Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2026-02-11

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Feb 11
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162
Receipts
2,588 head
▲ 880 vs last sale 1,708▲ 612 vs year ago 1,976 · +31.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steer calves sold mostly 10.00 to 17.00 higher. Heifers under 650 lbs. sold 16.00 and 17.00 higher, while heifers over 650 lbs. sold mostly 2.00 to 9.00 lower. Demand was very good today and included active internet bidding. Supply was heavy and included nearly 750 head from two consignors. There were several load lots of reputation cattle today.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $488.36/cwt on 123 head. That ranks 9 of 12 comparable sales and sits +21.35 against this barn's trailing median of $467.01.
Average price
$488.36
123 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,748
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$528
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$99.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.86
vs IA average
+9.97 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1562496.452,791113
Medium and Large 1-2570396.942,26310thin
One grade step is worth $99.51/cwt here — about $528 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale123 hd
488.36
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IA average6 barns · 752 hd
486.49
+1.86
National average184 barns · 16,706 hd
478.39
+9.97
This barn, trailing median12 sales
467.01
+21.35
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

12 sales
528480432385median 467.0103/1104/2206/0309/1610/21
Steers 500–600 lb: high $513.77, low $398.68, median $467.01 across 12 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

41 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1419595.00/cwt595.00–595.002,4935
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2438560.00/cwt560.00–560.002,4534
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1464577.91/cwt560.00–590.002,68219
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2487516.81/cwt510.00–530.002,5179
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned491515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,5296
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1536521.93/cwt497.50–545.002,79848
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570396.94/cwt395.00–400.002,26310
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned575462.00/cwt462.00–462.002,6575
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1582478.93/cwt467.50–492.502,78760
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1609471.64/cwt450.00–483.002,87276
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2631428.96/cwt425.00–440.002,70711
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1672436.60/cwt413.00–452.502,934242
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2683346.50/cwt346.50–346.502,3679
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1714413.05/cwt382.50–421.002,949168
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1780378.15/cwt369.00–389.002,950157
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2785351.22/cwt349.50–357.502,75714
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2831340.00/cwt336.00–343.002,82514
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1835360.48/cwt354.00–367.503,010280
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1861358.68/cwt358.00–361.003,08883
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1930333.87/cwt331.00–336.003,105230
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2931277.45/cwt250.00–300.002,5839
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,015321.42/cwt320.00–327.003,26265
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,035290.00/cwt290.00–290.003,0024
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1392572.99/cwt560.00–610.002,24614
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned409550.00/cwt550.00–550.002,2505
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473496.65/cwt480.00–520.002,34925
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2481437.34/cwt405.00–460.002,10417
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2526388.29/cwt352.50–430.002,04225
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530452.56/cwt444.00–462.502,39917
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1574430.30/cwt413.00–450.002,470124
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1614413.74/cwt392.50–432.502,54098
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2636366.99/cwt359.00–375.002,33414
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2667357.82/cwt325.00–386.002,38760
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1680380.25/cwt365.00–402.502,58687
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1717371.00/cwt358.50–380.002,66085
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1765353.00/cwt353.00–353.002,700120
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775336.36/cwt325.00–340.002,60716
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1840365.98/cwt365.00–370.003,07492
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2846316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,6735
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1854354.16/cwt323.00–357.503,02553
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1919321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,95012

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.