Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers under 700 lbs. sold mostly 4.00 to 17.00 higher, while steers over 700 lbs. sold 4.00 to sharply lower. Heifers under 650 lbs. sold mostly 8.00 to 22.00 higher, while heifers over 650 lbs. sold 8.00 to 16.00 lower. Demand was good today and included internet bidding. Supply was heavy and included mostly seven- and eight-weight steers and six- and seven-weight heifers and offered several load lots.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $438.20/cwt on 131 head, up $37.24 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 13 comparable sales and sits +11.95 against this barn's trailing median of $426.25.

Average price

$438.20

▲ 37.24 vs prior sale

131 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,385

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$246

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

$32.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.46

vs IA average

+16.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	442.69	2,419	113
Medium and Large 1-2	530	410.01	2,173	18thin

One grade step is worth $32.68/cwt here — about $246 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

13 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $450.36, low $394.54, median $426.25 across 13 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 sale131 hd

438.20

—

IA average3 barns · 359 hd

454.65

−16.46

National average167 barns · 11,519 hd

422.17

+16.03

This barn, trailing median13 sales

426.25

+11.95

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

49 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	450–500	493	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,169	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	506	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,454	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	452.05/cwt	445.00–463.00	2,152	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	469.30/cwt	450.00–475.00	2,004	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	410.01/cwt	369.00–427.50	2,173	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,315	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	508	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,565	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	958	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,066	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	530	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,253	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	892	363.55/cwt	361.00–366.00	3,243	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	447	552.50/cwt	552.50–552.50	2,470	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	488	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,501	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	563	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,562	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	412.46/cwt	410.00–420.00	2,867	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	650	426.32/cwt	417.50–427.50	2,771	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	481.86/cwt	450.00–510.00	2,568	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,038	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	3,083	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	603	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,548	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	361.93/cwt	355.00–372.00	2,990	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	490.60/cwt	470.00–499.00	2,870	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	358.16/cwt	345.00–360.00	2,776	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	514.49/cwt	465.00–530.00	2,413	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	402	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,171	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	465.43/cwt	450.00–473.00	2,620	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	507.90/cwt	485.00–520.00	2,174	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,689	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,748	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	326.67/cwt	318.00–327.25	2,659	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,134	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	337.04/cwt	335.00–338.00	2,433	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	336.02/cwt	325.00–360.00	2,308	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	489.81/cwt	470.00–500.00	2,312	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	449.78/cwt	445.00–465.00	2,375	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	414.03/cwt	406.00–430.00	2,410	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	370	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,739	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	412.93/cwt	382.50–427.50	2,511	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	487	460.64/cwt	450.00–462.50	2,243	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	374.47/cwt	364.50–397.00	2,677	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	338.48/cwt	330.50–354.00	2,610	182
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	906	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,818	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	383.94/cwt	377.00–422.50	2,845	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	692	377.55/cwt	350.00–387.00	2,613	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	553.70/cwt	530.00–570.00	2,602	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	446.15/cwt	430.00–463.00	3,016	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	523.99/cwt	512.50–540.00	2,735	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	457.96/cwt	451.00–462.50	2,926	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	574.04/cwt	570.00–580.00	2,411	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	620	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,356	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	886	316.64/cwt	310.00–337.50	2,805	12

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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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
5	450–500	493	440.00	440.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	500–550	506	485.00	485.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	376	465.00	465.00
27	400–450	427	450.00–475.00	469.30
21	450–500	476	445.00–463.00	452.05
18	500–550	530	369.00–427.50	410.01
6	600–650	630	367.50	367.50
22	650–700	687	325.00–360.00	336.02
16	700–750	722	335.00–338.00	337.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	388	550.00	550.00
18	400–450	428	485.00–520.00	507.90
37	450–500	472	470.00–500.00	489.81
35	500–550	528	445.00–465.00	449.78
50	550–600	582	406.00–430.00	414.03
38	600–650	608	382.50–427.50	412.93
101	650–700	692	350.00–387.00	377.55
149	700–750	715	364.50–397.00	374.47
182	750–800	771	330.50–354.00	338.48
77	800–850	814	318.00–327.25	326.67
6	850–900	873	308.00	308.00
64	900–950	906	311.00	311.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	370	470.00	470.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
40	450–500	487	450.00–462.50	460.64
17	600–650	620	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	400–450	447	552.50	552.50
6	450–500	488	512.50	512.50
5	500–550	508	505.00	505.00
24	550–600	563	455.00	455.00
34	650–700	650	417.50–427.50	426.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	420	570.00–580.00	574.04
57	450–500	470	530.00–570.00	553.70
49	500–550	522	512.50–540.00	523.99
76	550–600	585	470.00–499.00	490.60
37	600–650	639	451.00–462.50	457.96
53	650–700	676	430.00–463.00	446.15
81	700–750	741	377.00–422.50	383.94
141	750–800	775	345.00–360.00	358.16
95	800–850	826	355.00–372.00	361.93
123	850–900	892	361.00–366.00	363.55
6	950–1000	958	320.00	320.00
8	1000–1050	1,038	297.00	297.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	530	425.00	425.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	402	540.00	540.00
14	450–500	469	465.00–530.00	514.49
51	500–550	533	450.00–510.00	481.86
12	550–600	563	450.00–473.00	465.43
6	600–650	603	422.50	422.50
16	650–700	695	410.00–420.00	412.46
12	850–900	886	310.00–337.50	316.64

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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