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Springville Feeder Cattle Auction

Name: Springville Feeder Cattle Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-16

Feeder Cattle · Springville, Indiana · Fri, Aug 16

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1968

← Apr 26Aug 16Nov 1 →

Receipts

249 head

▼ 285 vs last sale 534▼ 93 vs year ago 342 · −27.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This was the first sale of the fall with a lighter offering than normal today. Light weight steers and heifers were trading high with good buyer interest. All other feeder calves were selling high with lots of buyer participation today.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $245.47/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −148.38 against this barn's trailing median of $393.85.

Average price

$245.47

30 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,372

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$247

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$43.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.54

vs IN average

−6.47 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	248.36	1,389	28
Medium and Large 1-2	557	205.00	1,142	2thin

One grade step is worth $43.36/cwt here — about $247 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale30 hd

245.47

—

IN average3 barns · 37 hd

240.93

+4.54

National average159 barns · 7,784 hd

251.94

−6.47

This barn, trailing median5 sales

393.85

−148.38

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

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

33 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	353	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	992	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	354	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,186	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	387	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	998	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,332	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,209	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	529	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,428	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,301	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,107	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	555	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,521	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,476	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,525	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	245.98/cwt	239.00–252.00	1,621	13
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	762	241.99/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,844	20
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,992	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	862	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,793	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	275	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	825	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,056	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	385	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,305	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	452	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,261	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	457	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,216	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,317	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	557	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,142	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	565	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,424	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,338	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	644	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,417	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,470	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	731	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,594	11
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,444	7
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,642	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	456	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,341	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	573	253.60/cwt	251.00–256.00	1,453	15
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,605	7
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	803	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,646	3

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.

Indiana feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Springville Feeder Cattle Auction - Springville, IN

Fri Aug 16, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Indianapolis, IN (LS-IS)

Receipts 249Last week 534Year ago 342

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	456	294.00	294.00
15	550–600	573	251.00–256.00	253.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	655	245.00	245.00
3	800–850	803	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	385	339.00	339.00
9	450–500	452	279.00	279.00
18	550–600	565	252.00	252.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	300.00	300.00
2	300–350	330	320.00	320.00
11	450–500	457	266.00	266.00
6	500–550	533	247.00	247.00
4	550–600	572	234.00	234.00
11	600–650	644	220.00	220.00
6	650–700	659	223.00	223.00
11	700–750	731	218.00	218.00
7	750–800	760	190.00	190.00
6	850–900	878	187.00	187.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	557	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	354	335.00	335.00
11	450–500	450	296.00	296.00
5	500–550	529	270.00	270.00
11	550–600	555	274.00	274.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	353	281.00	281.00
1	450–500	465	260.00	260.00
2	500–550	540	241.00	241.00
7	550–600	572	258.00	258.00
2	600–650	620	246.00	246.00
13	650–700	659	239.00–252.00	245.98
20	750–800	762	230.00–245.00	241.99
5	800–850	830	240.00	240.00
6	850–900	862	208.00	208.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	387	258.00	258.00
2	500–550	540	205.00	205.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.