Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, a light volume of steers under 550 lbs. sold with a higher undertone noted and steers over 550 lbs. sold with a lower undertone although not well compared. Heifers sold with a lower undertone noted although not well compared. Demand was moderate today and included internet bidding. Supply was moderate and offered only a couple load lots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $513.77/cwt on 150 head, up $12.42 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 12 comparable sales and sits +31.48 against this barn's trailing median of $482.28.

Average price

$513.77

▲ 12.42 vs prior sale

150 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,783

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$265

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

$56.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.13

vs IA average

+39.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	527.99	2,849	112
Medium and Large 1-2	548	471.85	2,584	38

One grade step is worth $56.14/cwt here — about $265 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 sale150 hd

513.77

—

IA average5 barns · 993 hd

497.63

+16.13

National average171 barns · 13,387 hd

474.48

+39.29

This barn, trailing median12 sales

482.28

+31.48

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

40 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 1Unweaned	450–500	471	457.89/cwt	456.00–460.00	2,157	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	459.75/cwt	430.00–470.00	2,607	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	485.29/cwt	455.00–517.50	2,553	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	646	431.35/cwt	430.00–435.00	2,787	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	524.94/cwt	520.00–530.00	2,520	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	427.36/cwt	414.00–437.00	2,397	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	332	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,992	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	609	379.33/cwt	367.00–385.00	2,310	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,469	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,167	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	621	430.80/cwt	427.50–437.50	2,675	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	669	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,810	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	551.55/cwt	520.00–567.00	2,818	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	2,456	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	419.13/cwt	402.50–432.50	2,804	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	551.79/cwt	550.00–555.00	2,362	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	518	547.50/cwt	547.50–547.50	2,836	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	512	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,253	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	391.74/cwt	380.00–406.00	2,856	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	469.72/cwt	460.00–485.00	2,715	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	442	512.00/cwt	512.00–512.00	2,263	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	394	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,167	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	898	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	3,053	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	604	463.41/cwt	441.00–482.00	2,799	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	376.00/cwt	350.00–380.00	2,756	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	498.52/cwt	490.00–525.00	2,866	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	446	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,119	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	361.50/cwt	361.50–361.50	3,022	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	374.65/cwt	370.00–376.00	2,428	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	440.71/cwt	435.00–460.00	2,283	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	598.11/cwt	590.00–601.00	2,656	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,772	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	381.22/cwt	370.00–387.50	2,550	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	803	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,489	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	426.49/cwt	412.50–441.00	2,896	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	959	343.50/cwt	343.50–343.50	3,294	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	549.03/cwt	525.00–570.00	2,322	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	497.53/cwt	480.00–520.00	2,294	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	2,339	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	603	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,864	11

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	446	475.00	475.00
15	450–500	471	456.00–460.00	457.89
11	500–550	512	440.00	440.00
26	600–650	609	367.00–385.00	379.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	471	460.00	460.00
46	550–600	561	414.00–437.00	427.36
13	600–650	633	390.00	390.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	339	690.00	690.00
26	400–450	423	525.00–570.00	549.03
23	450–500	461	480.00–520.00	497.53
13	500–550	518	435.00–460.00	440.71
67	550–600	578	460.00–485.00	469.72
20	600–650	648	370.00–376.00	374.65
11	650–700	669	370.00–387.50	381.22
84	700–750	733	350.00–380.00	376.00
4	800–850	803	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	603	475.00	475.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	332	600.00	600.00
14	400–450	428	550.00–555.00	551.79
8	450–500	480	520.00–530.00	524.94
18	500–550	526	455.00–517.50	485.29
20	550–600	567	430.00–470.00	459.75
11	600–650	646	430.00–435.00	431.35
16	650–700	669	402.50–432.50	419.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	394	550.00	550.00
7	400–450	442	512.00	512.00
10	500–550	518	547.50	547.50
19	600–650	621	427.50–437.50	430.80
11	650–700	669	420.00	420.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	356	690.00	690.00
15	400–450	444	590.00–601.00	598.11
8	450–500	462	600.00	600.00
53	500–550	511	520.00–567.00	551.55
49	550–600	575	490.00–525.00	498.52
58	600–650	604	441.00–482.00	463.41
68	650–700	679	412.50–441.00	426.49
21	700–750	729	380.00–406.00	391.74
7	800–850	836	361.50	361.50
5	850–900	898	340.00	340.00
62	950–1000	959	343.50	343.50

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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