Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today was the Annual Special Off the Grass Yearling Sale. Compare to the sale a week ago steers and heifers were not well compared. Demand was good today and included active internet bidding. Supply was moderate and included mostly eight- and nine-weight steers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $383.15/cwt on 97 head, down $8.78 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 16 comparable sales and sits −56.22 against this barn's trailing median of $439.36.

Average price

$383.15

▼ 8.78 vs prior sale

97 head · 654 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,507

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$370

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

$70.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.49

vs IA average

+19.34 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	650	394.77	2,566	81
Medium and Large 1-2	677	324.29	2,195	16thin

One grade step is worth $70.48/cwt here — about $370 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

16 sales

Steers 600–700 lb: high $459.85, low $363.45, median $439.36 across 16 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale97 hd

383.15

—

IA average3 barns · 263 hd

376.65

+6.49

National average168 barns · 10,817 hd

363.81

+19.34

This barn, trailing median16 sales

439.36

−56.22

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

24 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	550–600	574	347.46/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,994	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	324.29/cwt	312.00–347.00	2,195	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	900	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,835	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	748	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,599	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	646	325.57/cwt	325.00–327.50	2,103	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	832	324.00/cwt	312.50–326.00	2,696	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	404.45/cwt	402.50–407.50	2,500	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	844	335.53/cwt	334.00–338.00	2,832	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	408	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,009	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	339.70/cwt	324.00–341.00	2,915	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	329.56/cwt	326.00–333.00	3,039	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	364.50/cwt	364.50–364.50	2,796	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	374.67/cwt	369.00–382.50	2,720	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	854	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,502	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,285	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	359.71/cwt	342.50–372.50	2,219	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	333.10/cwt	333.00–333.50	2,598	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,785	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	385.33/cwt	377.50–390.50	2,624	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,693	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,073	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,375	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	713	397.61/cwt	395.00–400.00	2,835	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	392	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,784	9

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 Sep 23, 2026

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

Receipts 844Last week 1,801Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	574	345.00–350.00	347.46
22	600–650	646	325.00–327.50	325.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	515	402.50	402.50
85	600–650	617	342.50–372.50	359.71
11	650–700	672	340.00	340.00
10	700–750	718	375.00	375.00
58	750–800	780	333.00–333.50	333.10
18	800–850	805	346.00	346.00
16	850–900	854	293.00	293.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	392	455.00	455.00
47	700–750	713	395.00–400.00	397.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	650–700	677	312.00–347.00	324.29
25	700–750	748	347.50	347.50
26	800–850	832	312.50–326.00	324.00
5	900–950	900	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	600–650	618	402.50–407.50	404.45
41	650–700	681	377.50–390.50	385.33
28	700–750	726	369.00–382.50	374.67
11	750–800	767	364.50	364.50
39	800–850	844	334.00–338.00	335.53
134	850–900	858	324.00–341.00	339.70
123	900–950	922	326.00–333.00	329.56
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	408	492.50	492.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	625	380.00	380.00

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Bloomfield Livestock Auction