Name: United Producers Inc - Vincenes livestock auction prices — 2019-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers were mostly steady with instances of higher/lower. Holstein slaughter steers were 2.00 lower today. Cows were trading 1.00 to 2.00 higher with slaughter bulls sharply lower. Feeder steers were mostly steady with feeder heifers trending higher and feeder bulls mostly steady with some instances of higher/lower. This is the last sale of the year due to the Holidays. Everyone have Happy Holidays and will be back in January.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $105.73/cwt on 34 head.

Average price

$105.73

34 head · 491 lb average

Value per head Derived

$519

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$120

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$28.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.93

vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	441	111.07	490	27
Medium and Large 2	674	85.50	577	6thin
Medium 1	735	83.00	610	1thin

One grade step is worth $28.07/cwt here — about −$120 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 sale34 hd

105.73

—

IN average3 barns · 338 hd

110.66

−4.93

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,609	70.00	1,126	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,523	51.25	780	38
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,216	41.45	504	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,024	30.65	314	9thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,358	73.60	999	5thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,180	67.00	791	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,663	88.00	1,463	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,473	80.37	1,184	8thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,360	75.00	1,020	1thin
Heifers	Prime	Average	1,289	120.61	1,555	6thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,245	116.88	1,455	42
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,193	110.78	1,322	18
Heifers	Select	Average	1,003	96.68	970	7thin
Heifers	Standard	Average	1,142	78.89	901	3thin
Steers	Prime	Average	1,396	120.73	1,685	7thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,370	116.91	1,602	51
Steers	Choice	Average	1,227	109.56	1,344	25
Steers	Select	Average	1,179	98.90	1,166	7thin

Every lot, as filed

56 lots · USDA AMS · United Producers Inc. Livestock Auction - Vincennes, 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	340	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	490	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	570	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	701	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	418	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	539	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	425	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	599	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	260	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	393	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	432	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	497	2
Heifers	Select	—	1,003	96.68/cwt	89.00–103.00	970	7
Heifers	Standard	—	1,142	78.89/cwt	76.00–81.00	901	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	925	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	231	2
Steers	Prime	—	1,396	120.73/cwt	120.00–122.25	1,685	7
Heifers	Prime	—	1,289	120.61/cwt	120.00–121.25	1,555	6
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,360	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,020	1
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,180	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	791	1
Steers	Select	—	1,179	98.90/cwt	94.00–102.00	1,166	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,195	110.59/cwt	105.50–114.50	1,322	17
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,663	88.00/cwt	87.00–89.00	1,463	2
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,245	116.88/cwt	115.00–119.75	1,455	42
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,370	116.91/cwt	115.00–119.00	1,602	51
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,137	34.70/cwt	34.00–35.00	395	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	989	30.43/cwt	30.00–32.00	301	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,573	62.23/cwt	57.00–68.00	979	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,520	50.64/cwt	46.00–56.00	770	36
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,358	73.60/cwt	72.00–75.00	999	5
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,473	80.37/cwt	77.00–85.00	1,184	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,227	109.56/cwt	105.00–114.50	1,344	25
Heifers	Choice	—	1,165	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,328	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	540	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	540	2
Bulls	—	—	1,428	60.56/cwt	58.00–63.00	865	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	498	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	722	91.65/cwt	90.00–95.00	662	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	410	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	410	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	353	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	402	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	918	78.99/cwt	76.00–82.00	725	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	528	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	401	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	110.61/cwt	106.00–114.00	578	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	337	116.45/cwt	111.00–121.00	392	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	894	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	281	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	312	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	248	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	789	1
Heifers	Medium 1	—	735	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	610	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	590	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	472	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	110.26/cwt	105.00–115.00	516	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	466	114.41/cwt	112.00–117.00	533	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	624	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	280	107.50/cwt	105.00–110.00	301	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	567	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	355	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	373	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	467	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	549	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	604	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	104.50/cwt	101.00–108.00	585	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	39.52/cwt	36.00–42.00	488	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	44.35/cwt	43.00–46.00	526	8
Bulls	—	—	1,828	77.63/cwt	77.00–79.00	1,419	3
Bulls	—	—	1,576	69.56/cwt	66.00–73.00	1,096	9

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.

Indiana feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

United Producers Inc. Livestock Auction - Vincennes, IN

Wed Dec 18, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Indianapolis, IN (LS-IS)

Feeder CattleReceipts 70Last week 90Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 276Last week 310Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	144.00	144.00
1	—	570	123.00	123.00
2	—	418	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	260	151.00	151.00
2	—	432	115.00	115.00
3	—	353	114.00	114.00
4	—	466	112.00–117.00	114.41
5	—	549	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	540	100.00	100.00
3	—	722	90.00–95.00	91.65
3	—	410	100.00	100.00
2	—	280	105.00–110.00	107.50
1	—	675	84.00	84.00
1	—	355	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	131.00	131.00
1	—	440	120.00	120.00
1	—	805	111.00	111.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	918	76.00–82.00	78.99
1	—	445	90.00	90.00
1	—	590	80.00	80.00
1	—	650	96.00	96.00
1	—	525	89.00	89.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	523	106.00–114.00	110.61
7	—	337	111.00–121.00	116.45
4	—	281	111.00	111.00
1	—	830	95.00	95.00
6	—	468	105.00–115.00	110.26
2	—	560	101.00–108.00	104.50
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	83.00	83.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,003	89.00–103.00	96.68
Heifers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,142	76.00–81.00	78.89
Heifers — Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,289	120.00–121.25	120.61
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,195	105.50–114.50	110.59
1	—	1,165	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,245	115.00–119.75	116.88
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	925	25.00	25.00
3	—	1,137	34.00–35.00	34.70
4	—	989	30.00–32.00	30.43
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,573	57.00–68.00	62.23
36	—	1,520	46.00–56.00	50.64
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,236	36.00–42.00	39.52
8	—	1,185	43.00–46.00	44.35
Steers — Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,396	120.00–122.25	120.73
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,179	94.00–102.00	98.90
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,370	115.00–119.00	116.91
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,227	105.00–114.50	109.56
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,360	75.00	75.00
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,663	87.00–89.00	88.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,473	77.00–85.00	80.37
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,180	67.00	67.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,358	72.00–75.00	73.60
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,428	58.00–63.00	60.56
3	—	1,828	77.00–79.00	77.63
9	—	1,576	66.00–73.00	69.56

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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