Name: Springville Feeder Cattle Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This was the first sale of the fall with a lighter offering than normal today. Light weight steers and heifers were trading high with good buyer interest. All other feeder calves were selling high with lots of buyer participation today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $245.47/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −149.65 against this barn's trailing median of $395.12.

Average price

$245.47

30 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,372

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$247

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

$43.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.54

vs IN average

−6.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	248.36	1,389	28
Medium and Large 1-2	557	205.00	1,142	2thin

One grade step is worth $43.36/cwt here — about $247 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale30 hd

245.47

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IN average3 barns · 37 hd

240.93

+4.54

National average159 barns · 7,784 hd

251.94

−6.47

This barn, trailing median3 sales

395.12

−149.65

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	456	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,341	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	573	253.60/cwt	251.00–256.00	1,453	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	385	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,305	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	452	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,261	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	529	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,428	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	450	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,332	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,525	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	992	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,992	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,444	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,216	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,642	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,793	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,476	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	245.98/cwt	239.00–252.00	1,621	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	565	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,424	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,594	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	825	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,209	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,056	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,338	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,142	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	387	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	998	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,107	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,317	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,470	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,417	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,301	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	354	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,186	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	555	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,521	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	803	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,646	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,605	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	241.99/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,844	20

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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