Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers sold mostly 2.00 to 12.00 lower, although 310 nine-weight steers were not well compared to the last sale. Heifers prices were mixed with heifers under 500 lbs. sold sharply lower and heifers heavier than 500 lbs. were mostly 15.00 to 18.00 higher. Demand was very good today and included active internet bidding. Supply was heavy and included several load lots of eight- and nine-weight steers. Three consignors brought nearly 600 head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $476.48/cwt on 111 head, down $37.29 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 12 comparable sales and sits −5.81 against this barn's trailing median of $482.28.

Average price

$476.48

▼ 37.29 vs prior sale

111 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,603

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$287

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

$77.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.87

vs IA average

+17.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	495.27	2,669	84
Medium and Large 1-2	570	418.02	2,381	27

One grade step is worth $77.25/cwt here — about $287 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 sale111 hd

476.48

—

IA average2 barns · 289 hd

484.35

−7.87

National average164 barns · 12,433 hd

459.19

+17.29

This barn, trailing median12 sales

482.28

−5.81

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,943	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	387.99/cwt	365.00–400.00	1,866	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	728	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,657	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	451.04/cwt	438.00–467.50	2,774	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	392	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,803	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	840	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,915	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,254	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	308.57/cwt	307.50–322.50	1,972	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	427.21/cwt	418.00–440.00	2,871	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	389.61/cwt	379.00–402.50	2,817	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	598	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,506	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	416.06/cwt	400.00–447.50	2,134	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	538.04/cwt	520.00–543.00	2,475	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	408.82/cwt	355.00–425.00	2,531	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	362.26/cwt	348.50–365.50	2,616	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	495.02/cwt	470.00–505.00	2,044	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	583	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,172	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	433	541.00/cwt	541.00–541.00	2,343	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	371.75/cwt	371.75–371.75	3,178	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	541.09/cwt	540.00–542.50	2,787	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	909	355.76/cwt	329.00–361.00	3,234	310
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	565.59/cwt	549.00–580.00	2,687	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	455.92/cwt	435.00–465.00	2,348	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	464.11/cwt	452.50–465.50	2,576	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	351	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,018	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	392.22/cwt	381.00–405.00	2,467	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	370.71/cwt	355.00–375.00	2,462	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	397.31/cwt	395.00–400.50	2,229	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,569	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,666	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	467.48/cwt	457.50–480.00	2,244	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	997	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,622	6

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 Jun 3, 2026

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

Receipts 1,339Last week 963Year ago 1,294

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	392	460.00	460.00
12	450–500	481	365.00–400.00	387.99
5	500–550	525	370.00	370.00
11	550–600	590	382.00	382.00
40	600–650	639	307.50–322.50	308.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	413	470.00–505.00	495.02
11	450–500	480	457.50–480.00	467.48
38	500–550	515	435.00–465.00	455.92
57	550–600	561	395.00–400.50	397.31
67	600–650	629	381.00–405.00	392.22
64	650–700	664	355.00–375.00	370.71
86	700–750	722	348.50–365.50	362.26
13	750–800	784	340.00	340.00
5	800–850	809	317.50	317.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	583	372.50	372.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	433	541.00	541.00
4	700–750	728	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	351	575.00	575.00
26	450–500	475	549.00–580.00	565.59
34	500–550	515	540.00–542.50	541.09
50	550–600	555	452.50–465.50	464.11
37	600–650	615	438.00–467.50	451.04
121	650–700	672	418.00–440.00	427.21
82	700–750	723	379.00–402.50	389.61
66	850–900	855	371.75	371.75
310	900–950	909	329.00–361.00	355.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	460	520.00–543.00	538.04
9	500–550	513	400.00–447.50	416.06
18	550–600	598	419.00	419.00
22	600–650	619	355.00–425.00	408.82
12	800–850	840	347.00	347.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	950–1000	997	263.00	263.00

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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