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Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-15

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Oct 15

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162

← Oct 1Oct 15Nov 5 →

Receipts

1,578 head

▲ 421 vs last sale 1,157▲ 546 vs year ago 1,032 · +52.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold with a higher undertone though not well compared. Demand was very good today and included active internet bidding. Supply was heavy and included many yearling 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 $455.00/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 6 of 12 comparable sales and sits −12.01 against this barn's trailing median of $467.01.

Average price

$455.00

12 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,534

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+5.60

vs IA average

−14.04 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	455.00	2,534	12thin

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 sale12 hd

455.00

—

IA average3 barns · 361 hd

449.40

+5.60

National average176 barns · 29,227 hd

469.04

−14.04

This barn, trailing median12 sales

467.01

−12.01

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

27 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	394	545.70/cwt	530.00–550.00	2,150	18
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	557	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,534	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	607	445.27/cwt	436.00–454.00	2,703	64
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	615	397.19/cwt	395.00–400.00	2,443	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	622	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,317	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	397.15/cwt	392.00–402.50	2,701	35
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	714	379.90/cwt	377.00–383.00	2,712	35
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	778	349.99/cwt	344.00–360.00	2,723	13
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	781	398.39/cwt	392.00–401.75	3,111	236
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	382.24/cwt	376.50–387.75	3,165	217
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	889	364.82/cwt	344.00–368.25	3,243	378
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	912	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,508	4
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	917	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	3,090	7
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	975	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,901	4
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	984	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	3,124	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	316	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,343	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	430	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,978	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,900	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	548	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,891	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	552	390.00/cwt	375.00–395.00	2,153	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,262	39
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	604	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,235	31
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	396.32/cwt	384.00–400.00	2,469	40
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	381.33/cwt	367.00–388.00	2,589	48
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	378.73/cwt	373.50–384.50	2,765	219
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	795	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,751	10
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	958	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,826	9

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 Oct 15, 2025

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

Receipts 1,578Last week 1,157Year ago 1,032

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	430	460.00	460.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	481	395.00	395.00
39	550–600	564	401.00	401.00
40	600–650	623	384.00–400.00	396.32
48	650–700	679	367.00–388.00	381.33
219	700–750	730	373.50–384.50	378.73
10	750–800	795	346.00	346.00
9	950–1000	958	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	316	425.00	425.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	550–600	552	375.00–395.00	390.00
31	600–650	604	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	548	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	950–1000	975	297.50	297.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	394	530.00–550.00	545.70
64	600–650	607	436.00–454.00	445.27
35	650–700	680	392.00–402.50	397.15
35	700–750	714	377.00–383.00	379.90
236	750–800	781	392.00–401.75	398.39
217	800–850	828	376.50–387.75	382.24
378	850–900	889	344.00–368.25	364.82
7	900–950	917	337.00	337.00
5	950–1000	984	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	615	395.00–400.00	397.19
13	750–800	778	344.00–360.00	349.99
4	900–950	912	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	557	455.00	455.00
9	600–650	622	372.50	372.50

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.