Sale reports / Indiana / Springville Feeder Cattle Auction / 2023-09-08

Springville Feeder Cattle Auction

Feeder Cattle · Springville, Indiana · Fri, Sep 8
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1968
Receipts
478 head
▲ 136 vs last sale 342▼ 122 vs year ago 600 · −20.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Offerings this month were on the lighter side with 478 head, but the quality was mostly good to very good with a higher undertone when compared to last month's sale. Internet buyer participation was strong and crowd attendance was moderate. The next feeder cattle sale is scheduled for October 6, 2023.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $228.13/cwt on 225 head.
Average price
$228.13
225 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,206
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$155
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$23.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+20.03
vs IN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1533230.631,230192
Medium and Large 2-3423218.0092219thin
Medium and Large 2551208.291,1477thin
Medium and Large 1-2669207.001,3857thin
One grade step is worth $23.63/cwt here — about −$155 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 sale225 hd
228.13
—
IN average6 barns · 462 hd
208.10
+20.03
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

34 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1447278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,2439
Steers—Medium and Large 1464282.60/cwt270.00–287.001,31120
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2518253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,3113
Steers—Medium and Large 1530258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,3674
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added533271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,44411
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2551247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,3617
Steers—Medium and Large 1559269.63/cwt258.00–272.001,50725
Steers—Medium and Large 1631265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,67213
Steers—Medium and Large 1658253.80/cwt249.00–259.001,67038
Steers—Medium and Large 2725220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5952
Steers—Medium and Large 1749249.50/cwt249.00–250.001,8698
Steers—Medium and Large 1843217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,8294
Steers—Medium and Large 1972194.76/cwt181.00–200.001,89311
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3293226.00/cwt226.00–226.006623
Heifers—Medium and Large 2295231.00/cwt231.00–231.006814
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3349225.00/cwt225.00–225.007858
Heifers—Medium and Large 1362268.00/cwt268.00–268.0097022
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added448248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,11110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1448233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,04418
Heifers—Medium and Large 1457223.13/cwt218.00–224.001,02040
Heifers—Medium and Large 1541237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,28216
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3546208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,1368
Heifers—Medium and Large 1554238.89/cwt238.00–240.001,32340
Heifers—Medium and Large 1632222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,4039
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy669207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,3857
Heifers—Medium and Large 1676199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,34518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1754197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,4858
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added811207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,68311
Heifers—Medium and Large 2892178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,5883
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1313249.00/cwt249.00–249.0077910
Bulls—Medium and Large 2397235.00/cwt235.00–235.009335
Bulls—Medium and Large 1445261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,16114
Bulls—Medium and Large 1514259.13/cwt257.00–262.001,33217
Bulls—Medium and Large 1620249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,54414

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.