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Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-10

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Sep 10

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162

← Aug 27Sep 10Sep 17 →

Receipts

1,500 head

▼ 630 vs last sale 2,130▲ 350 vs year ago 1,150 · +30.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Annual Early Bird Calf Special was held today. Steer and heifer prices are not well compared. Demand was good today and included active internet bidding. Supply was heavy and included mostly unweaned calves as well as smaller strings of 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 $464.52/cwt on 329 head. That ranks 7 of 12 comparable sales and sits −2.49 against this barn's trailing median of $467.01.

Average price

$464.52

329 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,585

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$210

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

$38.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.76

vs IA average

+51.00 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	468.27	2,606	297
Medium and Large 1-2	558	429.68	2,395	32

One grade step is worth $38.59/cwt here — about $210 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale329 hd

464.52

—

IA average6 barns · 1,754 hd

453.75

+10.76

National average170 barns · 13,807 hd

413.52

+51.00

This barn, trailing median12 sales

467.01

−2.49

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

36 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	570.57/cwt	560.00–585.00	1,900	14
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	343	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,715	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	364	587.73/cwt	575.00–595.00	2,139	14
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	385	548.85/cwt	540.00–570.00	2,113	43
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	567.67/cwt	562.50–580.00	2,384	29
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	439	547.50/cwt	547.50–547.50	2,404	18
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,530	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	511.32/cwt	485.00–527.50	2,444	167
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	458.33/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,200	31
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	485	477.25/cwt	460.00–485.00	2,315	63
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	505	481.87/cwt	480.00–485.00	2,433	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	532	471.57/cwt	440.00–482.50	2,509	65
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,341	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	555	492.92/cwt	482.00–498.00	2,736	89
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	572	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,488	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	448.79/cwt	436.00–467.00	2,590	116
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	420.57/cwt	410.00–426.00	2,439	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	608	430.97/cwt	410.00–437.00	2,620	160
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	662	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,549	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	711	344.18/cwt	340.00–347.50	2,447	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	324	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,507	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	370	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,684	16
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	552.78/cwt	532.50–560.00	2,051	22
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	434	388.85/cwt	350.00–405.00	1,688	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	442	477.24/cwt	450.00–490.00	2,109	81
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	468.18/cwt	440.00–485.00	2,182	83
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	493	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,960	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	524	397.94/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,085	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	420.12/cwt	415.00–440.00	2,227	68
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	561	392.49/cwt	360.00–405.00	2,202	92
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	312.87/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,796	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	597	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,806	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,452	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	621	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,096	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	625	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,000	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	687	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,319	5

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 Sep 10, 2025

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

Receipts 1,500Last week 2,130Year ago 1,150

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
89	550–600	555	482.00–498.00	492.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	333	560.00–585.00	570.57
14	350–400	364	575.00–595.00	587.73
29	400–450	420	562.50–580.00	567.67
167	450–500	478	485.00–527.50	511.32
16	500–550	505	480.00–485.00	481.87
116	550–600	577	436.00–467.00	448.79
9	700–750	711	340.00–347.50	344.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
43	350–400	385	540.00–570.00	548.85
18	400–450	439	547.50	547.50
63	450–500	485	460.00–485.00	477.25
65	500–550	532	440.00–482.50	471.57
11	550–600	572	435.00	435.00
160	600–650	608	410.00–437.00	430.97
4	650–700	662	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	450	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	343	500.00	500.00
31	450–500	480	450.00–470.00	458.33
15	500–550	532	440.00	440.00
17	550–600	580	410.00–426.00	420.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	371	532.50–560.00	552.78
81	400–450	442	450.00–490.00	477.24
83	450–500	466	440.00–485.00	468.18
68	500–550	530	415.00–440.00	420.12
12	600–650	613	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	324	465.00	465.00
16	350–400	370	455.00	455.00
14	500–550	524	390.00–400.00	397.94
92	550–600	561	360.00–405.00	392.49
4	600–650	625	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	597	302.50	302.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	434	350.00–405.00	388.85
8	450–500	493	397.50	397.50
11	550–600	574	300.00–335.00	312.87
4	600–650	621	337.50	337.50
5	650–700	687	337.50	337.50

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.