Sale reports / Indiana / Springville Feeder Cattle Auction / 2022-03-18

Springville Feeder Cattle Auction

Feeder Cattle · Springville, Indiana · Fri, Mar 18
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1968
Receipts
914 head
157 vs last sale 757 198 vs year ago 716 · +27.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This is the first sale of 2022. Offerings were seasonally moderate with good to very good demand, especially for direct groups with notable preconditioning. Buyer participation was active both in-person and online. Next sale is April 1.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $163.33/cwt on 425 head.
Average price
$163.33
425 head · 628 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,025
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$56
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$22.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.10
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2456170.0077519thin
Medium and Large 1641164.321,054375
Medium and Large 2565147.1783231
One grade step is worth $22.83/cwt here — about −$56 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 sale425 hd
163.33
IN average6 barns · 831 hd
154.23
+9.10
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

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1526179.26/cwt170.00–187.0094338
SteersMedium and Large 1739142.16/cwt141.00–151.001,05153
SteersMedium and Large 1573172.17/cwt165.00–180.0098766
HeifersMedium and Large 1622131.05/cwt128.00–136.0081533
BullsMedium and Large 1348165.00/cwt165.00–165.005743
BullsMedium and Large 1291182.00/cwt182.00–182.005304
BullsMedium and Large 1744126.00/cwt126.00–126.009374
BullsMedium and Large 1453150.00/cwt150.00–150.0068010
BullsMedium and Large 1649163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,05811
BullsMedium and Large 2633143.00/cwt143.00–143.009052
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy606174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,05416
SteersMedium and Large 2663140.00/cwt140.00–140.009288
SteersMedium and Large 1661169.64/cwt167.00–172.001,121118
SteersMedium and Large 1-2456170.00/cwt170.00–170.0077519
Dairy SteersLarge 389293.00/cwt93.00–93.008303
HeifersMedium and Large 1350168.00/cwt168.00–168.0058816
HeifersMedium and Large 1738129.00/cwt129.00–129.0095218
HeifersMedium and Large 1457156.05/cwt155.00–157.0071353
SteersMedium and Large 1372181.00/cwt181.00–181.006739
SteersMedium and Large 1791156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,23411
SteersMedium and Large 1829150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,24420
BullsMedium and Large 1537176.00/cwt176.00–176.0094517
HeifersMedium and Large 1869124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,0788
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3364140.00/cwt140.00–140.005105
SteersMedium and Large 2531149.66/cwt145.00–152.0079523
SteersMedium and Large 1453171.00/cwt171.00–171.0077527
SteersMedium and Large 1883126.37/cwt120.00–132.001,11617
HeifersMedium and Large 1753132.50/cwt132.50–132.5099821
HeifersMedium and Large 1570136.77/cwt120.00–143.0078050
HeifersMedium and Large 1654132.00/cwt132.00–132.0086320
HeifersMedium and Large 1542150.00/cwt150.00–150.0081360
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2490137.00/cwt137.00–137.0067118
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2648114.00/cwt114.00–114.0073913

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.