Sale reports / Indiana / Springville Feeder Cattle Auction / 2026-10-02

Springville Feeder Cattle Auction

Feeder Cattle · Springville, Indiana · Fri, Oct 2
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1968
← Sep 4Oct 2latest
Receipts
1,014 head
▲ 455 vs last sale 559▼ 128 vs year ago 1,142 · −11.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This month's special feeder calf sale featured black and black and white face steer and heifer feeder calves. Compared to the previous sale on 9/4/26, feeder steers were 52.00 higher and feeder heifers were 26.00 higher. Receipts were higher compared to the previous sale and good demand was noted with active trade both in person and online. The next feeder auction is scheduled for November 6, 2026.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $393.97/cwt on 351 head, up $67.04 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 5 comparable sales and sits −43.72 against this barn's trailing median of $437.70.
Average price
$393.97
▲ 67.04 vs prior sale
351 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,121
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.00
vs IN average
−9.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538393.972,121351
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

5 sales
459410362313median 437.7003/1304/0305/0109/0410/02
Steers 500–600 lb: high $444.79, low $326.94, median $437.70 across 5 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 sale351 hd
393.97
—
IN average1 barns · 351 hd
393.97
+0.00
National average160 barns · 11,896 hd
403.12
−9.15
This barn, trailing median5 sales
437.70
−43.72
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

26 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650601311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,86910
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700659301.30/cwt284.00–316.001,98624
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350344442.57/cwt432.00–455.001,52226
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450424410.69/cwt409.00–412.001,74135
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600568348.35/cwt334.00–383.001,97948
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550524374.33/cwt350.00–391.001,96158
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400374427.00/cwt427.00–427.001,59713
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850807331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,67114
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450435425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,84919
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900865302.86/cwt295.00–306.002,62021
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700655360.11/cwt344.00–373.502,35932
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500478420.66/cwt413.00–426.002,01135
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600565382.03/cwt373.00–390.002,158147
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550519402.58/cwt380.00–432.002,089204
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750748328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,45312
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700656333.00/cwt333.00–333.002,18414
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350323417.00/cwt417.00–417.001,3479
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500459388.44/cwt380.00–398.001,78377
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2900–950926180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,6679
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850–900886190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,6834
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550541341.75/cwt341.50–342.001,84945
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600563322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,81319
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750732346.15/cwt341.00–352.502,53447
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650636355.11/cwt342.00–365.002,25863
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500473361.38/cwt350.00–371.001,70932
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400355329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,1689

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.