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Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-25

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Feb 25

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162

← Feb 11Feb 25Mar 11 →

Receipts

1,377 head

▼ 1,211 vs last sale 2,588▲ 213 vs year ago 1,164 · +18.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers mostly sold steady to 12.00 higher. Heifers sold mostly steady to 10.00 higher. Demand was good today and included internet bidding. Supply was moderate and included a few 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 $485.03/cwt on 116 head. That ranks 9 of 12 comparable sales and sits +18.03 against this barn's trailing median of $467.01.

Average price

$485.03

116 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,740

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$131

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

$47.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.94

vs IA average

−1.99 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	500.85	2,781	77
Medium and Large 1-2	584	453.81	2,650	39

One grade step is worth $47.04/cwt here — about $131 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 sale116 hd

485.03

—

IA average6 barns · 512 hd

472.10

+12.94

National average172 barns · 11,832 hd

487.02

−1.99

This barn, trailing median12 sales

467.01

+18.03

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

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

36 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	449	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,492	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	459	480.67/cwt	450.00–505.00	2,206	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	536.58/cwt	520.00–547.50	2,506	38
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	513.65/cwt	507.50–525.00	2,748	39
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	487.71/cwt	485.00–500.00	2,809	38
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	584	453.81/cwt	449.00–470.00	2,650	39
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	472.90/cwt	465.00–484.00	2,889	74
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	666	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,731	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	425.03/cwt	417.50–435.00	2,860	22
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	709	416.44/cwt	402.50–424.50	2,953	109
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	384.64/cwt	372.00–394.00	2,981	53
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	808	343.58/cwt	327.50–350.50	2,776	10
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	372.67/cwt	359.00–378.00	3,075	106
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	866	356.47/cwt	354.25–362.50	3,087	62
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	937	321.79/cwt	314.00–340.50	3,015	20
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	313	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	1,941	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	364	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,111	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	410	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,804	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	452	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,576	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	458	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,061	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	506.55/cwt	497.50–515.00	2,462	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	505	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,020	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	449.18/cwt	435.00–460.00	2,309	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	438.55/cwt	425.00–449.00	2,478	32
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	595	406.86/cwt	395.00–410.00	2,421	57
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	607	358.72/cwt	345.00–372.50	2,177	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	405.00/cwt	390.00–417.00	2,560	88
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	385.96/cwt	367.50–396.00	2,601	60
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	682	423.07/cwt	420.00–431.00	2,885	46
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	697	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,502	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	722	349.14/cwt	346.00–360.00	2,521	39
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	727	419.39/cwt	397.50–430.00	3,049	40
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	370.27/cwt	370.00–372.50	2,714	83
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	757	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,914	35
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	757	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,347	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	839	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,811	13

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 Feb 25, 2026

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

Receipts 1,377Last week 2,588Year ago 1,164

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	313	620.00	620.00
6	350–400	364	580.00	580.00
18	450–500	486	497.50–515.00	506.55
14	500–550	514	435.00–460.00	449.18
32	550–600	565	425.00–449.00	438.55
88	600–650	632	390.00–417.00	405.00
60	650–700	674	367.50–396.00	385.96
83	700–750	733	370.00–372.50	370.27
35	750–800	757	385.00	385.00
13	800–850	839	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	452	570.00	570.00
46	650–700	682	420.00–431.00	423.07
40	700–750	727	397.50–430.00	419.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	410	440.00	440.00
10	450–500	458	450.00	450.00
7	500–550	505	400.00	400.00
57	550–600	595	395.00–410.00	406.86
6	600–650	607	345.00–372.50	358.72
4	650–700	697	359.00	359.00
39	700–750	722	346.00–360.00	349.14
4	750–800	757	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	449	555.00	555.00
38	450–500	467	520.00–547.50	536.58
39	500–550	535	507.50–525.00	513.65
38	550–600	576	485.00–500.00	487.71
74	600–650	611	465.00–484.00	472.90
22	650–700	673	417.50–435.00	425.03
109	700–750	709	402.50–424.50	416.44
53	750–800	775	372.00–394.00	384.64
106	800–850	825	359.00–378.00	372.67
62	850–900	866	354.25–362.50	356.47
20	900–950	937	314.00–340.50	321.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	459	450.00–505.00	480.67
39	550–600	584	449.00–470.00	453.81
4	650–700	666	410.00	410.00
10	800–850	808	327.50–350.50	343.58

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.