Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steer calves sold mostly 3.00 to 16.00 higher. Today consisted mainly of five- and six-weight heifers that sold sharply higher. Demand was very good today and included active internet bidding. Supply was moderate and just a few load lots of reputation cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $468.88/cwt on 218 head, up $2.03 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 12 comparable sales and sits −13.40 against this barn's trailing median of $482.28.

Average price

$468.88

▲ 2.03 vs prior sale

218 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,645

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$90

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

$17.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.59

vs IA average

−15.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	472.82	2,665	169
Medium and Large 1-2	566	455.31	2,575	49

One grade step is worth $17.51/cwt here — about $90 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 sale218 hd

468.88

—

IA average7 barns · 889 hd

469.47

−0.59

National average63 barns · 7,974 hd

484.10

−15.22

This barn, trailing median12 sales

482.28

−13.40

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

35 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	400–450	431	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,177	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	397	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,124	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	728	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,930	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	282	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,551	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	393	504.98/cwt	502.50–510.00	1,985	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	453.17/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,171	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	590	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,537	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	372	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,046	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	588.01/cwt	565.00–595.00	2,564	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	407	512.00/cwt	512.00–512.00	2,084	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	701	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,629	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	507.18/cwt	485.00–520.00	2,622	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	403.40/cwt	390.00–412.00	2,900	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	467.00/cwt	450.00–486.00	2,676	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	547.08/cwt	545.00–565.00	2,544	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	341.98/cwt	339.75–344.25	2,982	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	435.02/cwt	432.50–446.00	2,741	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,511	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	367.58/cwt	347.00–385.00	2,886	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	421.81/cwt	411.50–427.50	2,826	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	838	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,724	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	413.27/cwt	407.00–424.00	2,389	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	474.92/cwt	467.50–480.00	2,531	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	752	372.57/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,802	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	447.13/cwt	445.00–450.00	1,981	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	397.74/cwt	385.00–402.00	2,502	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,090	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	504	449.40/cwt	435.00–457.50	2,265	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	441.78/cwt	440.00–443.00	2,598	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	318.07/cwt	307.00–341.00	2,475	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	343.67/cwt	342.50–346.00	2,519	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	379.96/cwt	377.50–382.50	2,789	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	345.31/cwt	336.00–361.00	2,376	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	382.51/cwt	374.50–399.00	2,613	219
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	442.19/cwt	440.00–445.00	2,074	9

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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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	431	505.00	505.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	397	535.00	535.00
15	700–750	728	402.50	402.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	282	550.00	550.00
9	350–400	393	502.50–510.00	504.98
38	450–500	479	450.00–470.00	453.17
50	500–550	504	435.00–457.50	449.40
117	550–600	578	407.00–424.00	413.27
93	600–650	629	385.00–402.00	397.74
219	650–700	683	374.50–399.00	382.51
40	700–750	734	377.50–382.50	379.96
39	750–800	752	370.00–375.00	372.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	443	445.00–450.00	447.13
9	450–500	469	440.00–445.00	442.19
8	650–700	688	336.00–361.00	345.31
21	700–750	733	342.50–346.00	343.67
18	750–800	778	307.00–341.00	318.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	372	550.00	550.00
6	550–600	590	430.00	430.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	436	565.00–595.00	588.01
28	450–500	465	545.00–565.00	547.08
30	500–550	517	485.00–520.00	507.18
133	550–600	573	450.00–486.00	467.00
76	600–650	630	432.50–446.00	435.02
99	650–700	670	411.50–427.50	421.81
186	700–750	719	390.00–412.00	403.40
107	750–800	785	347.00–385.00	367.58
108	850–900	872	339.75–344.25	341.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	380	550.00	550.00
4	400–450	407	512.00	512.00
20	500–550	533	467.50–480.00	474.92
29	550–600	588	440.00–443.00	441.78
5	600–650	620	405.00	405.00
25	700–750	701	375.00	375.00
10	800–850	838	325.00	325.00

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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