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Springville Feeder Cattle Auction

Name: Springville Feeder Cattle Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-02

Feeder Cattle · Springville, Indiana · Fri, Oct 2

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1968

← Sep 4Oct 2latest

Receipts

1,014 head

▲ 455 vs last sale 559▼ 128 vs year ago 1,142 · −11.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This month's special feeder calf sale featured black and black and white face steer and heifer feeder calves. Compared to the previous sale on 9/4/26, feeder steers were 52.00 higher and feeder heifers were 26.00 higher. Receipts were higher compared to the previous sale and good demand was noted with active trade both in person and online. The next feeder auction is scheduled for November 6, 2026.

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 $393.97/cwt on 351 head, up $67.04 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 5 comparable sales and sits −43.72 against this barn's trailing median of $437.70.

Average price

$393.97

▲ 67.04 vs prior sale

351 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,121

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.00

vs IN average

−20.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	393.97	2,121	351

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 sale351 hd

393.97

—

IN average1 barns · 351 hd

393.97

+0.00

National average184 barns · 17,632 hd

414.66

−20.69

This barn, trailing median5 sales

437.70

−43.72

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

26 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,347	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,597	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,849	19
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	420.66/cwt	413.00–426.00	2,011	35
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	402.58/cwt	380.00–432.00	2,089	204
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	382.03/cwt	373.00–390.00	2,158	147
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	355.11/cwt	342.00–365.00	2,258	63
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	360.11/cwt	344.00–373.50	2,359	32
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	656	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,184	14
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	346.15/cwt	341.00–352.50	2,534	47
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	748	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,453	12
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	807	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,671	14
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	302.86/cwt	295.00–306.00	2,620	21
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	344	442.57/cwt	432.00–455.00	1,522	26
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	355	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,168	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	410.69/cwt	409.00–412.00	1,741	35
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	388.44/cwt	380.00–398.00	1,783	77
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	361.38/cwt	350.00–371.00	1,709	32
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	374.33/cwt	350.00–391.00	1,961	58
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	541	341.75/cwt	341.50–342.00	1,849	45
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	563	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,813	19
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	348.35/cwt	334.00–383.00	1,979	48
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	601	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,869	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	301.30/cwt	284.00–316.00	1,986	24
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	886	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,683	4
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	926	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,667	9

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 Oct 2, 2026

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

Receipts 1,014Last week 559Year ago 1,142

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	300–350	344	432.00–455.00	442.57
35	400–450	424	409.00–412.00	410.69
77	450–500	459	380.00–398.00	388.44
58	500–550	524	350.00–391.00	374.33
48	550–600	568	334.00–383.00	348.35
10	600–650	601	311.00	311.00
24	650–700	659	284.00–316.00	301.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	355	329.00	329.00
32	450–500	473	350.00–371.00	361.38
45	500–550	541	341.50–342.00	341.75
19	550–600	563	322.00	322.00
4	850–900	886	190.00	190.00
9	900–950	926	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	323	417.00	417.00
13	350–400	374	427.00	427.00
19	400–450	435	425.00	425.00
35	450–500	478	413.00–426.00	420.66
204	500–550	519	380.00–432.00	402.58
147	550–600	565	373.00–390.00	382.03
63	600–650	636	342.00–365.00	355.11
32	650–700	655	344.00–373.50	360.11
47	700–750	732	341.00–352.50	346.15
14	800–850	807	331.00	331.00
21	850–900	865	295.00–306.00	302.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	650–700	656	333.00	333.00
12	700–750	748	328.00	328.00

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.