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Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-03

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Dec 3

● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162

← Nov 19Dec 3Dec 10 →

Receipts

2,766 head

▲ 1,538 vs last sale 1,228▲ 2,766 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today was the Annual Special Thanksgiving Calf Sale. Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers under 800 lbs. sold sharply higher, although they were not well compared. Steers 800 lbs. and heavier sold mostly lower. Heifers under 650 lbs. sold sharply higher, although not well compared, while 650 to 700 lb. heifers sold 5.00 higher. Demand was good today. Supply was heavy and comprised of several 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 $424.79/cwt on 219 head. That ranks 2 of 12 comparable sales and sits −42.21 against this barn's trailing median of $467.01.

Average price

$424.79

219 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,335

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$259

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

$43.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.62

vs IA average

−4.36 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	431.80	2,377	184
Medium and Large 1-2	546	387.99	2,118	35

One grade step is worth $43.81/cwt here — about $259 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 sale219 hd

424.79

—

IA average2 barns · 305 hd

422.17

+2.62

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

−4.36

This barn, trailing median12 sales

467.01

−42.21

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

45 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	337	427.41/cwt	420.00–435.00	1,440	6
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	341	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,398	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	511.95/cwt	510.00–515.00	2,119	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,743	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	455	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,048	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	476.06/cwt	465.00–502.50	2,276	60
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	492	450.15/cwt	435.00–455.00	2,215	36
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	455.10/cwt	435.00–465.00	2,367	59
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	393.46/cwt	390.00–410.00	2,066	23
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	546	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,282	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	421.12/cwt	405.00–440.00	2,388	112
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	586	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,212	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	389.55/cwt	380.00–408.00	2,435	357
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	368.86/cwt	355.00–374.00	2,324	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	646	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,410	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	380.43/cwt	353.00–390.50	2,568	291
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	686	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,435	14
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	355.78/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,583	168
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	352.67/cwt	326.00–356.50	2,712	133
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	829	324.37/cwt	318.50–329.00	2,689	78
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	855	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,745	29
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	310	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,395	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	371	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,651	21
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	375	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,481	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	416	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,737	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	434.79/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,822	47
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	410.90/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,960	63
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	492	357.87/cwt	300.00–372.50	1,761	31
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	517	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,197	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	370.36/cwt	350.00–379.00	1,918	57
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	410.64/cwt	390.00–425.00	2,139	60
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	534	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,762	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	553	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,046	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	565	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,444	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	392.59/cwt	375.00–415.00	2,234	200
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	591	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,172	26
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	370.64/cwt	356.00–385.00	2,302	171
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	635	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,254	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	639	338.26/cwt	290.00–348.00	2,161	151
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	670	319.86/cwt	275.00–335.00	2,143	23
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	368.01/cwt	350.00–375.00	2,495	91
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	773	284.68/cwt	284.50–285.00	2,201	53
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	806	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,426	10
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	924	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,375	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,101	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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	375	395.00	395.00
4	400–450	416	417.50	417.50
31	450–500	492	300.00–372.50	357.87
57	500–550	518	350.00–379.00	370.36
26	550–600	591	367.50	367.50
151	600–650	639	290.00–348.00	338.26
23	650–700	670	275.00–335.00	319.86
53	750–800	773	284.50–285.00	284.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	310	450.00	450.00
47	400–450	419	420.00–450.00	434.79
63	450–500	477	400.00–440.00	410.90
60	500–550	521	390.00–425.00	410.64
200	550–600	569	375.00–415.00	392.59
171	600–650	621	356.00–385.00	370.64
91	650–700	678	350.00–375.00	368.01
10	800–850	806	301.00	301.00
5	900–950	924	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	371	445.00	445.00
7	600–650	635	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	553	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	517	425.00	425.00
13	550–600	565	432.50	432.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	534	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	414	510.00–515.00	511.95
60	450–500	478	465.00–502.50	476.06
59	500–550	520	435.00–465.00	455.10
112	550–600	567	405.00–440.00	421.12
357	600–650	625	380.00–408.00	389.55
291	650–700	675	353.00–390.50	380.43
168	700–750	726	340.00–365.00	355.78
133	750–800	769	326.00–356.50	352.67
78	800–850	829	318.50–329.00	324.37
29	850–900	855	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	337	420.00–435.00	427.41
4	400–450	425	410.00	410.00
36	450–500	492	435.00–455.00	450.15
23	500–550	525	390.00–410.00	393.46
11	600–650	630	355.00–374.00	368.86
14	650–700	686	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	455	450.00	450.00
13	500–550	546	418.00	418.00
14	600–650	646	373.00	373.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	341	410.00	410.00
12	550–600	586	377.50	377.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	483	435.00	435.00

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.