Name: Springville Feeder Cattle Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This was the 3rd and final sale for the spring and all classes of feeders were significantly higher and very high prices on light weight feeders and good interest on feeders this month with good groups of fancy type and a few value added feeders today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $330.46/cwt on 57 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −64.67 against this barn's trailing median of $395.12.

Average price

$330.46

57 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,801

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+13.39

vs IN average

+1.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	330.46	1,801	57

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

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 sale57 hd

330.46

—

IN average4 barns · 77 hd

317.07

+13.39

National average176 barns · 11,721 hd

329.34

+1.12

This barn, trailing median3 sales

395.12

−64.67

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

47 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,347	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	288	377.24/cwt	366.00–380.00	1,086	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	567	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,240	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,188	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,542	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	357.27/cwt	339.00–379.00	1,668	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	699	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,699	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	450	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,845	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,653	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	498	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,713	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,047	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	559	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,197	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,245	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	358	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,511	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	572	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,773	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,570	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	750	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,070	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	378	396.24/cwt	392.00–397.50	1,498	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	296.50/cwt	296.50–296.50	1,995	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	563	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,858	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,888	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	497	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,615	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,971	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	467	350.34/cwt	350.00–350.50	1,636	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	324.01/cwt	310.00–332.00	1,377	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	333	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	1,435	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,951	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,962	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	663	284.50/cwt	284.50–284.50	1,886	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,914	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	844	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,950	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	438	404.50/cwt	404.50–404.50	1,772	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,673	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	978	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	895	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,701	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	351	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	1,488	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	512	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,779	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	608	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,909	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	507	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,318	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	909	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,326	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	348	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,093	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	542	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,783	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	441	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,663	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	546	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,813	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	493	359.50/cwt	359.50–359.50	1,772	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	268	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	1,209	3

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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