Sale reports / Indiana / Springville Feeder Cattle Auction / 2025-04-04

Springville Feeder Cattle Auction

Feeder Cattle · Springville, Indiana · Fri, Apr 4
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1968
Receipts
697 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 678▼ 54 vs year ago 751 · −7.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last month sale feeder steers had instances of higher/lower with good groups of fancy type and value added steers and feeder heifers were steady to higher with feeder bulls significantly higher. A good offering of feeders today with a good crowed on hand and active buyer participation.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $303.88/cwt on 128 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −89.98 against this barn's trailing median of $393.85.
Average price
$303.88
128 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,638
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.59
vs IN average
−17.50 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539303.881,638128
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 sale128 hd
303.88
—
IN average4 barns · 143 hd
303.28
+0.59
National average178 barns · 12,751 hd
321.38
−17.50
This barn, trailing median5 sales
393.85
−89.98
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

50 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 2252300.00/cwt300.00–300.007562
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1324400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2966
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy363401.59/cwt401.00–402.001,45812
Steers400–450Small and Medium 1422185.00/cwt185.00–185.007812
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,3094
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy449376.50/cwt376.50–376.501,69022
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy454379.50/cwt379.50–379.501,72316
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added498382.00/cwt382.00–382.001,90213
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy539330.81/cwt303.00–336.001,78330
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy566334.27/cwt330.00–337.001,89228
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added567329.98/cwt325.00–336.001,87126
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy632296.85/cwt294.50–300.001,87619
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added649308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,99912
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy660300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,98012
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1735266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,9555
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fancy748278.50/cwt278.50–278.502,08317
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added751271.50/cwt271.50–271.502,03915
Steers750–800Large 1-2757221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,6732
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1796243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,9343
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added846236.50/cwt236.50–236.502,00111
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fancy878261.84/cwt260.00–264.002,29917
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2922240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,2132
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1250331.00/cwt331.00–331.008289
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1340334.50/cwt334.50–334.501,13721
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1381329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,25317
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1403310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,2493
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy445340.50/cwt340.50–340.501,51521
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy454325.57/cwt318.00–333.001,47834
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476280.74/cwt275.00–288.001,33618
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added518309.89/cwt303.00–318.001,60552
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy546303.50/cwt303.50–303.501,65738
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy561296.02/cwt288.50–299.001,66138
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1626265.50/cwt265.50–265.501,6625
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy644273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,75833
Heifers650–700Large 1-2655245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6058
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added711247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,76010
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fancy749241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,80516
Heifers750–800Large 1-2772226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,7458
Heifers800–850Large 1818221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,8083
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1823218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,7943
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1886220.25/cwt220.25–220.251,95114
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy346365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,2637
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1388340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,3194
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy454348.00/cwt348.00–348.001,5807
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2533264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,4074
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy575311.23/cwt300.00–325.001,79015
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1640278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,7792
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1652284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,8527
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers650–700Large 2655216.50/cwt216.50–216.501,4184
Beef/Dairy Steers700–750Large 2743200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4863

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.