Name: Boswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This report covers the Boswell special feeder calf sale. The next sale is October 29, 2019.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $136.81/cwt on 124 head.

Average price

$136.81

124 head · 664 lb average

Value per head Derived

$909

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$382

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

$45.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+24.28

vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	689	139.90	964	108
Medium and Large 1-2	472	120.76	570	13thin
Medium and Large 2	613	94.89	582	3thin

One grade step is worth $45.01/cwt here — about $382 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale124 hd

136.81

—

IN average5 barns · 670 hd

112.53

+24.28

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

19 lots · USDA AMS · Boswell Livestock Auction - Boswell, 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	—	576	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	850	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	613	94.89/cwt	90.00–105.00	582	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	485	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,154	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	120.76/cwt	120.00–125.00	570	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	142.03/cwt	130.00–146.00	626	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	136.19/cwt	135.00–140.00	730	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	332	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	374	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	606	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	493	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	592	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	636	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	572	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	499	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	719	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	507	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	514	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	972	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	721	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	137.36/cwt	132.50–139.00	652	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	356	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	498	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	600	7

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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