Name: United Producers Inc - Vincenes livestock auction prices — 2020-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 2.00 to 4.00 higher with slaughter heifers 1.00 to 4.00 higher this week. Cows were mostly steady with some instances of higher/lower and bulls trading 2.00 lower. No comparison on feeder steers but feeder heifers and bulls were sharply higher today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.21/cwt on 28 head.

Average price

$130.21

28 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$703

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$49

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

$37.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+23.17

vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	513	134.28	688	25
Medium and Large 2	765	96.33	737	3thin

One grade step is worth $37.95/cwt here — about −$49 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 sale28 hd

130.21

—

IN average5 barns · 293 hd

107.04

+23.17

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	—	High	1,859	95.29	1,772	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,295	63.71	825	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,210	54.36	657	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,084	41.79	453	4thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,231	106.28	1,308	47
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,143	103.85	1,187	10
Heifers	Select	Average	995	96.00	955	1thin
Heifers	Standard	Average	1,210	85.00	1,029	1thin
Steers	Prime	Average	1,340	111.25	1,491	1thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,315	107.72	1,417	85
Steers	Choice	Average	1,214	103.96	1,262	5thin

Every lot, as filed

47 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,025	1
Bulls	—	—	1,910	99.50/cwt	97.00–102.00	1,900	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	700	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	861	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	440	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	620	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	450	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	675	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,084	41.79/cwt	37.00–46.00	453	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,202	56.90/cwt	55.00–59.00	684	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,217	51.82/cwt	49.00–53.00	631	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,190	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	869	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,303	62.99/cwt	60.00–69.00	821	13
Bulls	—	—	1,829	92.76/cwt	86.00–96.00	1,697	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	543	139.01/cwt	137.00–140.00	755	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	363	161.02/cwt	160.00–162.00	585	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	530	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	753	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	775	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	907	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	490	134.49/cwt	134.00–135.00	659	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	560	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	778	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	126.05/cwt	123.00–129.00	706	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	220	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	372	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	635	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	794	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	280	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	487	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	678	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	912	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	325	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	510	1
Heifers	Select	—	995	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	955	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	131.75/cwt	131.00–132.00	581	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	662	1
Heifers	Standard	—	1,210	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,029	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,120	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,165	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	617	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	762	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,335	103.54/cwt	103.00–104.00	1,382	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	642	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	857	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,091	103.92/cwt	103.00–104.75	1,134	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	747	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	932	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	412	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	602	2
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,298	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,363	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	810	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	826	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	133.47/cwt	130.00–137.00	444	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	562	141.17/cwt	140.00–144.00	793	6
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,228	106.34/cwt	105.00–109.00	1,306	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	814	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	544	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,214	103.96/cwt	102.50–104.50	1,262	5
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,315	107.72/cwt	105.00–110.75	1,417	85
Steers	Prime	—	1,340	111.25/cwt	111.25–111.25	1,491	1

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 Aug 19, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 54Last week 32Year ago 55

Slaughter CattleReceipts 207Last week 244Year ago 201

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	840	122.00	122.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	700	123.00	123.00
1	—	440	141.00	141.00
3	—	543	137.00–140.00	139.01
2	—	363	160.00–162.00	161.02
2	—	490	134.00–135.00	134.49
2	—	560	123.00–129.00	126.05
1	—	220	169.00	169.00
2	—	635	125.00	125.00
1	—	280	174.00	174.00
2	—	678	134.50	134.50
1	—	325	157.00	157.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	150.00	150.00
1	—	530	142.00	142.00
1	—	560	139.00	139.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	441	131.00–132.00	131.75
1	—	505	131.00	131.00
4	—	450	137.00	137.00
1	—	560	136.00	136.00
1	—	680	126.00	126.00
1	—	790	118.00	118.00
2	—	333	130.00–137.00	133.47
2	—	740	110.00	110.00
1	—	375	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	88.00	88.00
1	—	755	99.00	99.00
1	—	810	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	412	146.00	146.00
6	—	562	140.00–144.00	141.17

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,910	97.00–102.00	99.50
5	—	1,829	86.00–96.00	92.76
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,084	37.00–46.00	41.79
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,202	55.00–59.00	56.90
5	—	1,217	49.00–53.00	51.82
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,190	73.00	73.00
13	—	1,303	60.00–69.00	62.99
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	96.00	96.00
Heifers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,210	85.00	85.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,120	104.00	104.00
2	—	1,335	103.00–104.00	103.54
7	—	1,091	103.00–104.75	103.92
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,298	105.00	105.00
45	—	1,228	105.00–109.00	106.34
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,214	102.50–104.50	103.96
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	1,315	105.00–110.75	107.72
Steers — Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,340	111.25	111.25

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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