Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steer calves sold mostly 10.00 to 17.00 higher. Heifers under 650 lbs. sold 16.00 and 17.00 higher, while heifers over 650 lbs. sold mostly 2.00 to 9.00 lower. Demand was very good today and included active internet bidding. Supply was heavy and included nearly 750 head from two consignors. There were several load lots of reputation cattle today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $488.36/cwt on 123 head, up $19.47 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 12 comparable sales and sits +6.07 against this barn's trailing median of $482.28.

Average price

$488.36

▲ 19.47 vs prior sale

123 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,748

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$528

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

$99.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.86

vs IA average

+9.97 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	496.45	2,791	113
Medium and Large 1-2	570	396.94	2,263	10thin

One grade step is worth $99.51/cwt here — about $528 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 sale123 hd

488.36

—

IA average6 barns · 752 hd

486.49

+1.86

National average184 barns · 16,706 hd

478.39

+9.97

This barn, trailing median12 sales

482.28

+6.07

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	380.25/cwt	365.00–402.50	2,586	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	365.98/cwt	365.00–370.00	3,074	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	366.99/cwt	359.00–375.00	2,334	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	437.34/cwt	405.00–460.00	2,104	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	388.29/cwt	352.50–430.00	2,042	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,700	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	471.64/cwt	450.00–483.00	2,872	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	491	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,529	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	575	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	2,657	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	577.91/cwt	560.00–590.00	2,682	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	931	277.45/cwt	250.00–300.00	2,583	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	378.15/cwt	369.00–389.00	2,950	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	2,493	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,453	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,035	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	3,002	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	396.94/cwt	395.00–400.00	2,263	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,015	321.42/cwt	320.00–327.00	3,262	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	358.68/cwt	358.00–361.00	3,088	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	831	340.00/cwt	336.00–343.00	2,825	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	478.93/cwt	467.50–492.50	2,787	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	346.50/cwt	346.50–346.50	2,367	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	333.87/cwt	331.00–336.00	3,105	230
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	351.22/cwt	349.50–357.50	2,757	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	360.48/cwt	354.00–367.50	3,010	280
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	521.93/cwt	497.50–545.00	2,798	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	413.05/cwt	382.50–421.00	2,949	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	516.81/cwt	510.00–530.00	2,517	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,950	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	428.96/cwt	425.00–440.00	2,707	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	430.30/cwt	413.00–450.00	2,470	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	452.56/cwt	444.00–462.50	2,399	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	496.65/cwt	480.00–520.00	2,349	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	409	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,250	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	357.82/cwt	325.00–386.00	2,387	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	436.60/cwt	413.00–452.50	2,934	242
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	846	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,673	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	572.99/cwt	560.00–610.00	2,246	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	336.36/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,607	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	854	354.16/cwt	323.00–357.50	3,025	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	371.00/cwt	358.50–380.00	2,660	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	413.74/cwt	392.50–432.50	2,540	98

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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Receipts 2,588Last week 1,708Year ago 1,976

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	392	560.00–610.00	572.99
25	450–500	473	480.00–520.00	496.65
17	500–550	530	444.00–462.50	452.56
124	550–600	574	413.00–450.00	430.30
98	600–650	614	392.50–432.50	413.74
87	650–700	680	365.00–402.50	380.25
85	700–750	717	358.50–380.00	371.00
120	750–800	765	353.00	353.00
92	800–850	840	365.00–370.00	365.98
53	850–900	854	323.00–357.50	354.16
12	900–950	919	321.00	321.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	481	405.00–460.00	437.34
25	500–550	526	352.50–430.00	388.29
14	600–650	636	359.00–375.00	366.99
60	650–700	667	325.00–386.00	357.82
16	750–800	775	325.00–340.00	336.36
5	800–850	846	316.00	316.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	409	550.00	550.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	419	595.00	595.00
19	450–500	464	560.00–590.00	577.91
48	500–550	536	497.50–545.00	521.93
60	550–600	582	467.50–492.50	478.93
76	600–650	609	450.00–483.00	471.64
242	650–700	672	413.00–452.50	436.60
168	700–750	714	382.50–421.00	413.05
157	750–800	780	369.00–389.00	378.15
280	800–850	835	354.00–367.50	360.48
83	850–900	861	358.00–361.00	358.68
230	900–950	930	331.00–336.00	333.87
65	1000–1050	1,015	320.00–327.00	321.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	491	515.00	515.00
5	550–600	575	462.00	462.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	438	560.00	560.00
9	450–500	487	510.00–530.00	516.81
10	550–600	570	395.00–400.00	396.94
11	600–650	631	425.00–440.00	428.96
9	650–700	683	346.50	346.50
14	750–800	785	349.50–357.50	351.22
14	800–850	831	336.00–343.00	340.00
9	900–950	931	250.00–300.00	277.45
4	1000–1050	1,035	290.00	290.00

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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