Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison stated today as the previous reported auction was three weeks ago. Demand was very good today, especially for cattle under 600 lbs.. Supply was moderate but included a handful of load lots of reputation cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $457.53/cwt on 15 head, down $18.95 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 12 comparable sales and sits −24.75 against this barn's trailing median of $482.28.

Average price

$457.53

▼ 18.95 vs prior sale

15 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,620

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.00

vs IA average

−1.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	573	457.53	2,620	15thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale15 hd

457.53

—

IA average1 barns · 15 hd

457.53

+0.00

National average146 barns · 7,211 hd

459.48

−1.95

This barn, trailing median12 sales

482.28

−24.75

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

25 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 1Fancy	600–650	636	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,868	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	639	471.00/cwt	471.00–471.00	3,010	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,633	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,705	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	506	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,315	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	358.80/cwt	335.00–364.00	3,315	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	621	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,717	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	596	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	2,700	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,388	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,551	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	371.88/cwt	351.00–379.50	2,681	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,333	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	3,247	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	2,735	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	448.21/cwt	435.00–455.00	2,842	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	641	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,131	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	382.18/cwt	373.00–387.50	2,522	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	404.95/cwt	400.00–422.50	2,474	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	377.08/cwt	370.00–379.00	2,915	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,904	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,620	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,241	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	414.52/cwt	391.00–431.00	2,798	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	792	336.80/cwt	333.00–337.50	2,667	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	607	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,109	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 →

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
61	600–650	636	451.00	451.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	506	457.50	457.50
8	550–600	583	437.50	437.50
20	600–650	611	400.00–422.50	404.95
73	650–700	660	373.00–387.50	382.18
80	700–750	721	351.00–379.50	371.88
32	750–800	792	333.00–337.50	336.80
28	800–850	806	325.00	325.00
4	900–950	920	294.00	294.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	641	332.50	332.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	485	392.50	392.50
5	650–700	669	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	600–650	639	471.00	471.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	462	505.00	505.00
4	500–550	508	470.00	470.00
11	550–600	596	453.00	453.00
73	600–650	634	435.00–455.00	448.21
17	650–700	675	391.00–431.00	414.52
43	750–800	773	370.00–379.00	377.08
63	850–900	880	369.00	369.00
78	900–950	924	335.00–364.00	358.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	621	437.50	437.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	639	428.00	428.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	616	427.50	427.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	607	347.50	347.50

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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