Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2025-12-29

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Mon, Dec 29
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2133
Dec 30Dec 29latest
Receipts
1,442 head
122 vs last sale 1,564 122 vs year ago 1,564 · 7.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special IMBIO Precondition Sale. No recent price comparison. Supply was heavy. Active trade with very good demand and active internet and phone bidding.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $450.19/cwt on 197 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $450.19.
Average price
$450.19
197 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,482
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.00
vs IA average
1.97 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551450.192,482197
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale197 hd
450.19
IA average1 barns · 197 hd
450.19
+0.00
National average24 barns · 3,960 hd
452.16
−1.97
This barn, trailing median1 sales
450.19
+0.00
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

22 lots · USDA AMS · Bloomfield Livestock IMBIO Feeder Cattle Special - Bloomfield, IA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy400–450420495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,07933
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350338430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,4533
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800786328.50/cwt328.50–328.502,58264
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550519403.11/cwt378.00–405.002,09275
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750706335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,36576
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650603384.00/cwt384.00–384.002,31677
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450441532.50/cwt532.50–532.502,34816
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650630421.24/cwt407.00–425.002,654109
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650621339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,1054
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800762378.00/cwt378.00–378.002,880206
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450427475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,0288
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400364590.00/cwt590.00–590.002,14814
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450421400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6849
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650601343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,06111
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750715370.48/cwt359.00–379.002,64979
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600579450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,60694
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700665354.49/cwt331.50–360.002,357134
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600559394.00/cwt394.00–394.002,20292
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850831341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,83469
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550526450.37/cwt432.50–455.002,369103
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300298630.00/cwt630.00–630.001,8773
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700684399.00/cwt398.00–400.002,729151

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.