Sale reports / Indiana / Springville Feeder Cattle Auction / 2023-08-18

Springville Feeder Cattle Auction

Feeder Cattle · Springville, Indiana · Fri, Aug 18
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1968
Receipts
342 head
▼ 141 vs last sale 483▼ 487 vs year ago 829 · −58.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This is the first sale of the fall schedule and offerings were light due to plentiful moisture this summer. Demand was good, with very good demand for long-weaned, preconditioned cattle. Sale attendance was moderate.

The next sale is schedule for September 8, 2023.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $231.93/cwt on 172 head.
Average price
$231.93
172 head · 684 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,586
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$207
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$29.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+30.15
vs IN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1695237.131,649139
Medium and Large 2598211.801,26620
Medium and Large 1-2696207.311,44213thin
One grade step is worth $29.82/cwt here — about $207 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 sale172 hd
231.93
—
IN average5 barns · 532 hd
201.78
+30.15
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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1382255.58/cwt250.00–259.009765
Steers—Medium and Large 1440263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,1574
Steers—Medium and Large 2455235.00/cwt230.00–240.001,0694
Steers—Medium and Large 1463262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,2134
Steers—Medium and Large 2559210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1748
Steers—Medium and Large 1562250.50/cwt250.50–250.501,40815
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2570219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,2485
Steers—Medium and Large 2637216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,3766
Steers—Medium and Large 1646244.54/cwt244.00–245.001,58028
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added723239.96/cwt239.50–240.501,73539
Steers—Medium and Large 1746230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,71621
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2774200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5488
Steers—Medium and Large 1862220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,89613
Steers—Medium and Large 2920160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,4722
Steers—Medium and Large 1928196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,8197
Steers—Medium and Large 11,015186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,8883
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1327288.00/cwt288.00–288.009425
Heifers—Medium and Large 1384250.00/cwt250.00–250.009605
Heifers—Medium and Large 1437243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,06211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1464241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,11817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1542224.23/cwt219.00–225.001,21515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1554225.82/cwt218.00–231.501,25126
Heifers—Medium and Large 3573166.00/cwt166.00–166.009512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1613207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,2692
Heifers—Medium and Large 1666220.20/cwt220.00–220.501,46718
Heifers—Medium and Large 2752179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,3465
Heifers—Medium and Large 1754215.77/cwt215.50–216.001,62711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1866188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,6285
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1413230.00/cwt230.00–230.009505
Bulls—Small and Medium 2-3460180.00/cwt180.00–180.008282
Bulls—Medium and Large 1564223.48/cwt216.00–225.501,26020
Bulls—Medium and Large 1739196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,4484

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.