Name: Springville Feeder Cattle Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This was the last sale of the spring and a good offering of all classes of feeders with value added and fancy type feeders selling sharply higher, There was lots of buyer interest today and active buyer participation on all feeders.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $260.01/cwt on 82 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −135.11 against this barn's trailing median of $395.12.

Average price

$260.01

82 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,441

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$521

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

$81.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.73

vs IN average

−10.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	267.09	1,488	71
Medium and Large 1-2	541	225.00	1,217	8thin
Medium and Large 2	520	186.00	967	3thin

One grade step is worth $81.09/cwt here — about $521 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $418.23, low $393.85, median $395.12 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 sale82 hd

260.01

—

IN average4 barns · 99 hd

257.29

+2.73

National average178 barns · 11,596 hd

270.19

−10.18

This barn, trailing median3 sales

395.12

−135.11

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

55 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	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,421	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,419	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	564	265.88/cwt	261.00–273.00	1,500	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	869	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	567	288.87/cwt	286.50–291.50	1,638	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	497	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,566	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	628	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	1,561	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,010	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,155	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	217.99/cwt	212.00–221.00	1,596	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	674	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,833	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	347	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,044	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	642	274.56/cwt	270.00–278.00	1,763	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,064	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	871	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,537	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,217	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,402	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,012	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	445	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,380	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	338	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,146	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,040	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	761	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,568	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	881	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	967	3
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	745	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,438	4
Bulls	Large 2	500–550	515	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	731	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	456	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,327	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	535	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,445	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	609	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,583	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	530	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,590	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	277	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	917	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	470	293.72/cwt	280.00–302.00	1,380	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	570	279.63/cwt	277.00–280.50	1,594	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	822	203.20/cwt	201.00–205.00	1,670	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	545	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,504	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	383	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,206	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	558	263.42/cwt	256.00–267.00	1,470	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	637	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,618	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	361	290.50/cwt	290.50–290.50	1,049	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	861	204.50/cwt	204.50–204.50	1,761	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,458	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	613	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,643	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	950–1000	955	201.50/cwt	201.50–201.50	1,924	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	291	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	762	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,234	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	440	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,320	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	393	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,116	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	906	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,667	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	902	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,741	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,311	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,633	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	223.64/cwt	222.00–227.00	1,720	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,216	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	236.17/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,549	26

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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