Sale reports / Indiana / Springville Feeder Cattle Auction / 2024-04-26

Springville Feeder Cattle Auction

Feeder Cattle · Springville, Indiana · Fri, Apr 26
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1968
Receipts
534 head
▼ 217 vs last sale 751▲ 51 vs year ago 483 · +10.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This was the last sale of the spring and a good offering of all classes of feeders with value added and fancy type feeders selling sharply higher, There was lots of buyer interest today and active buyer participation on all feeders.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $260.01/cwt on 82 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −133.84 against this barn's trailing median of $393.85.
Average price
$260.01
82 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,441
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$521
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$81.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.73
vs IN average
−10.18 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1557267.091,48871
Medium and Large 1-2541225.001,2178thin
Medium and Large 2520186.009673thin
One grade step is worth $81.09/cwt here — about $521 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale82 hd
260.01
—
IN average4 barns · 99 hd
257.29
+2.73
National average178 barns · 11,596 hd
270.19
−10.18
This barn, trailing median5 sales
393.85
−133.84
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

55 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy277331.00/cwt331.00–331.009172
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy338339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,1464
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1347301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,0442
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy383315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,2065
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1442275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,2162
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy445310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,38013
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1490290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4216
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added497315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,56614
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy530300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,59012
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added567288.87/cwt286.50–291.501,63821
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy570279.63/cwt277.00–280.501,59412
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,3113
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy613268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,6434
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1638256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,6335
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added642274.56/cwt270.00–278.001,76323
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1663214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,4196
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added674272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,83311
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2718214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,5375
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2761206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,5684
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1769223.64/cwt222.00–227.001,7209
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fancy861204.50/cwt204.50–204.501,7618
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1906184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,6674
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1291262.00/cwt262.00–262.007623
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315276.00/cwt276.00–276.008694
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy361290.50/cwt290.50–290.501,04914
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2390226.00/cwt226.00–226.008812
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy440300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,32014
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy470293.72/cwt280.00–302.001,38044
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,0102
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2495176.00/cwt176.00–176.008712
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520186.00/cwt186.00–186.009673
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2541225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2178
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy545276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,50416
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy558263.42/cwt256.00–267.001,47031
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added564265.88/cwt261.00–273.001,50024
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added628248.50/cwt248.50–248.501,56118
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy637254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,61814
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2645179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,1552
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1656236.17/cwt220.00–240.001,54926
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2658213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,40214
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1732217.99/cwt212.00–221.001,59615
Heifers700–750Large 1745193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,4384
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fancy822203.20/cwt201.00–205.001,6709
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1902193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,7412
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1Fancy955201.50/cwt201.50–201.501,9244
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1393284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,1162
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2416250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0404
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy456291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,3273
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2460220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0122
Bulls500–550Large 2515142.00/cwt142.00–142.007312
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2532200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0642
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy535270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4458
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy609260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,58310
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1682181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,2342
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1711205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,4589

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.