Sale reports / Indiana / Springville Feeder Cattle Auction / 2025-11-07

Springville Feeder Cattle Auction

Feeder Cattle · Springville, Indiana · Fri, Nov 7
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1968
Receipts
785 head
▼ 357 vs last sale 1,142▲ 785 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's sale was comprised of an attractive offering of black/black white face steers, bulls, and heifers. Demand was good with active buyer participation both online and in-person. The 2026 sale schedule has not been finalized so visit springvillefeederauction.org to see when the next auction will be.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $340.89/cwt on 87 head. That ranks 2 of 5 comparable sales and sits −52.96 against this barn's trailing median of $393.85.
Average price
$340.89
87 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,824
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$110
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.60
vs IN average
−24.72 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537341.671,83380
Medium and Large 1-2519332.001,7237thin
One grade step is worth $9.67/cwt here — about $110 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale87 hd
340.89
—
IN average3 barns · 94 hd
335.29
+5.60
National average198 barns · 25,157 hd
365.61
−24.72
This barn, trailing median5 sales
393.85
−52.96
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

41 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 1-2338362.00/cwt362.00–362.001,2245
Steers350–400Small and Medium 2350323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,1312
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1438380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,6642
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2447347.00/cwt347.00–347.001,55110
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473383.47/cwt380.00–386.001,81424
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1545379.80/cwt376.00–383.002,07033
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2545364.69/cwt346.00–367.001,98818
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1556380.48/cwt377.00–383.002,11531
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580359.67/cwt342.00–363.002,08643
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1619346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,14219
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2643323.50/cwt321.00–328.002,08014
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1653336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,19416
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1734335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,45910
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2760326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,4788
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2821307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,5204
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1224416.00/cwt416.00–416.009327
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1342341.23/cwt339.50–342.501,16753
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0313
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1448379.80/cwt379.00–381.001,70225
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1457378.63/cwt371.00–386.001,73049
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2471359.34/cwt353.00–361.001,69237
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1517350.87/cwt343.00–362.001,81434
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2519332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,7237
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1551334.87/cwt330.00–338.001,84546
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1644310.30/cwt302.00–318.001,99833
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1654308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,01414
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2740287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,12812
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2745222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,6542
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2811271.00/cwt271.00–271.002,1984
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1198423.00/cwt423.00–423.008383
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1296388.00/cwt388.00–388.001,1487
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1367380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,3959
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2433354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,5336
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1439399.25/cwt395.00–404.001,75346
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2477317.24/cwt305.00–334.001,5137
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1478372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,7783
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1555341.51/cwt340.00–343.001,89536
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1630321.30/cwt315.00–328.002,02416
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2630292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,8403
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1678296.26/cwt294.50–300.502,00920
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2763267.00/cwt267.00–267.002,0372

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.