Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today was the Annual All Yearling Special Sale at the Bloomfield Auction. 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 and included internet bidding. Supply was heavy and included mostly seven- and eight-weight steers and heifers and several load lots. Four consignors brought nearly 700 head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $472.22/cwt on 9 head, down $39.13 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 12 comparable sales and sits −10.06 against this barn's trailing median of $482.28.

Average price

$472.22

▼ 39.13 vs prior sale

9 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,470

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$83

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

$40.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.87

vs IA average

−18.61 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	511	490.00	2,504	5thin
Medium and Large 1-2	538	450.00	2,421	4thin

One grade step is worth $40.00/cwt here — about $83 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 sale9 hd

472.22

—

IA average3 barns · 196 hd

490.09

−17.87

National average167 barns · 10,529 hd

490.83

−18.61

This barn, trailing median12 sales

482.28

−10.06

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

32 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 1	1050–1100	1,055	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	3,271	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	362.79/cwt	359.00–370.00	2,841	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	950–1000	964	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	3,200	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,371	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,344	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,189	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	391.15/cwt	387.50–395.00	2,406	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	405.97/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,351	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	367.56/cwt	354.00–378.00	3,238	242
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,421	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,504	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	379.07/cwt	364.00–388.00	3,135	465
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	399.80/cwt	395.00–412.50	2,839	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	395.83/cwt	383.00–400.00	3,044	205
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	393.33/cwt	386.50–395.00	2,679	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,797	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	429.20/cwt	418.00–442.00	2,919	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	902	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	3,238	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	453.87/cwt	435.00–465.00	2,819	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,452	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	743	352.04/cwt	352.00–352.50	2,616	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	382.68/cwt	365.50–391.00	2,740	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	845	348.50/cwt	348.50–348.50	2,945	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	980	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	3,165	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	354.92/cwt	347.00–358.50	2,744	258
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	340.59/cwt	335.50–348.00	2,793	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,196	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,350	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	407.88/cwt	395.00–420.00	2,525	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	3,062	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	798	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,733	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,290	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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Bloomfield Livestock Feeder Cattle - Bloomfield, IA

Wed Apr 8, 2026

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

Receipts 2,011Last week 1,713Year ago 1,839

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	488	502.50	502.50
5	500–550	511	490.00	490.00
51	600–650	621	435.00–465.00	453.87
56	650–700	680	418.00–442.00	429.20
29	700–750	710	395.00–412.50	399.80
205	750–800	769	383.00–400.00	395.83
465	800–850	827	364.00–388.00	379.07
242	850–900	881	354.00–378.00	367.56
57	900–950	902	359.00	359.00
38	950–1000	980	323.00	323.00
13	1050–1100	1,055	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	538	450.00	450.00
11	600–650	619	395.00–420.00	407.88
14	750–800	783	359.00–370.00	362.79
11	800–850	845	348.50	348.50
23	850–900	880	348.00	348.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	950–1000	964	332.00	332.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	413	530.00	530.00
5	450–500	479	495.00	495.00
5	500–550	545	430.00	430.00
17	550–600	579	400.00–410.00	405.97
15	600–650	615	387.50–395.00	391.15
85	650–700	681	386.50–395.00	393.33
163	700–750	716	365.50–391.00	382.68
258	750–800	773	347.00–358.50	354.92
24	800–850	820	335.50–348.00	340.59
21	850–900	885	316.00	316.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	578	380.00	380.00
4	600–650	636	360.00	360.00
10	650–700	660	356.00	356.00
54	700–750	743	352.00–352.50	352.04
8	750–800	798	342.50	342.50

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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