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Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-04

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Jun 4

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162

← May 21Jun 4Jun 18 →

Receipts

1,294 head

▲ 239 vs last sale 1,055▲ 43 vs year ago 1,251 · +3.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers sold 6.00 to sharply higher, even though unweaned calves received deep discounts. Heifers sold 3.00 to 22.00 lower. Demand was good today, especially for lighter cattle, and included active 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

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $350.64/cwt on 197 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −62.88 against this barn's trailing median of $413.52.

Average price

$350.64

197 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,003

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−0.11

vs IA average

+12.40 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	350.64	2,003	197

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale197 hd

350.64

—

IA average3 barns · 380 hd

350.75

−0.11

National average164 barns · 13,536 hd

338.24

+12.40

This barn, trailing median13 sales

413.52

−62.88

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

13 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $450.36, low $351.92, median $413.52 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

29 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 1Unweaned	432	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,836	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	453	474.80/cwt	470.00–477.50	2,151	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	477	386.87/cwt	385.00–387.50	1,845	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	506	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,923	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	414.80/cwt	407.50–442.50	2,186	24
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	548	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,973	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	383.91/cwt	380.00–392.00	2,192	25
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,864	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	600	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,145	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	391.88/cwt	365.00–399.00	2,406	73
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	634	357.22/cwt	347.00–390.00	2,265	44
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	656	351.50/cwt	351.50–351.50	2,306	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	352.23/cwt	330.00–368.00	2,321	62
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	681	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,230	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	326.10/cwt	320.00–330.50	2,354	39
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	317.67/cwt	309.00–324.00	2,414	58
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	908	298.24/cwt	296.25–299.25	2,708	173
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	331	482.84/cwt	475.00–490.00	1,598	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	399	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,636	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	403.53/cwt	385.00–420.00	1,893	60
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	471	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,625	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	490	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,813	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	495	344.72/cwt	340.00–351.00	1,706	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	365.22/cwt	350.00–372.00	1,906	43
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	346.57/cwt	335.00–357.50	2,027	154
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	608	329.00/cwt	325.00–336.00	2,000	30
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	336.33/cwt	325.00–344.00	2,085	115
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	302.52/cwt	295.00–310.00	2,051	65
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	309.84/cwt	285.00–313.50	2,373	79

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 Jun 4, 2025

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

Receipts 1,294Last week 1,055Year ago 1,251

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	331	475.00–490.00	482.84
5	350–400	399	410.00	410.00
60	450–500	469	385.00–420.00	403.53
43	500–550	522	350.00–372.00	365.22
154	550–600	585	335.00–357.50	346.57
115	600–650	620	325.00–344.00	336.33
65	650–700	678	295.00–310.00	302.52
79	750–800	766	285.00–313.50	309.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	490	370.00	370.00
30	600–650	608	325.00–336.00	329.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	471	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	495	340.00–351.00	344.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	453	470.00–477.50	474.80
24	500–550	527	407.50–442.50	414.80
25	550–600	571	380.00–392.00	383.91
73	600–650	614	365.00–399.00	391.88
62	650–700	659	330.00–368.00	352.23
39	700–750	722	320.00–330.50	326.10
58	750–800	760	309.00–324.00	317.67
173	900–950	908	296.25–299.25	298.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	432	425.00	425.00
12	450–500	477	385.00–387.50	386.87
9	500–550	548	360.00	360.00
44	600–650	634	347.00–390.00	357.22
11	650–700	656	351.50	351.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	506	380.00	380.00
9	550–600	578	322.50	322.50
9	600–650	600	357.50	357.50
6	650–700	681	327.50	327.50

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.