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Bloomfield Livestock Auction

Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-29

Feeder Cattle · Bloomfield, Iowa · Mon, Dec 29

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2133

← Dec 30Dec 29latest

Receipts

1,442 head

▼ 122 vs last sale 1,564▼ 122 vs year ago 1,564 · −7.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special IMBIO Precondition Sale. No recent price comparison. Supply was heavy. Active trade with very good demand and active internet and phone bidding.

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 $450.19/cwt on 197 head.

Average price

$450.19

197 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,482

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.00

vs IA average

−1.97 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	450.19	2,482	197

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 sale197 hd

450.19

—

IA average1 barns · 197 hd

450.19

+0.00

National average24 barns · 3,960 hd

452.16

−1.97

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

22 lots · USDA AMS · Bloomfield Livestock IMBIO Feeder Cattle Special - 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	298	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	1,877	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	364	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,148	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,028	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	441	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	2,348	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	450.37/cwt	432.50–455.00	2,369	103
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,606	94
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	621	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,105	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	421.24/cwt	407.00–425.00	2,654	109
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	684	399.00/cwt	398.00–400.00	2,729	151
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	370.48/cwt	359.00–379.00	2,649	79
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	762	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,880	206
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,834	69
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	338	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,453	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	420	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,079	33
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	421	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,684	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	403.11/cwt	378.00–405.00	2,092	75
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,202	92
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	601	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,061	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	603	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,316	77
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	354.49/cwt	331.50–360.00	2,357	134
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	706	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,365	76
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	786	328.50/cwt	328.50–328.50	2,582	64

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 IMBIO Feeder Cattle Special - Bloomfield, IA

Mon Dec 29, 2025

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

Receipts 1,442Last week 1,564Year ago 1,564

Special IMBIO Precondition Sale. No recent price comparison. Supply was heavy. Active trade with very good demand and active internet and phone bidding.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
33	400–450	420	495.00	495.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	338	430.00	430.00
75	500–550	519	378.00–405.00	403.11
92	550–600	559	394.00	394.00
77	600–650	603	384.00	384.00
134	650–700	665	331.50–360.00	354.49
76	700–750	706	335.00	335.00
64	750–800	786	328.50	328.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	421	400.00	400.00
11	600–650	601	343.00	343.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	298	630.00	630.00
14	350–400	364	590.00	590.00
16	400–450	441	532.50	532.50
103	500–550	526	432.50–455.00	450.37
94	550–600	579	450.00	450.00
109	600–650	630	407.00–425.00	421.24
151	650–700	684	398.00–400.00	399.00
79	700–750	715	359.00–379.00	370.48
206	750–800	762	378.00	378.00
69	800–850	831	341.00	341.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	427	475.00	475.00
4	600–650	621	339.00	339.00

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.