Name: Boswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This report covers the Boswell special feeder calf sale. The next sale is December 17, 2019.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.08/cwt on 179 head.

Average price

$119.08

179 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$672

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$90

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

$37.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.13

vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	122.99	684	144
Small and Medium 1	395	110.00	435	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	600	106.86	642	24
Small and Medium 1-2	544	103.75	564	4thin
Small and Medium 2	600	86.67	520	3thin
Medium and Large 2	698	85.00	594	3thin

One grade step is worth $37.99/cwt here — about $90 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 sale179 hd

119.08

—

IN average5 barns · 652 hd

111.95

+7.13

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

49 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 1-2	—	723	105.02/cwt	100.00–110.00	759	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	590	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	413	1
Steers	Small and Medium 2	—	815	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	693	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	518	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	596	8
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	376	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	254	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	129.39/cwt	127.50–132.50	690	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	136.02/cwt	130.00–140.00	588	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	861	126.24/cwt	124.00–130.00	1,087	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	644	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	708	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	555	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	887	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	995	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,005	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	234	121.46/cwt	120.00–125.00	284	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	300	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	375	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	129.84/cwt	120.00–138.00	871	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	125.71/cwt	122.50–127.00	772	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	137.07/cwt	134.00–140.00	779	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	606	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	885	22
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	750	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	713	5
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	425	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	476	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1	—	455	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	592	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	895	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	783	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,163	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,105	6
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	510	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	548	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1	—	395	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	435	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	840	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	714	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	495	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	107.45/cwt	97.50–110.00	712	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	134.75/cwt	130.00–141.00	617	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	482	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 2	—	473	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	426	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	125.88/cwt	120.00–130.00	675	46
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	555	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	569	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	124.14/cwt	120.00–125.00	586	17
Heifers	Small and Medium 2	—	855	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	684	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	119.29/cwt	117.50–122.50	800	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	573	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	424	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	105.50/cwt	105.00–110.00	658	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	120.95/cwt	112.50–122.50	691	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	449	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	494	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	603	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	724	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	545	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	749	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	861	5
Bulls	Small and Medium 1	—	390	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	429	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	549	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	623	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	641	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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