Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2025-08-27

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Aug 27
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162
Receipts
2,130 head
▲ 1,554 vs last sale 576▲ 2,130 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent auction sale for comparison. Today was the 56th Anniversary Cattle Sale & Customer Appreciation BBQ. Large number of load lots today that included many seven- and eight-weight steers. Demand was very good today and included internet bidding. Supply was heavy and included several 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 $475.76/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 7 of 12 comparable sales and sits +8.75 against this barn's trailing median of $467.01.
Average price
$475.76
21 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,598
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+22.89
vs IA average
+66.46 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546475.762,59821
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 sale21 hd
475.76
—
IA average4 barns · 344 hd
452.87
+22.89
National average152 barns · 8,476 hd
409.30
+66.46
This barn, trailing median12 sales
467.01
+8.75
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

26 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1402487.50/cwt487.50–487.501,9604
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1546475.76/cwt450.00–480.002,59821
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1624420.01/cwt414.00–432.502,62128
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2642403.00/cwt403.00–403.002,5874
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2656392.50/cwt392.50–392.502,5753
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1681404.06/cwt392.50–427.002,752101
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2703360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,53121
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723399.25/cwt399.25–399.252,88755
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2782356.00/cwt356.00–356.002,78420
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1788382.72/cwt371.00–389.003,016366
Steers750–800Large 1796352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,8063
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1815378.45/cwt370.50–385.003,084372
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2841347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,9223
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2858350.34/cwt348.50–355.003,00614
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1874374.02/cwt366.00–378.503,269490
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1916359.00/cwt359.00–359.003,28864
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,9044
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1511422.00/cwt422.00–422.002,1567
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2548400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,1924
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1612400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,44813
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2624370.66/cwt361.00–384.002,31339
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1680392.21/cwt382.50–417.502,667250
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1730383.79/cwt371.00–400.002,80296
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2774323.71/cwt316.00–328.002,50626
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1776346.21/cwt341.00–349.002,68740
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1815342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,78740

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.