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Springville Feeder Cattle Auction

Name: Springville Feeder Cattle Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-01

Feeder Cattle · Springville, Indiana · Fri, May 1

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1968

← Apr 3May 1Sep 4 →

Receipts

441 head

▼ 191 vs last sale 632▼ 4 vs year ago 445 · −0.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale (held on April 1,) steers were mostly 10.00-13.00 higher based on a limited test, and heifers were 10.00-14.00 lower. Offerings today were moderate and comprised of mostly black hided cattle. Very good demand was noted for all classes, with active buyer participation ring side and online. The next sale is scheduled for September 4.

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 $393.85/cwt on 29 head, down $24.38 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 5 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $393.85.

Average price

$393.85

▼ 24.38 vs prior sale

29 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,107

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$417

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

$84.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs IN average

−30.22 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	411.29	2,192	23
Medium and Large 1-2	543	327.00	1,776	6thin

One grade step is worth $84.29/cwt here — about $417 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 sale29 hd

393.85

—

IN average1 barns · 29 hd

393.85

+0.00

National average166 barns · 11,250 hd

424.07

−30.22

This barn, trailing median5 sales

393.85

+0.00

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	200–250	Medium and Large 1	210	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	1,323	3
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	287	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,579	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,105	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	403	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,773	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	443	539.90/cwt	510.00–560.00	2,392	27
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,525	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,839	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	454.96/cwt	420.00–471.00	2,589	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	2,673	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	401.14/cwt	372.00–423.00	2,676	18
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	384.52/cwt	380.00–388.00	2,776	23
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	745	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,429	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,832	13
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	851	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,842	15
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	960	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	3,034	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	281	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,307	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	343	608.00/cwt	608.00–608.00	2,085	20
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	352	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,214	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,809	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	1,802	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	472.82/cwt	462.00–485.00	2,170	77
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	411.29/cwt	408.00–415.00	2,192	23
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	543	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,776	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	642	391.30/cwt	386.00–394.00	2,512	15
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	392.50/cwt	386.00–398.00	2,579	22
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	376.73/cwt	365.00–380.00	2,788	18
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	759	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,755	5
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	320.41/cwt	310.00–331.00	2,788	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,964	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	519.00/cwt	519.00–519.00	2,419	10
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,475	8
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	592	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,552	15
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	689	371.98/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,563	10

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 May 1, 2026

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

Receipts 441Last week 632Year ago 445

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	374	525.00	525.00
10	450–500	466	519.00	519.00
8	500–550	538	460.00	460.00
15	550–600	592	431.00	431.00
10	650–700	689	370.00–375.00	371.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	343	608.00	608.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	281	465.00	465.00
6	350–400	373	485.00	485.00
4	400–450	425	424.00	424.00
77	450–500	459	462.00–485.00	472.82
23	500–550	533	408.00–415.00	411.29
15	600–650	642	386.00–394.00	391.30
22	650–700	657	386.00–398.00	392.50
18	700–750	740	365.00–380.00	376.73
5	750–800	759	363.00	363.00
9	850–900	870	310.00–331.00	320.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	352	345.00	345.00
6	500–550	543	327.00	327.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	210	630.00	630.00
3	250–300	287	550.00	550.00
6	350–400	363	580.00	580.00
27	400–450	443	510.00–560.00	539.90
14	450–500	455	555.00	555.00
13	550–600	569	420.00–471.00	454.96
10	600–650	616	434.00	434.00
18	650–700	667	372.00–423.00	401.14
23	700–750	722	380.00–388.00	384.52
13	800–850	828	342.00	342.00
15	850–900	851	334.00	334.00
4	950–1000	960	316.00	316.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	403	440.00	440.00
2	500–550	533	345.00	345.00
3	700–750	745	326.00	326.00

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.