Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2025-06-18

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Jun 18
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162
Receipts
1,369 head
▲ 75 vs last sale 1,294▲ 1,369 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 under 600 lbs. and steers over 700 lbs. sold 2.00 to 12.00 higher, while 600 to 700 lb. steers were lower based on a light test this week. Heifers sold uneven. Demand was good today and included active internet bidding. Supply was moderate to heavy and included a few load lots.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $398.69/cwt on 59 head. That ranks 2 of 12 comparable sales and sits −68.31 against this barn's trailing median of $467.01.
Average price
$398.69
59 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,242
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$393
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$77.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.67
vs IA average
+26.77 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1562402.642,26256
Medium and Large 1-2575325.001,8693thin
One grade step is worth $77.64/cwt here — about $393 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 sale59 hd
398.69
—
IA average3 barns · 136 hd
398.02
+0.67
National average146 barns · 8,317 hd
371.92
+26.77
This barn, trailing median12 sales
467.01
−68.31
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
528480432385median 467.0103/1104/2206/0309/1610/21
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

39 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1438456.58/cwt455.00–460.002,0009
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned449372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,6736
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468455.72/cwt442.50–460.002,13312
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1535416.67/cwt415.00–421.002,22922
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,8693
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1579393.56/cwt390.00–404.002,27934
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned608331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,0126
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2624345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,1539
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630356.71/cwt347.00–371.002,24738
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned664338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,2449
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1667331.35/cwt328.00–337.502,21012
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2726300.27/cwt280.00–315.002,1807
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1729337.92/cwt333.50–341.502,463129
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1769327.14/cwt317.00–338.502,516176
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2777297.72/cwt255.00–317.002,31317
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1815327.05/cwt323.00–328.002,66589
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1872316.08/cwt308.00–319.752,756341
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1927294.50/cwt294.50–294.502,73035
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,096237.50/cwt237.50–237.502,6033
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2341362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,2365
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2407366.00/cwt366.00–366.001,4904
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415420.44/cwt410.00–425.001,74510
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462393.00/cwt393.00–393.001,81610
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2488349.76/cwt345.00–363.001,70723
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1517370.86/cwt355.00–375.001,91738
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned545326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,7775
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2565310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7524
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1581328.54/cwt315.00–335.001,90921
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned599314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,8816
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1634315.38/cwt310.00–322.502,00036
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2658276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,8163
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1679310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,10528
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fancy718330.75/cwt330.75–330.752,37577
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1718287.00/cwt287.00–287.002,0616
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1790289.06/cwt282.00–292.002,28424
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1828276.00/cwt274.00–278.002,28512
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1388425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,6493
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1438350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5333
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned767300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,3015

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.