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Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-08

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Jan 8

● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162

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Receipts

2,290 head

▲ 222 vs last sale 2,068▲ 2,290 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent auction for comparison. Demand was good today, especially for the seven weight steers and six weight heifers. Supply was heavy and included several load lots of reputation cattle.

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 $330.57/cwt on 197 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −136.44 against this barn's trailing median of $467.01.

Average price

$330.57

197 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,823

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$224

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

$50.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.54

vs IA average

−11.51 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	343.53	1,880	146
Medium and Large 1-2	564	293.47	1,656	51

One grade step is worth $50.06/cwt here — about $224 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale197 hd

330.57

—

IA average11 barns · 2,185 hd

330.03

+0.54

National average155 barns · 22,672 hd

342.08

−11.51

This barn, trailing median12 sales

467.01

−136.44

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

44 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	346	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,142	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	392	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,607	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,484	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	443	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,772	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	382.88/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,865	27
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	489	327.52/cwt	315.00–355.00	1,602	26
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	493	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,824	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	534	295.35/cwt	260.00–320.00	1,577	22
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	352.78/cwt	342.50–377.50	1,894	92
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	540	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,769	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	564	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,847	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	327.86/cwt	322.50–336.50	1,866	41
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	587	292.04/cwt	275.00–305.00	1,714	29
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	605	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,033	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	319.40/cwt	300.00–332.00	1,987	224
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	281.67/cwt	270.00–287.50	1,766	43
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	300.55/cwt	284.00–309.00	2,038	242
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	286.69/cwt	271.00–295.00	2,079	209
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	752	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	1,989	15
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	752	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,970	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	282.92/cwt	262.00–285.00	2,164	76
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	263.91/cwt	254.00–267.50	2,164	59
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,399	16
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,053	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	348.19/cwt	342.50–360.00	1,494	16
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	438	325.45/cwt	325.00–326.00	1,425	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	462	303.24/cwt	259.00–315.00	1,401	21
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	337.39/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,606	30
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	529	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,524	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	317.13/cwt	306.00–340.00	1,684	143
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	294.86/cwt	262.50–305.00	1,566	63
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	561	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,445	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	276.05/cwt	250.00–285.00	1,590	72
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	313.59/cwt	303.50–320.00	1,816	122
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	633	254.70/cwt	242.00–265.00	1,612	47
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	295.75/cwt	278.00–301.25	1,881	149
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	297.51/cwt	292.00–299.00	1,964	82
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	665	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,729	40
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	669	255.32/cwt	240.00–267.00	1,708	53
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	676	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,697	20
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	262.15/cwt	246.00–270.00	1,911	39
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	807	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,917	8
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	862	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,750	7
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	910	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,784	4

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 Jan 8, 2025

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

Receipts 2,290Last week 2,068Year ago 0

No recent auction for comparison. Demand was good today, especially for the seven weight steers and six weight heifers. Supply was heavy and included several load lots of reputation cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	392	410.00	410.00
5	400–450	443	400.00	400.00
27	450–500	487	380.00–385.00	382.88
92	500–550	537	342.50–377.50	352.78
41	550–600	569	322.50–336.50	327.86
224	600–650	622	300.00–332.00	319.40
242	650–700	678	284.00–309.00	300.55
209	700–750	725	271.00–295.00	286.69
76	750–800	765	262.00–285.00	282.92
59	800–850	820	254.00–267.50	263.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	450–500	493	370.00	370.00
7	500–550	540	327.50	327.50
6	550–600	564	327.50	327.50
15	750–800	752	264.50	264.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	346	330.00	330.00
8	400–450	415	357.50	357.50
26	450–500	489	315.00–355.00	327.52
22	500–550	534	260.00–320.00	295.35
29	550–600	587	275.00–305.00	292.04
43	600–650	627	270.00–287.50	281.67
5	750–800	752	262.00	262.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	605	336.00	336.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	529	288.00	288.00
4	550–600	561	257.50	257.50
20	650–700	676	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	378	370.00	370.00
16	400–450	429	342.50–360.00	348.19
30	450–500	476	325.00–350.00	337.39
143	500–550	531	306.00–340.00	317.13
122	550–600	579	303.50–320.00	313.59
149	600–650	636	278.00–301.25	295.75
82	650–700	660	292.00–299.00	297.51
39	700–750	729	246.00–270.00	262.15
8	800–850	807	237.50	237.50
7	850–900	862	203.00	203.00
4	900–950	910	196.00	196.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	650–700	665	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	383	275.00	275.00
11	400–450	438	325.00–326.00	325.45
21	450–500	462	259.00–315.00	303.24
63	500–550	531	262.50–305.00	294.86
72	550–600	576	250.00–285.00	276.05
47	600–650	633	242.00–265.00	254.70
53	650–700	669	240.00–267.00	255.32

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.