Sale reports / Iowa / Bloomfield Livestock Auction / 2026-03-25

Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Wed, Mar 25
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2162
Receipts
822 head
▼ 256 vs last sale 1,078▲ 822 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers less than 750 lbs. sold steady to 20.00 lower, while steers heavier than 750 lbs. sold 10.00 to 20.00 higher. Heifers sold mostly 15.00 22.. higher. Demand was good today and included internet bidding. Supply was moderate and included several smaller packages and only a couple 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 $479.54/cwt on 42 head, up $26.92 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 12 comparable sales and sits +12.53 against this barn's trailing median of $467.01.
Average price
$479.54
▲ 26.92 vs prior sale
42 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,662
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−6.00
vs IA average
+1.45 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555479.542,66242
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 sale42 hd
479.54
—
IA average5 barns · 439 hd
485.54
−6.00
National average173 barns · 11,948 hd
478.09
+1.45
This barn, trailing median12 sales
467.01
+12.53
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

30 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned326620.00/cwt620.00–620.002,02111
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned382534.59/cwt530.00–550.002,04212
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1448555.00/cwt555.00–555.002,4864
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned475457.50/cwt457.50–457.502,1734
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1479533.07/cwt525.00–550.002,55324
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1532488.24/cwt475.00–493.002,59723
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1583469.00/cwt469.00–469.002,73419
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625450.81/cwt437.50–458.502,81864
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1671428.00/cwt428.00–428.002,87228
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned703345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,4255
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725375.81/cwt369.00–395.002,72525
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1767377.00/cwt377.00–377.002,89232
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1817370.32/cwt356.00–375.503,02682
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy856330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,82513
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1924339.56/cwt319.00–342.253,13873
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned261640.00/cwt640.00–640.001,6704
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned344540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,85814
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2376460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,7305
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1392515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,0195
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1489458.65/cwt455.00–461.002,24315
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565443.41/cwt427.50–450.002,50559
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581396.56/cwt390.00–403.002,3048
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2603365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,2016
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1678365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,47520
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1729358.56/cwt348.00–361.752,61498
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1792346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,74012
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1846317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,6867
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned357530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,8924
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned410475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,9486
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned554405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,2446

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.