Sale reports / Indiana / Springville Feeder Cattle Auction / 2025-03-14

Springville Feeder Cattle Auction

Feeder Cattle · Springville, Indiana · Fri, Mar 14
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1968
Receipts
678 head
▼ 92 vs last sale 770▲ 74 vs year ago 604 · +12.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This was the first sale of the year for Springville with a good offering of feeders with lots of buyer interest. Lots of fancy and value added feeders today that were at a premium on lighter weight feeders and active buyer participation on all classes of feeders.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $323.02/cwt on 78 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −114.68 against this barn's trailing median of $437.70.
Average price
$323.02
78 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,791
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.34
vs IN average
−35.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554323.021,79178
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 sale78 hd
323.02
—
IN average3 barns · 90 hd
322.68
+0.34
National average173 barns · 15,162 hd
358.67
−35.65
This barn, trailing median5 sales
437.70
−114.68
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
459410362313median 437.7003/1304/0305/0109/0410/02
Steers 500–600 lb: high $444.79, low $326.94, median $437.70 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

42 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy314401.00/cwt401.00–401.001,2595
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy359406.00/cwt406.00–406.001,4589
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy431383.00/cwt383.00–383.001,65113
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy463349.00/cwt349.00–349.001,61615
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1490342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,6763
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518322.83/cwt320.00–325.501,67220
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy548331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,81416
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1566318.10/cwt316.50–321.001,80028
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added591324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,91514
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added604317.74/cwt315.00–320.501,91924
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1635291.82/cwt285.00–294.501,85314
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy641301.43/cwt297.00–305.001,93239
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1651295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,92014
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added680294.73/cwt290.50–297.502,00440
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added710285.50/cwt285.50–285.502,02714
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1735277.15/cwt269.00–279.002,03741
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1756279.00/cwt279.00–279.002,10910
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added779269.00/cwt269.00–269.002,09610
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fancy850262.00/cwt262.00–262.002,22716
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1889247.22/cwt247.00–248.002,1989
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1232312.00/cwt312.00–312.007244
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy342350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1975
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy356356.00/cwt356.00–356.001,26716
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy443344.00/cwt344.00–344.001,52418
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468320.30/cwt317.00–322.001,49920
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added497316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,57122
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy544289.19/cwt286.00–296.001,57331
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy561276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,54812
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added615270.33/cwt264.00–273.251,66334
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,3063
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1636243.76/cwt239.50–248.001,55016
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1659246.16/cwt242.00–252.001,62222
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1742227.49/cwt206.00–234.001,68823
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fancy832251.00/cwt251.00–251.002,0884
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1355280.00/cwt280.00–280.009945
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy405384.00/cwt384.00–384.001,5557
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy463356.00/cwt356.00–356.001,64811
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy546321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,7539
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy591288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,70213
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2748220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6462
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1777243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,8881
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2855180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,5393

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.