Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers mostly sold steady to 12.00 higher. Heifers sold mostly steady to 10.00 higher. Demand was good today and included internet bidding. Supply was moderate and included a few load lots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $485.03/cwt on 116 head, down $3.32 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 12 comparable sales and sits +2.75 against this barn's trailing median of $482.28.

Average price

$485.03

▼ 3.32 vs prior sale

116 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,740

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$131

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

$47.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.94

vs IA average

−1.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	500.85	2,781	77
Medium and Large 1-2	584	453.81	2,650	39

One grade step is worth $47.04/cwt here — about $131 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 sale116 hd

485.03

—

IA average6 barns · 512 hd

472.10

+12.94

National average172 barns · 11,832 hd

487.02

−1.99

This barn, trailing median12 sales

482.28

+2.75

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

36 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	800–850	839	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,811	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	1,941	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,111	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	452	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,576	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	727	419.39/cwt	397.50–430.00	3,049	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	682	423.07/cwt	420.00–431.00	2,885	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	372.67/cwt	359.00–378.00	3,075	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	416.44/cwt	402.50–424.50	2,953	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	536.58/cwt	520.00–547.50	2,506	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	356.47/cwt	354.25–362.50	3,087	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	472.90/cwt	465.00–484.00	2,889	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	449	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,492	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	384.64/cwt	372.00–394.00	2,981	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,731	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	480.67/cwt	450.00–505.00	2,206	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	808	343.58/cwt	327.50–350.50	2,776	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	937	321.79/cwt	314.00–340.50	3,015	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	425.03/cwt	417.50–435.00	2,860	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,914	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	385.96/cwt	367.50–396.00	2,601	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	370.27/cwt	370.00–372.50	2,714	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	453.81/cwt	449.00–470.00	2,650	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	487.71/cwt	485.00–500.00	2,809	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	513.65/cwt	507.50–525.00	2,748	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,061	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	349.14/cwt	346.00–360.00	2,521	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	406.86/cwt	395.00–410.00	2,421	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	697	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,502	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	757	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,347	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	405.00/cwt	390.00–417.00	2,560	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	449.18/cwt	435.00–460.00	2,309	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	506.55/cwt	497.50–515.00	2,462	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	438.55/cwt	425.00–449.00	2,478	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,804	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	607	358.72/cwt	345.00–372.50	2,177	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,020	7

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 Feb 25, 2026

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

Receipts 1,377Last week 2,588Year ago 1,164

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	313	620.00	620.00
6	350–400	364	580.00	580.00
18	450–500	486	497.50–515.00	506.55
14	500–550	514	435.00–460.00	449.18
32	550–600	565	425.00–449.00	438.55
88	600–650	632	390.00–417.00	405.00
60	650–700	674	367.50–396.00	385.96
83	700–750	733	370.00–372.50	370.27
35	750–800	757	385.00	385.00
13	800–850	839	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	452	570.00	570.00
46	650–700	682	420.00–431.00	423.07
40	700–750	727	397.50–430.00	419.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	410	440.00	440.00
10	450–500	458	450.00	450.00
7	500–550	505	400.00	400.00
57	550–600	595	395.00–410.00	406.86
6	600–650	607	345.00–372.50	358.72
4	650–700	697	359.00	359.00
39	700–750	722	346.00–360.00	349.14
4	750–800	757	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	449	555.00	555.00
38	450–500	467	520.00–547.50	536.58
39	500–550	535	507.50–525.00	513.65
38	550–600	576	485.00–500.00	487.71
74	600–650	611	465.00–484.00	472.90
22	650–700	673	417.50–435.00	425.03
109	700–750	709	402.50–424.50	416.44
53	750–800	775	372.00–394.00	384.64
106	800–850	825	359.00–378.00	372.67
62	850–900	866	354.25–362.50	356.47
20	900–950	937	314.00–340.50	321.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	459	450.00–505.00	480.67
39	550–600	584	449.00–470.00	453.81
4	650–700	666	410.00	410.00
10	800–850	808	327.50–350.50	343.58

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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