Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers mostly sold 8.00 to 22.00 lower. Heifers sold with a lower undertone noted, although not well compared. Demand was good today and included internet bidding. Supply was moderate and included mostly smaller packages except one consignor who brought 143 head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $452.62/cwt on 27 head, down $32.42 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −29.67 against this barn's trailing median of $482.28.

Average price

$452.62

▼ 32.42 vs prior sale

27 head · 576 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,608

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$197

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

$28.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.17

vs IA average

−19.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	581	470.37	2,733	10thin
Medium and Large 1-2	573	442.18	2,536	17thin

One grade step is worth $28.19/cwt here — about $197 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale27 hd

452.62

—

IA average5 barns · 354 hd

474.79

−22.17

National average178 barns · 10,669 hd

472.20

−19.58

This barn, trailing median12 sales

482.28

−29.67

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	760	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,432	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	525	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,192	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	719	435.50/cwt	435.50–435.50	3,131	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,167	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,482	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	432.38/cwt	425.00–440.00	2,093	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	2,329	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	2,308	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	934	308.97/cwt	300.00–327.00	2,886	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	470.37/cwt	456.00–480.00	2,733	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	395.39/cwt	387.50–412.50	2,843	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	620	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,434	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	430.11/cwt	414.00–445.00	2,843	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	366.86/cwt	360.00–370.50	2,887	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	464.67/cwt	455.00–469.00	2,876	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,407	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,632	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	342.96/cwt	322.50–346.25	2,997	268
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	343.91/cwt	336.00–347.50	2,500	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	380.83/cwt	370.00–392.50	2,559	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,589	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	394.85/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,665	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	365.58/cwt	365.00–370.00	2,639	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	350.29/cwt	331.00–360.50	2,907	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	309.48/cwt	295.00–322.50	2,238	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	419.52/cwt	410.00–427.50	2,555	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	405.24/cwt	402.50–410.00	2,176	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	458	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,061	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	560	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,044	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	621	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,003	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,991	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	421.64/cwt	415.00–430.00	2,441	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	834	311.27/cwt	310.00–312.00	2,596	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	337.24/cwt	325.00–350.00	2,263	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	369.49/cwt	325.00–385.00	2,132	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	338.19/cwt	315.00–347.50	2,093	14

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 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	525	417.50	417.50
4	750–800	760	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
48	700–750	719	435.50	435.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	484	425.00–440.00	432.38
3	500–550	535	405.00	405.00
18	550–600	579	415.00–430.00	421.64
25	600–650	609	410.00–427.50	419.52
57	650–700	672	370.00–392.50	380.83
36	700–750	727	336.00–347.50	343.91
5	750–800	766	324.00	324.00
10	850–900	877	341.00	341.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	537	402.50–410.00	405.24
12	550–600	577	325.00–385.00	369.49
14	600–650	619	315.00–347.50	338.19
10	650–700	671	325.00–350.00	337.24
15	700–750	723	295.00–322.50	309.48
8	800–850	834	310.00–312.00	311.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	458	450.00	450.00
7	550–600	560	365.00	365.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	621	322.50	322.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	446	517.50	517.50
4	450–500	450	517.50	517.50
10	550–600	581	456.00–480.00	470.37
68	600–650	619	455.00–469.00	464.67
53	650–700	661	414.00–445.00	430.11
34	700–750	719	387.50–412.50	395.39
65	750–800	787	360.00–370.50	366.86
48	800–850	830	331.00–360.50	350.29
268	850–900	874	322.50–346.25	342.96
9	900–950	934	300.00–327.00	308.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	620	392.50	392.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	541	445.00	445.00
12	550–600	587	441.00	441.00
23	650–700	675	380.00–400.00	394.85
34	700–750	722	365.00–370.00	365.58
5	750–800	774	340.00	340.00

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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