850–900	886	320.00–353.00	351.58
62	950–1000	953	328.75	328.75
48	1050–1100	1,067	313.00	313.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	388	505.00	505.00
28	750–800	772	329.00	329.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	556	395.00	395.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	450–500	485	460.00–485.00	472.10
25	500–550	524	450.00–465.00	461.98
21	550–600	564	425.00–455.00	432.25
19	600–650	614	360.00–390.00	377.47
10	650–700	671	382.50	382.50
19	700–750	728	330.00–350.00	338.96

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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