Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers less than 750 lbs. sold steady to 20.00 lower, while steers heavier than 750 lbs. sold 10.00 to 20.00 higher. Heifers sold mostly 15.00 22.. higher. Demand was good today and included internet bidding. Supply was moderate and included several smaller packages and only a couple load lots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $479.54/cwt on 42 head, up $26.92 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 12 comparable sales and sits −2.75 against this barn's trailing median of $482.28.

Average price

$479.54

▲ 26.92 vs prior sale

42 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,662

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−6.00

vs IA average

+1.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	479.54	2,662	42

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale42 hd

479.54

—

IA average5 barns · 439 hd

485.54

−6.00

National average173 barns · 11,948 hd

478.09

+1.45

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

30 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	382	534.59/cwt	530.00–550.00	2,042	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	703	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,425	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	375.81/cwt	369.00–395.00	2,725	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	2,872	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	554	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,244	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	846	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,686	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	792	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,740	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	458.65/cwt	455.00–461.00	2,243	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	326	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	2,021	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	357	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,892	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	410	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,948	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	450.81/cwt	437.50–458.50	2,818	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,486	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	469.00/cwt	469.00–469.00	2,734	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	488.24/cwt	475.00–493.00	2,597	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	533.07/cwt	525.00–550.00	2,553	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	475	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,173	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,892	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	261	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	1,670	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,019	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,730	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	856	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,825	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	339.56/cwt	319.00–342.25	3,138	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	370.32/cwt	356.00–375.50	3,026	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,475	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	443.41/cwt	427.50–450.00	2,505	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	358.56/cwt	348.00–361.75	2,614	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	603	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,201	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	396.56/cwt	390.00–403.00	2,304	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	344	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,858	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
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	326	620.00	620.00
12	350–400	382	530.00–550.00	534.59
4	450–500	475	457.50	457.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	703	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	448	555.00	555.00
24	450–500	479	525.00–550.00	533.07
23	500–550	532	475.00–493.00	488.24
19	550–600	583	469.00	469.00
64	600–650	625	437.50–458.50	450.81
28	650–700	671	428.00	428.00
25	700–750	725	369.00–395.00	375.81
32	750–800	767	377.00	377.00
82	800–850	817	356.00–375.50	370.32
73	900–950	924	319.00–342.25	339.56
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	850–900	856	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	357	530.00	530.00
6	400–450	410	475.00	475.00
6	550–600	554	405.00	405.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	392	515.00	515.00
15	450–500	489	455.00–461.00	458.65
59	550–600	565	427.50–450.00	443.41
20	650–700	678	365.00	365.00
98	700–750	729	348.00–361.75	358.56
12	750–800	792	346.00	346.00
7	800–850	846	317.50	317.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	261	640.00	640.00
14	300–350	344	540.00	540.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	376	460.00	460.00
8	550–600	581	390.00–403.00	396.56
6	600–650	603	365.00	365.00

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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