Sale reports / Indiana / Springville Feeder Cattle Auction / 2021-08-20

Springville Feeder Cattle Auction

Feeder Cattle · Springville, Indiana · Fri, Aug 20
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1968
Receipts
418 head
▼ 313 vs last sale 731▼ 27 vs year ago 445 · −6.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This was the first sale of the fall with feeder steers sharply higher on value added steers and feeder heifers trending higher also today. Feeder bulls had lighter receipts but were trending higher on lighter weight bulls.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $149.40/cwt on 231 head.
Average price
$149.40
231 head · 753 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,126
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$192
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$34.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.26
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1757151.311,146213
Medium and Large 1-2642133.1885511thin
Medium and Large 2816116.869537thin
One grade step is worth $34.46/cwt here — about $192 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale231 hd
149.40
—
IN average5 barns · 598 hd
136.14
+13.26
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

32 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1—658133.00/cwt133.00–133.0087517
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—777134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,0459
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—685156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,06911
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475139.39/cwt138.00–140.0066216
BullsMedium and Large 1—365161.00/cwt161.00–161.005882
BullsMedium and Large 1—543143.00/cwt143.00–143.007763
BullsMedium and Large 1—661125.50/cwt125.50–125.5083010
BullsMedium and Large 1—451150.00/cwt150.00–150.0067717
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—788113.00/cwt113.00–113.008906
BullsMedium and Large 2—89395.00/cwt95.00–95.008482
SteersMedium and Large 2—751121.20/cwt117.00–124.009105
SteersMedium and Large 1—545146.00/cwt146.00–146.007962
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—766155.31/cwt153.00–156.001,19064
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—642133.18/cwt131.00–139.0085511
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—816150.75/cwt150.75–150.751,23027
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—742154.68/cwt152.25–158.001,14833
SteersMedium and Large 1—791148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,17113
SteersMedium and Large 2—978106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,0372
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—628138.00/cwt138.00–138.0086712
HeifersMedium and Large 1—858122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,0472
SteersMedium and Large 1—726145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0535
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—636157.00/cwt157.00–157.0099929
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—879143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,25713
SteersMedium and Large 1—910120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0924
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—641121.29/cwt118.00–122.0077711
HeifersMedium and Large 1—566131.00/cwt131.00–131.0074120
SteersMedium and Large 1—659145.00/cwt145.00–145.009566
SteersMedium and Large 1—952116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,1046
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—568117.00/cwt117.00–117.006652
HeifersMedium and Large 1—434145.00/cwt145.00–145.0062910
HeifersMedium and Large 1—740127.00/cwt127.00–127.0094012
HeifersMedium and Large 1—778122.22/cwt118.00–123.0095113

How this sale compares

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.