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Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-10

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Dec 10

● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162

← Dec 3Dec 10Jan 14 →

Receipts

1,031 head

▼ 1,735 vs last sale 2,766▼ 1,037 vs year ago 2,068 · −50.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale a week ago, steers sold mostly steady to 16.00 higher. Heifers sold 4.00 to 19.00 lower, although not well compared. Demand was good today and included internet bidding. Supply was moderate and comprised mainly of smaller packages and just a handful of load lots.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $416.20/cwt on 72 head. That ranks 2 of 13 comparable sales and sits −41.33 against this barn's trailing median of $457.53.

Average price

$416.20

72 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,367

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$445

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

$57.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.50

vs IA average

−14.43 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	420.21	2,399	67
Medium and Large 1-2	539	362.50	1,954	5thin

One grade step is worth $57.71/cwt here — about $445 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale72 hd

416.20

—

IA average10 barns · 1,895 hd

434.71

−18.50

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

−14.43

This barn, trailing median13 sales

457.53

−41.33

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $513.77, low $398.68, median $457.53 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

39 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	327	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,733	18
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	373	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,921	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,194	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	443	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,038	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	535	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,220	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	539	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,954	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	420.82/cwt	410.00–427.00	2,420	60
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	601	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,452	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	606	404.64/cwt	400.00–407.00	2,452	18
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,535	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	714	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,392	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	356.12/cwt	356.00–356.50	2,571	47
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	733	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,272	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	753	350.06/cwt	348.00–350.25	2,636	49
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	784	311.76/cwt	305.00–316.00	2,444	26
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	847	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,804	18
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	872	337.16/cwt	315.00–344.00	2,940	86
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	895	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,685	11
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	946	324.75/cwt	324.75–324.75	3,072	60
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,011	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,689	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	320	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,744	9
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	330	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,403	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	392	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,705	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	404.61/cwt	400.00–407.50	1,728	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	387.17/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,858	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	365.61/cwt	359.00–385.00	1,898	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	388.55/cwt	360.00–397.00	2,184	46
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	603	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,141	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	330.81/cwt	330.00–332.50	2,051	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	349.07/cwt	346.50–360.00	2,346	32
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	677	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,302	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	719	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,283	18
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	337.62/cwt	317.00–338.75	2,465	74
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	774	378.44/cwt	360.00–385.00	2,929	54
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	337.25/cwt	337.25–337.25	2,614	61
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	791	303.50/cwt	303.50–303.50	2,401	9
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	304.90/cwt	302.00–305.50	2,506	53
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	868	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,496	20
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	990	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,485	7

This sale against other markets

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 Dec 10, 2025

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

Receipts 1,031Last week 2,766Year ago 2,068

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	320	545.00	545.00
54	750–800	774	360.00–385.00	378.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	392	435.00	435.00
10	400–450	427	400.00–407.50	404.61
9	450–500	480	385.00–390.00	387.17
15	500–550	519	359.00–385.00	365.61
46	550–600	562	360.00–397.00	388.55
5	600–650	603	355.00	355.00
32	650–700	672	346.50–360.00	349.07
74	700–750	730	317.00–338.75	337.62
61	750–800	775	337.25	337.25
53	800–850	822	302.00–305.50	304.90
20	850–900	868	287.50	287.50
7	950–1000	990	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	330	425.00	425.00
5	650–700	677	340.00	340.00
18	700–750	719	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	620	330.00–332.50	330.81
9	750–800	791	303.50	303.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	373	515.00	515.00
7	500–550	535	415.00	415.00
11	600–650	601	408.00	408.00
5	700–750	714	335.00	335.00
26	750–800	784	305.00–316.00	311.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	539	362.50	362.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	443	460.00	460.00
5	700–750	733	310.00	310.00
11	850–900	895	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	327	530.00	530.00
11	400–450	414	530.00	530.00
60	550–600	575	410.00–427.00	420.82
18	600–650	606	400.00–407.00	404.64
9	650–700	676	375.00	375.00
47	700–750	722	356.00–356.50	356.12
49	750–800	753	348.00–350.25	350.06
18	800–850	847	331.00	331.00
86	850–900	872	315.00–344.00	337.16
60	900–950	946	324.75	324.75
9	1000–1050	1,011	266.00	266.00

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.