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Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-12

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Mar 12

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162

← Feb 26Mar 12Apr 2 →

Receipts

1,612 head

▲ 448 vs last sale 1,164▲ 1,612 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 less than 700 lbs. sold mostly 3.00 to 10.00 lower, while heavier steers sold 6.00 to 23.00 higher. Heifers sold 3.00 to 18.00 lower, except for the 700 to 750 lb. heifers which sold for 15.00 higher when compared to a lighter test two weeks ago. Demand was very good today and included active internet bidding. One large consignment of seven weight steers started the auction and bidding was strong throughout. Recent warm weather melted the last of the snow which put mud on some of the cattle. Supply was moderate to 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 $367.40/cwt on 109 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −99.61 against this barn's trailing median of $467.01.

Average price

$367.40

109 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,054

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$271

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

$34.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.61

vs IA average

+8.73 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	373.67	2,105	89
Medium and Large 1-2	540	339.49	1,833	20

One grade step is worth $34.18/cwt here — about $271 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 sale109 hd

367.40

—

IA average7 barns · 764 hd

360.79

+6.61

National average173 barns · 15,162 hd

358.67

+8.73

This barn, trailing median12 sales

467.01

−99.61

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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	426.30/cwt	415.00–435.00	1,790	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	413.50/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,902	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	494	363.65/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,796	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	385.74/cwt	375.00–389.00	2,075	38
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	339.49/cwt	310.00–351.00	1,833	20
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	364.68/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,122	51
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	335.31/cwt	335.00–336.00	2,069	57
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	655	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,057	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	690	324.22/cwt	318.00–329.00	2,237	52
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	693	308.21/cwt	300.00–309.00	2,136	32
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	738	314.75/cwt	294.00–317.00	2,323	303
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	738	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,103	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	289.48/cwt	282.00–296.50	2,200	79
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	289.28/cwt	286.00–290.00	2,378	77
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	834	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,168	7
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	867	285.39/cwt	269.50–289.50	2,474	82
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	914	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,331	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	301	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,189	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	432	341.53/cwt	320.00–349.00	1,475	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	363.23/cwt	350.00–367.50	1,591	23
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	308.71/cwt	299.00–322.50	1,642	32
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	299.33/cwt	285.00–302.00	1,685	53
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	610	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,482	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	282.40/cwt	275.00–288.50	1,754	54
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	281.97/cwt	265.00–289.00	1,892	51
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	677	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,760	12
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	738	277.25/cwt	277.25–277.25	2,046	68
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	742	265.91/cwt	255.00–269.50	1,973	89
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	781	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,910	70
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	787	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,219	13
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,288	13
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	824	247.44/cwt	247.00–260.00	2,039	118
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fancy	851	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,276	15
Heifers	1200–1250	Medium and Large 1	1,200	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	2,448	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	586	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,641	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 Mar 12, 2025

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Receipts 1,612Last week 1,164Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	420	415.00–435.00	426.30
10	450–500	460	405.00–420.00	413.50
38	500–550	538	375.00–389.00	385.74
51	550–600	582	360.00–375.00	364.68
57	600–650	617	335.00–336.00	335.31
52	650–700	690	318.00–329.00	324.22
303	700–750	738	294.00–317.00	314.75
79	750–800	760	282.00–296.50	289.48
77	800–850	822	286.00–290.00	289.28
82	850–900	867	269.50–289.50	285.39
11	900–950	914	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	500–550	540	310.00–351.00	339.49
32	650–700	693	300.00–309.00	308.21
7	700–750	738	285.00	285.00
7	800–850	834	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	494	360.00–380.00	363.65
4	650–700	655	314.00	314.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	610	243.00	243.00
12	650–700	677	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	400–450	438	350.00–367.50	363.23
32	500–550	532	299.00–322.50	308.71
53	550–600	563	285.00–302.00	299.33
54	600–650	621	275.00–288.50	282.40
51	650–700	671	265.00–289.00	281.97
89	700–750	742	255.00–269.50	265.91
70	750–800	781	244.50	244.50
118	800–850	824	247.00–260.00	247.44
5	1200–1250	1,200	204.00	204.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	301	395.00	395.00
11	400–450	432	320.00–349.00	341.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
68	700–750	738	277.25	277.25
13	750–800	787	282.00	282.00
13	800–850	800	286.00	286.00
15	850–900	851	267.50	267.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	586	280.00	280.00

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.