Sale reports / Indiana / Boswell Livestock Auction / 2020-02-11

Boswell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Boswell, Indiana · Tue, Feb 11
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1971
Nov 26Feb 11latest
Receipts
491 head
383 vs last sale 108 491 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This market report covers the Boswell special feeder calf sale. The next sale is March 17, 2020.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $137.66/cwt on 227 head.
Average price
$137.66
227 head · 661 lb average
Value per head Derived
$910
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$222
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 1-2
$24.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.49
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1665139.36926211
Medium and Large 2-3613117.507203thin
Small and Medium 1-2614114.7270513thin
One grade step is worth $24.64/cwt here — about $222 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 sale227 hd
137.66
IN average5 barns · 652 hd
128.17
+9.49
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

37 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1406130.00/cwt130.00–130.005284
BullsMedium and Large 1508121.00/cwt121.00–121.006154
BullsMedium and Large 1557132.50/cwt132.50–132.507389
BullsMedium and Large 1647120.00/cwt120.00–120.0077616
BullsMedium and Large 1-297672.00/cwt72.00–72.007032
BullsMedium and Large 1-2676100.00/cwt100.00–100.006765
SteersMedium and Large 1366143.48/cwt140.00–145.005257
SteersMedium and Large 1507133.97/cwt132.50–137.506797
SteersMedium and Large 1438149.09/cwt147.50–150.006538
SteersMedium and Large 1774128.00/cwt128.00–128.0099110
SteersMedium and Large 1705142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,00516
SteersMedium and Large 1626141.77/cwt130.00–148.0088741
SteersMedium and Large 1826130.17/cwt128.00–131.001,07560
SteersMedium and Large 2-3613117.50/cwt117.50–117.507203
SteersMedium and Large 1485140.00/cwt140.00–140.006792
SteersMedium and Large 1565143.41/cwt139.00–146.0081022
SteersSmall and Medium 1-2505125.00/cwt125.00–125.006313
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2349115.00/cwt115.00–115.004014
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2470132.50/cwt132.50–132.506238
HeifersMedium and Large 2494112.50/cwt112.50–112.505564
HeifersMedium and Large 2659106.87/cwt97.50–110.007044
SteersSmall and Medium 1-2647111.63/cwt111.00–117.5072210
SteersMedium and Large 1682142.92/cwt135.00–147.5097528
HeifersMedium and Large 1705119.38/cwt118.00–122.5084213
HeifersMedium and Large 1533137.18/cwt132.50–140.0073119
HeifersMedium and Large 1634135.96/cwt122.00–140.0086222
HeifersMedium and Large 1471133.17/cwt123.00–145.0062731
HeifersMedium and Large 1786124.58/cwt122.00–126.0097956
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550125.00/cwt125.00–125.006882
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2403127.50/cwt127.50–127.505143
HeifersMedium and Large 1270122.50/cwt122.50–122.503311
HeifersMedium and Large 1360135.00/cwt135.00–135.004861
HeifersMedium and Large 1328132.50/cwt132.50–132.504353
HeifersMedium and Large 1444137.50/cwt137.50–137.506118
HeifersMedium and Large 1584137.50/cwt137.50–137.508038
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added705135.00/cwt135.00–135.0095219
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added389165.00/cwt165.00–165.0064210

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.