Sale reports / Indiana / Springville Feeder Cattle Auction / 2024-04-05

Springville Feeder Cattle Auction

Feeder Cattle · Springville, Indiana · Fri, Apr 5
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1968
Receipts
751 head
▲ 147 vs last sale 604▼ 33 vs year ago 784 · −4.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous sale on March 15, feeder steers and heifers were unevenly steady with moderate to good demand. Farmer participation was notably higher with good demand for cattle with moderate to thin flesh, long-weaned, and double vaccinated.

Next sale is Friday, April 26.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $263.90/cwt on 92 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −129.95 against this barn's trailing median of $393.85.
Average price
$263.90
92 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,399
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+6.70
vs IN average
−6.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1530263.901,39992
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 sale92 hd
263.90
—
IN average5 barns · 120 hd
257.20
+6.70
National average179 barns · 13,329 hd
270.59
−6.69
This barn, trailing median5 sales
393.85
−129.95
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

5 sales
432386340293median 393.8503/1304/0305/0109/0410/02
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $418.23, low $307.15, median $393.85 across 5 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

35 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1304340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,0347
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2363283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,0273
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1369311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,1486
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1466312.43/cwt307.00–318.501,45634
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2487281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,3683
Steers500–550Large 1536257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,3785
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1545289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,57516
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1566284.96/cwt284.00–286.001,61321
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy623285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,77612
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1640257.63/cwt247.00–266.001,64918
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1664244.49/cwt226.00–252.001,62349
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1729239.99/cwt226.00–244.001,75037
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2786208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,63512
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1834231.45/cwt224.00–244.001,93034
Steers850–900Large 1865214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,8513
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1347301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,04413
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1367269.50/cwt269.50–269.509897
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3433231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,0005
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1436273.35/cwt273.00–274.001,19220
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530263.90/cwt260.00–269.001,39992
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1621244.75/cwt240.00–255.001,52040
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2639199.10/cwt198.50–199.501,27230
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1663230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,52510
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2665198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,31718
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1737199.75/cwt192.50–206.501,47252
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy839181.50/cwt181.50–181.501,52317
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1883188.50/cwt188.50–188.501,66411
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1273322.00/cwt322.00–322.008792
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1350300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0506
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1437296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,2948
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1484295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,4286
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1561276.81/cwt272.00–282.501,55313
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1603252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,5206
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2636199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,2664
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1688216.75/cwt200.00–223.501,49117

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.