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Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-17

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Sep 17

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162

← Sep 10Sep 17Oct 1 →

Receipts

1,191 head

▼ 309 vs last sale 1,500▼ 467 vs year ago 1,658 · −28.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today was the Annual Special Off Grass Yearling Sale. Hot and dry conditions were ideal for crop harvest which has begun in Iowa. Steers and heifers sold with a lower undertone, although they were not well compared. Demand was moderate today and included active internet bidding. Supply was moderate to heavy and included mostly yearlings with just a few load lots.

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 $390.44/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −76.56 against this barn's trailing median of $467.01.

Average price

$390.44

48 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,152

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$437

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

$73.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−51.26

vs IA average

−14.20 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	427.19	2,371	24
Medium and Large 1-2	547	353.70	1,935	24

One grade step is worth $73.49/cwt here — about $437 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale48 hd

390.44

—

IA average2 barns · 137 hd

441.70

−51.26

National average165 barns · 10,728 hd

404.64

−14.20

This barn, trailing median12 sales

467.01

−76.56

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

23 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	360.32/cwt	335.00–370.00	1,877	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	547	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,379	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,366	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	569	348.09/cwt	325.00–375.00	1,981	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	412.53/cwt	400.00–432.50	2,533	15
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	395.58/cwt	390.50–398.50	2,690	33
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	381.13/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,729	79
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	381.73/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,955	158
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	781	303.05/cwt	271.00–345.00	2,367	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	826	376.88/cwt	354.00–384.50	3,113	218
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	850	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	3,120	60
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	915	356.65/cwt	340.00–359.00	3,263	144
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	944	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,021	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	366.85/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,779	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	361.82/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,918	19
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	370.40/cwt	363.00–374.00	2,285	19
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,135	19
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	670	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,295	19
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	358.69/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,443	63
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	357.73/cwt	335.00–364.00	2,586	91
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	779	337.11/cwt	330.00–345.00	2,626	87
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	866	328.25/cwt	327.00–330.00	2,843	29
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	969	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	3,043	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 17, 2025

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

Receipts 1,191Last week 1,500Year ago 1,658

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	900–950	944	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	547	435.00	435.00
15	550–600	560	422.50	422.50
15	600–650	614	400.00–432.50	412.53
33	650–700	680	390.50–398.50	395.58
79	700–750	716	370.00–400.00	381.13
158	750–800	774	375.00–385.00	381.73
218	800–850	826	354.00–384.50	376.88
60	850–900	850	367.00	367.00
144	900–950	915	340.00–359.00	356.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	521	335.00–370.00	360.32
13	550–600	569	325.00–375.00	348.09
9	750–800	781	271.00–345.00	303.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	485	360.00–380.00	366.85
19	500–550	530	350.00–375.00	361.82
19	600–650	617	363.00–374.00	370.40
63	650–700	681	350.00–365.00	358.69
91	700–750	723	335.00–364.00	357.73
87	750–800	779	330.00–345.00	337.11
29	850–900	866	327.00–330.00	328.25
5	950–1000	969	314.00	314.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	600–650	628	340.00	340.00
19	650–700	670	342.50	342.50

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.