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Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-08

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Apr 8

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162

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Receipts

2,011 head

▲ 298 vs last sale 1,713▲ 172 vs year ago 1,839 · +9.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today was the Annual All Yearling Special Sale at the Bloomfield Auction. Compared to the sale one week ago, steers and heifers both sold with a higher undertone noted, although not well compared. Demand was very good today and included internet bidding. Supply was heavy and included mostly seven- and eight-weight steers and heifers and several load lots. Four consignors brought nearly 700 head.

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 $472.22/cwt on 9 head, down $39.13 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 12 comparable sales and sits +5.22 against this barn's trailing median of $467.01.

Average price

$472.22

▼ 39.13 vs prior sale

9 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,470

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$83

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

$40.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.87

vs IA average

−18.61 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	511	490.00	2,504	5thin
Medium and Large 1-2	538	450.00	2,421	4thin

One grade step is worth $40.00/cwt here — about $83 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 sale9 hd

472.22

—

IA average3 barns · 196 hd

490.09

−17.87

National average167 barns · 10,529 hd

490.83

−18.61

This barn, trailing median12 sales

467.01

+5.22

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

32 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,452	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	511	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,504	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	538	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,421	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	619	407.88/cwt	395.00–420.00	2,525	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	453.87/cwt	435.00–465.00	2,819	51
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	429.20/cwt	418.00–442.00	2,919	56
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	399.80/cwt	395.00–412.50	2,839	29
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	395.83/cwt	383.00–400.00	3,044	205
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	783	362.79/cwt	359.00–370.00	2,841	14
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	827	379.07/cwt	364.00–388.00	3,135	465
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	845	348.50/cwt	348.50–348.50	2,945	11
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	880	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	3,062	23
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	881	367.56/cwt	354.00–378.00	3,238	242
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	902	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	3,238	57
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	980	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	3,165	38
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,055	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	3,271	13
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,189	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,371	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,344	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,196	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	405.97/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,351	17
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	391.15/cwt	387.50–395.00	2,406	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	636	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,290	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	660	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,350	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	393.33/cwt	386.50–395.00	2,679	85
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	382.68/cwt	365.50–391.00	2,740	163
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	743	352.04/cwt	352.00–352.50	2,616	54
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	354.92/cwt	347.00–358.50	2,744	258
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	798	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,733	8
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	340.59/cwt	335.50–348.00	2,793	24
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	885	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,797	21
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fancy	964	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	3,200	10

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 Apr 8, 2026

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

Receipts 2,011Last week 1,713Year ago 1,839

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	488	502.50	502.50
5	500–550	511	490.00	490.00
51	600–650	621	435.00–465.00	453.87
56	650–700	680	418.00–442.00	429.20
29	700–750	710	395.00–412.50	399.80
205	750–800	769	383.00–400.00	395.83
465	800–850	827	364.00–388.00	379.07
242	850–900	881	354.00–378.00	367.56
57	900–950	902	359.00	359.00
38	950–1000	980	323.00	323.00
13	1050–1100	1,055	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	538	450.00	450.00
11	600–650	619	395.00–420.00	407.88
14	750–800	783	359.00–370.00	362.79
11	800–850	845	348.50	348.50
23	850–900	880	348.00	348.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	950–1000	964	332.00	332.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	413	530.00	530.00
5	450–500	479	495.00	495.00
5	500–550	545	430.00	430.00
17	550–600	579	400.00–410.00	405.97
15	600–650	615	387.50–395.00	391.15
85	650–700	681	386.50–395.00	393.33
163	700–750	716	365.50–391.00	382.68
258	750–800	773	347.00–358.50	354.92
24	800–850	820	335.50–348.00	340.59
21	850–900	885	316.00	316.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	578	380.00	380.00
4	600–650	636	360.00	360.00
10	650–700	660	356.00	356.00
54	700–750	743	352.00–352.50	352.04
8	750–800	798	342.50	342.50

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.