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Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-26

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Feb 26

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162

← Feb 12Feb 26Mar 12 →

Receipts

1,164 head

▼ 812 vs last sale 1,976▲ 1,164 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers 650 to 700 lbs. sold sharply higher, while all others sold 3.00 to 16.00 higher. Heifers under 700 lbs. sold steady to 11.00 higher, while heavier heifers sold 10.00 to 14.00 lower. Demand was good today and included active internet bidding. Supply was moderate to heavy and was comprised largely of seven- and eight-weight yearling steers.

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 $353.34/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −113.67 against this barn's trailing median of $467.01.

Average price

$353.34

56 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,953

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$288

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

$55.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.96

vs IA average

+5.10 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	365.27	2,014	44
Medium and Large 1-2	558	309.57	1,726	12thin

One grade step is worth $55.71/cwt here — about $288 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 sale56 hd

353.34

—

IA average5 barns · 588 hd

348.38

+4.96

National average180 barns · 14,929 hd

348.24

+5.10

This barn, trailing median12 sales

467.01

−113.67

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

31 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	300–350	Medium and Large 1	344	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,514	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	418.62/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,729	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	418.27/cwt	410.00–422.50	1,987	22
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	498	371.25/cwt	367.50–375.00	1,849	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	385.43/cwt	375.00–392.00	1,997	23
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	522	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,749	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	291.40/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,699	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	588	343.20/cwt	335.00–348.00	2,018	21
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	337.95/cwt	317.50–347.00	2,092	42
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	334.27/cwt	322.00–339.00	2,183	58
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	670	303.86/cwt	300.00–304.00	2,036	83
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	712	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,780	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	291.96/cwt	285.50–299.00	2,131	22
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	283.11/cwt	280.00–286.50	2,183	103
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	819	281.90/cwt	280.00–285.00	2,309	201
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,022	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,330	19
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	378.89/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,610	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	346.86/cwt	343.00–350.00	1,592	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	488	308.84/cwt	304.00–320.00	1,507	21
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	326.87/cwt	314.00–336.00	1,716	24
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	539	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,617	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,790	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	593	276.99/cwt	268.50–280.00	1,643	23
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	291.73/cwt	290.00–296.00	1,823	49
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	285.41/cwt	283.00–293.50	1,921	114
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	673	262.48/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,766	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	704	251.25/cwt	251.25–251.25	1,769	36
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	713	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,640	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	256.73/cwt	253.00–257.25	1,997	80
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	893	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,009	4
Heifers	950–1000	Large 1	953	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,087	14

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 26, 2025

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

Receipts 1,164Last week 1,976Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	344	440.00	440.00
7	400–450	413	410.00–425.00	418.62
22	450–500	475	410.00–422.50	418.27
23	500–550	518	375.00–392.00	385.43
21	550–600	588	335.00–348.00	343.20
42	600–650	619	317.50–347.00	337.95
58	650–700	653	322.00–339.00	334.27
22	700–750	730	285.50–299.00	291.96
103	750–800	771	280.00–286.50	283.11
201	800–850	819	280.00–285.00	281.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	498	367.50–375.00	371.25
5	500–550	522	335.00	335.00
7	550–600	583	285.00–300.00	291.40
83	650–700	670	300.00–304.00	303.86
7	700–750	712	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	1000–1050	1,022	228.00	228.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	450–500	488	304.00–320.00	308.84
6	500–550	539	300.00	300.00
23	550–600	593	268.50–280.00	276.99
10	650–700	673	260.00–265.00	262.48
4	850–900	893	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	425	365.00–385.00	378.89
16	450–500	459	343.00–350.00	346.86
24	500–550	525	314.00–336.00	326.87
9	550–600	582	307.50	307.50
49	600–650	625	290.00–296.00	291.73
114	650–700	673	283.00–293.50	285.41
36	700–750	704	251.25	251.25
80	750–800	778	253.00–257.25	256.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	713	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	950–1000	953	219.00	219.00

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.