Sale reports / Indiana / Springville Feeder Cattle Auction / 2025-05-02

Springville Feeder Cattle Auction

Feeder Cattle · Springville, Indiana · Fri, May 2
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1968
Receipts
445 head
▼ 252 vs last sale 697▲ 445 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This was the 3rd and final sale for the spring and all classes of feeders were significantly higher and very high prices on light weight feeders and good interest on feeders this month with good groups of fancy type and a few value added feeders today.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $330.46/cwt on 57 head. That ranks 2 of 5 comparable sales and sits −63.39 against this barn's trailing median of $393.85.
Average price
$330.46
57 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,801
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+13.39
vs IN average
+1.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545330.461,80157
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 sale57 hd
330.46
—
IN average4 barns · 77 hd
317.07
+13.39
National average176 barns · 11,721 hd
329.34
+1.12
This barn, trailing median5 sales
393.85
−63.39
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

47 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 1Fancy333431.00/cwt431.00–431.001,4358
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2333273.00/cwt273.00–273.009093
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy358422.00/cwt422.00–422.001,5115
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added438404.50/cwt404.50–404.501,77210
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy450410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,8455
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1467357.27/cwt339.00–379.001,66811
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1545360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,96214
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1550348.00/cwt348.00–348.001,9144
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy559393.00/cwt393.00–393.002,19713
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added567395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,24012
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1640308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,9718
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673296.50/cwt296.50–296.501,99514
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1731280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,0475
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1785286.00/cwt286.00–286.002,2455
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1844231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,9504
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1288377.24/cwt366.00–380.001,0869
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,1883
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy378396.24/cwt392.00–397.501,49813
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425324.01/cwt310.00–332.001,37714
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2455215.00/cwt215.00–215.009782
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy467350.34/cwt350.00–350.501,63642
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1479322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,5428
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added498344.00/cwt344.00–344.001,71311
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added512347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,77914
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy542329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,78319
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy563330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,85814
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added572310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,77310
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2615219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,3476
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy663284.50/cwt284.50–284.501,88623
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1699243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,6995
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added750276.00/cwt276.00–276.002,07012
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1790239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,8886
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2895190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,7012
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy268451.00/cwt451.00–451.001,2093
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2348314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,0933
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy351424.00/cwt424.00–424.001,4889
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2425312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,3263
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy441377.00/cwt377.00–377.001,66318
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy493359.50/cwt359.50–359.501,77211
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1497325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6152
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2507260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3182
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy546332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,81312
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added608314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,90910
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1641245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5703
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2750223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,6732
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1771253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,9513
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1913181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,6533

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.