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Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-29

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Jan 29

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162

← Jan 15Jan 29Feb 12 →

Receipts

1,589 head

▼ 1,201 vs last sale 2,790▲ 299 vs year ago 1,290 · +23.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers sold mostly 9.00 to 15.00 higher, while 700 to 750 lb. steers were sharply higher. Heifers sold mostly 8.00 to 21.00 higher, while 700 to 750 lb. heifers were sharply higher. Demand was good today and included active telephone and internet bidding. Supply was moderate to heavy 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 $350.92/cwt on 116 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −116.09 against this barn's trailing median of $467.01.

Average price

$350.92

116 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,976

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$279

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

$33.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.04

vs IA average

+2.26 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	356.74	2,026	96
Medium and Large 1-2	541	322.95	1,747	20

One grade step is worth $33.79/cwt here — about $279 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

350.92

—

IA average7 barns · 1,448 hd

345.88

+5.04

National average177 barns · 23,098 hd

348.66

+2.26

This barn, trailing median12 sales

467.01

−116.09

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

35 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	400–450	Medium and Large 1	443	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	1,701	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,678	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	330.61/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,713	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	369.11/cwt	361.00–373.00	1,971	39
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	569	313.59/cwt	290.00–325.00	1,784	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	591	348.28/cwt	332.50–356.00	2,058	57
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	612	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,818	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	622	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,913	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	334.75/cwt	331.00–340.00	2,099	49
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	319.01/cwt	307.00–327.50	2,131	187
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	673	290.07/cwt	270.00–302.00	1,952	23
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	306.69/cwt	296.00–318.00	2,193	193
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	285.03/cwt	270.00–289.25	2,209	106
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	904	270.70/cwt	257.50–272.25	2,447	67
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	997	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,223	4
Steers	1200–1250	Medium and Large 1	1,200	203.50/cwt	203.50–203.50	2,442	18
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	406	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,147	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	435	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,349	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,445	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	333.47/cwt	331.00–340.00	1,597	28
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	308.58/cwt	305.00–310.50	1,626	33
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	288.39/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,531	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	302.37/cwt	295.00–309.00	1,690	59
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	272.32/cwt	250.00–283.00	1,588	17
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	626	258.07/cwt	245.00–263.00	1,616	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	285.95/cwt	281.50–291.00	1,796	56
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	286.14/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,891	101
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	265.35/cwt	248.00–269.00	1,804	56
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	720	255.74/cwt	252.00–261.00	1,841	84
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	288.06/cwt	283.00–291.00	2,117	63
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	268.50/cwt	268.50–268.50	2,078	60
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	787	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,849	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	801	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,954	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,518	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,736	6

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 29, 2025

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

Receipts 1,589Last week 2,790Year ago 1,290

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	482	315.00	315.00
6	600–650	620	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	438	330.00	330.00
28	450–500	479	331.00–340.00	333.47
33	500–550	527	305.00–310.50	308.58
59	550–600	559	295.00–309.00	302.37
56	600–650	628	281.50–291.00	285.95
101	650–700	661	275.00–295.00	286.14
63	700–750	735	283.00–291.00	288.06
60	750–800	774	268.50	268.50
5	800–850	801	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	406	282.50	282.50
16	500–550	531	280.00–295.00	288.39
17	550–600	583	250.00–283.00	272.32
11	600–650	626	245.00–263.00	258.07
56	650–700	680	248.00–269.00	265.35
84	700–750	720	252.00–261.00	255.74
4	750–800	787	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	435	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	443	384.00	384.00
39	500–550	534	361.00–373.00	369.11
57	550–600	591	332.50–356.00	348.28
49	600–650	627	331.00–340.00	334.75
187	650–700	668	307.00–327.50	319.01
193	700–750	715	296.00–318.00	306.69
106	750–800	775	270.00–289.25	285.03
67	900–950	904	257.50–272.25	270.70
4	950–1000	997	223.00	223.00
18	1200–1250	1,200	203.50	203.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	612	297.00	297.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	490	342.50	342.50
11	500–550	518	325.00–345.00	330.61
9	550–600	569	290.00–325.00	313.59
13	600–650	622	307.50	307.50
23	650–700	673	270.00–302.00	290.07

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.