Name: Springville Feeder Cattle Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This is the first report for Spring 2024. While offerings were moderate, quality was good to very good and demand for all classes was very good. Sale attendance was good thanks in part to cooler weather that came in last night. Buyer activity on the internet was very active. Many cattle offered today had light to moderate flesh, ideal for upcoming grazing.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $275.14/cwt on 79 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −165.16 against this barn's trailing median of $440.30.

Average price

$275.14

79 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,533

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$330

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

$47.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.29

vs IN average

−40.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	279.43	1,583	55
Medium and Large 1-2	535	271.96	1,455	20
Medium and Large 2	540	232.00	1,253	4thin

One grade step is worth $47.43/cwt here — about $330 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $444.79, low $437.70, median $440.30 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale79 hd

275.14

—

IN average2 barns · 84 hd

275.43

−0.29

National average167 barns · 13,796 hd

316.07

−40.93

This barn, trailing median3 sales

440.30

−165.16

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

43 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Large 2	600–650	640	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	966	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	504	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,406	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,139	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,603	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,323	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,510	15
Bulls	Small and Medium 1	550–600	590	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,304	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	259.08/cwt	256.00–265.00	1,459	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,798	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	222.04/cwt	217.00–227.00	1,636	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,319	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	937	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,715	7
Bulls	Small and Medium 1	400–450	405	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	911	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,924	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	300.14/cwt	299.00–301.00	1,102	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	252.80/cwt	250.00–256.00	1,358	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,427	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,949	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	802	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,524	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,314	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,200	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,338	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	577	295.26/cwt	290.00–299.00	1,704	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	268	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	836	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	904	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,953	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	916	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,958	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	269.33/cwt	267.00–271.00	1,805	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,614	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	223.01/cwt	211.00–225.00	1,907	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,529	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	244.28/cwt	241.00–253.00	1,568	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	271.96/cwt	270.00–274.00	1,455	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	622	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,711	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	444	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,048	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,511	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	612	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,805	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,600	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,740	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	696	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,740	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,253	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	651	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,595	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	743	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,939	25

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.

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