Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today was the Annual Back to Grass Special Calf Sale. Compared to the sale one week ago, steers and heifers both sold with a higher undertone noted, although not well compared. Demand was very good today, especially for cattle under 550 lbs., and included internet bidding. Supply was moderate to heavy and included several smaller packages and only a couple load lots, although three consignors brought 350 head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $511.35/cwt on 485 head, up $31.81 from the prior sale. That ranks 11 of 12 comparable sales and sits +29.06 against this barn's trailing median of $482.28.

Average price

$511.35

▲ 31.81 vs prior sale

485 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,777

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$164

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

$32.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.18

vs IA average

+28.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	515.30	2,797	426
Medium and Large 1-2	545	482.85	2,633	59

One grade step is worth $32.45/cwt here — about $164 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale485 hd

511.35

—

IA average3 barns · 632 hd

507.17

+4.18

National average169 barns · 10,003 hd

483.18

+28.17

This barn, trailing median12 sales

482.28

+29.06

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

52 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	700–750	742	346.12/cwt	342.50–351.00	2,568	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	341	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,978	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,153	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	387	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,283	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	544	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,720	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,834	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	684	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,822	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	629	432.66/cwt	425.00–460.00	2,721	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	365.22/cwt	360.00–372.50	2,841	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	631.09/cwt	620.00–645.00	2,127	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	467.01/cwt	462.50–470.00	2,671	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	543	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,335	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	465	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,511	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	634.97/cwt	600.00–640.00	2,483	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	452.03/cwt	435.00–461.00	2,816	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	496	544.07/cwt	540.00–547.50	2,699	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	584.90/cwt	570.00–607.50	2,515	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	432.75/cwt	430.00–435.00	2,938	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	293	674.35/cwt	670.00–680.00	1,976	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	494.49/cwt	478.00–520.00	2,799	181
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	493.82/cwt	480.00–505.00	2,637	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	420	493.41/cwt	475.00–515.00	2,072	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	510	571.00/cwt	571.00–571.00	2,912	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	632.26/cwt	600.00–650.00	2,649	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	803	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,867	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	555.61/cwt	530.00–580.00	2,061	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	326	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	1,989	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	374.06/cwt	355.00–380.00	2,338	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	423	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,925	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	570.74/cwt	552.50–596.00	2,745	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	531.71/cwt	521.00–550.00	2,770	165
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	623	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,352	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	486	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,211	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	509.17/cwt	487.50–530.00	2,393	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	513.63/cwt	480.00–545.00	1,942	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	578	464.89/cwt	457.50–477.50	2,687	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,605	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	531	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,283	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	370	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,684	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,311	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	291	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	1,862	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	561	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,328	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	463.00/cwt	440.00–477.50	2,412	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	366.41/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,451	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	458.74/cwt	430.00–480.00	2,188	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	427.83/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,297	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	547.53/cwt	527.50–560.00	2,305	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	574.48/cwt	540.00–590.00	2,131	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	428.52/cwt	397.50–442.50	2,404	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	843	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,689	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	506	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,479	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,478	4

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.

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	291	640.00	640.00
9	300–350	341	580.00	580.00
38	350–400	371	540.00–590.00	574.48
95	400–450	421	527.50–560.00	547.53
101	450–500	470	487.50–530.00	509.17
126	500–550	521	440.00–477.50	463.00
66	550–600	561	397.50–442.50	428.52
14	600–650	625	355.00–380.00	374.06
11	650–700	669	360.00–370.00	366.41
7	700–750	742	342.50–351.00	346.12
4	800–850	843	319.00	319.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	378	480.00–545.00	513.63
5	400–450	410	525.00	525.00
26	450–500	477	430.00–480.00	458.74
37	500–550	537	420.00–435.00	427.83
8	550–600	585	395.00	395.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	455.00	455.00
11	400–450	420	475.00–515.00	493.41
16	450–500	486	455.00	455.00
9	500–550	531	430.00	430.00
11	550–600	561	415.00	415.00
5	600–650	623	377.50	377.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	423	455.00	455.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	506	490.00	490.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	387	590.00	590.00
3	450–500	465	540.00	540.00
12	500–550	544	500.00	500.00
24	550–600	578	457.50–477.50	464.89
19	600–650	629	425.00–460.00	432.66
4	650–700	684	412.50	412.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	250–300	293	670.00–680.00	674.35
9	300–350	337	620.00–645.00	631.09
36	350–400	391	600.00–640.00	634.97
74	400–450	419	600.00–650.00	632.26
128	450–500	481	552.50–596.00	570.74
165	500–550	521	521.00–550.00	531.71
181	550–600	566	478.00–520.00	494.49
37	600–650	623	435.00–461.00	452.03
9	650–700	679	430.00–435.00	432.75
8	700–750	741	382.50	382.50
7	750–800	778	360.00–372.50	365.22
4	800–850	803	357.00	357.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	326	610.00	610.00
6	350–400	371	530.00–580.00	555.61
18	400–450	430	570.00–607.50	584.90
11	450–500	496	540.00–547.50	544.07
39	500–550	534	480.00–505.00	493.82
17	550–600	572	462.50–470.00	467.01
5	600–650	613	425.00	425.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	543	430.00	430.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
44	500–550	510	571.00	571.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	800–850	826	300.00	300.00

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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