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Springville Feeder Cattle Auction

Name: Springville Feeder Cattle Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-04

Feeder Cattle · Springville, Indiana · Fri, Sep 4

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1968

← May 1Sep 4Oct 2 →

Receipts

559 head

▲ 118 vs last sale 441▲ 559 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend is available as this is the first sale of the fall season. Receipts were moderate and good demand was noted with active trade both in-person and online. The next feeder auction is scheduled for October 2.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $326.94/cwt on 72 head, down $113.36 from the prior sale (only 15 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −110.76 against this barn's trailing median of $437.70.

Average price

$326.94

▼ 113.36 vs prior sale

72 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,819

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$466

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

$89.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.70

vs IN average

−44.45 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	336.70	1,870	61
Medium and Large 1-2	554	317.00	1,756	4thin
Medium and Large 2	567	247.50	1,403	7thin

One grade step is worth $89.20/cwt here — about $466 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale72 hd

326.94

—

IN average2 barns · 82 hd

331.64

−4.70

National average157 barns · 5,984 hd

371.39

−44.45

This barn, trailing median5 sales

437.70

−110.76

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

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

37 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	382.60/cwt	340.00–400.00	1,458	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,399	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,477	17
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	242.43/cwt	236.00–255.00	1,159	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,490	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	541	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,829	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	554	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,756	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	336.28/cwt	311.00–346.00	1,883	46
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	567	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,403	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	333.21/cwt	310.00–340.00	2,149	31
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	324.02/cwt	323.00–325.00	2,161	25
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	318.49/cwt	311.00–327.00	2,306	21
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	740	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,316	11
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	311.32/cwt	310.00–312.50	2,410	24
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	832	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,434	3
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	917	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,595	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	290	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	877	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	364	336.09/cwt	322.50–347.00	1,223	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	459	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,033	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	345.20/cwt	323.00–355.00	1,588	34
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,180	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	544	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,637	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	313.62/cwt	302.00–330.00	1,766	40
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	613	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,753	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	311.95/cwt	310.00–314.00	1,981	25
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	652	318.58/cwt	312.50–324.00	2,077	38
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	652	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,923	11
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,154	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	751	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,215	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	832	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,172	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,408	2
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	934	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,428	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	255	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,001	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,653	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	495	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,386	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,843	8
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	638	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,755	2

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 Sep 4, 2026

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

Receipts 559Last week 441Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	255	392.50	392.50
9	450–500	482	343.00	343.00
8	550–600	576	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	495	280.00	280.00
2	600–650	638	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	290	302.50	302.50
14	350–400	364	322.50–347.00	336.09
34	450–500	460	323.00–355.00	345.20
16	500–550	544	301.00	301.00
40	550–600	563	302.00–330.00	313.62
25	600–650	635	310.00–314.00	311.95
38	650–700	652	312.50–324.00	318.58
2	700–750	718	300.00	300.00
6	750–800	751	295.00	295.00
2	850–900	860	280.00	280.00
8	900–950	934	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	459	225.00	225.00
2	500–550	520	227.00	227.00
15	600–650	613	286.00	286.00
11	650–700	652	295.00	295.00
3	800–850	832	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	381	340.00–400.00	382.60
11	400–450	414	338.00	338.00
17	450–500	458	322.50	322.50
15	500–550	541	338.00	338.00
46	550–600	560	311.00–346.00	336.28
31	600–650	645	310.00–340.00	333.21
25	650–700	667	323.00–325.00	324.02
21	700–750	724	311.00–327.00	318.49
24	750–800	774	310.00–312.50	311.32
11	900–950	917	283.00	283.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	479	311.00	311.00
4	550–600	554	317.00	317.00
11	700–750	740	313.00	313.00
3	800–850	832	292.50	292.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	478	236.00–255.00	242.43
7	550–600	567	247.50	247.50

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.