Name: Springville Feeder Cattle Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This was the first sale of the year for Springville with a good offering of feeders with lots of buyer interest. Lots of fancy and value added feeders today that were at a premium on lighter weight feeders and active buyer participation on all classes of feeders.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $323.02/cwt on 78 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −117.28 against this barn's trailing median of $440.30.

Average price

$323.02

78 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,791

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.34

vs IN average

−35.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	323.02	1,791	78

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale78 hd

323.02

—

IN average3 barns · 90 hd

322.68

+0.34

National average173 barns · 15,162 hd

358.67

−35.65

This barn, trailing median3 sales

440.30

−117.28

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

42 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	400–450	405	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	1,555	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	546	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,753	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	463	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,648	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	591	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,702	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	431	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,651	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	463	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,616	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	561	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,548	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	356	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,267	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	548	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,814	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	314	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,259	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	359	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	1,458	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	443	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,524	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	544	289.19/cwt	286.00–296.00	1,573	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	832	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,088	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	342	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,197	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,109	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	291.82/cwt	285.00–294.50	1,853	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,920	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	232	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	724	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	850	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,227	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	641	301.43/cwt	297.00–305.00	1,932	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	320.30/cwt	317.00–322.00	1,499	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	246.16/cwt	242.00–252.00	1,622	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,888	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	994	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	322.83/cwt	320.00–325.50	1,672	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	889	247.22/cwt	247.00–248.00	2,198	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	318.10/cwt	316.50–321.00	1,800	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,676	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	227.49/cwt	206.00–234.00	1,688	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	277.15/cwt	269.00–279.00	2,037	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	591	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,915	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	243.76/cwt	239.50–248.00	1,550	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	710	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	2,027	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	604	317.74/cwt	315.00–320.50	1,919	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	680	294.73/cwt	290.50–297.50	2,004	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	497	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,571	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	615	270.33/cwt	264.00–273.25	1,663	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	779	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,096	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,306	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,539	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	748	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,646	2

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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