Sale reports / Indiana / Springville Feeder Cattle Auction / 2021-08-20

Springville Feeder Cattle Auction

Feeder Cattle · Springville, Indiana · Fri, Aug 20
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1968
Receipts
418 head
▼ 313 vs last sale 731▼ 27 vs year ago 445 · −6.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This was the first sale of the fall with feeder steers sharply higher on value added steers and feeder heifers trending higher also today. Feeder bulls had lighter receipts but were trending higher on lighter weight bulls.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $149.40/cwt on 231 head.
Average price
$149.40
231 head · 753 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,126
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$192
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$34.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.26
vs IN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1757151.311,146213
Medium and Large 1-2642133.1885511thin
Medium and Large 2816116.869537thin
One grade step is worth $34.46/cwt here — about $192 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale231 hd
149.40
—
IN average5 barns · 598 hd
136.14
+13.26
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

32 lots · USDA AMS · Springville Feeder Cattle Auction - Springville, IN
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
Steers—Medium and Large 1545146.00/cwt146.00–146.007962
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added636157.00/cwt157.00–157.0099929
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2642133.18/cwt131.00–139.0085511
Steers—Medium and Large 1659145.00/cwt145.00–145.009566
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added685156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,06911
Steers—Medium and Large 1726145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0535
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added742154.68/cwt152.25–158.001,14833
Steers—Medium and Large 2751121.20/cwt117.00–124.009105
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added766155.31/cwt153.00–156.001,19064
Steers—Medium and Large 1791148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,17113
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added816150.75/cwt150.75–150.751,23027
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added879143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,25713
Steers—Medium and Large 1910120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0924
Steers—Medium and Large 1952116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,1046
Steers—Medium and Large 2978106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,0372
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1434145.00/cwt145.00–145.0062910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475139.39/cwt138.00–140.0066216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1566131.00/cwt131.00–131.0074120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2568117.00/cwt117.00–117.006652
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added628138.00/cwt138.00–138.0086712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2641121.29/cwt118.00–122.0077711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1658133.00/cwt133.00–133.0087517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1740127.00/cwt127.00–127.0094012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy777134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,0459
Heifers—Medium and Large 1778122.22/cwt118.00–123.0095113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1858122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,0472
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1365161.00/cwt161.00–161.005882
Bulls—Medium and Large 1451150.00/cwt150.00–150.0067717
Bulls—Medium and Large 1543143.00/cwt143.00–143.007763
Bulls—Medium and Large 1661125.50/cwt125.50–125.5083010
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2788113.00/cwt113.00–113.008906
Bulls—Medium and Large 289395.00/cwt95.00–95.008482

This sale against other markets

Indiana weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Indiana auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.