Name: United Producers Inc - Vincenes livestock auction prices — 2020-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers were 1.00 to 2.00 higher with a good offering this week. Holstein slaughter steers were 1.00 lower. Cows were 1.00 to 2.00 higher with bulls 5.00 to 7,00 higher today. Feeder steers sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher with feeder heifers mostly steady with instances of higher/lower and feeder bulls sharply higher with good value on all classes of fancy and value added feeders.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $143.08/cwt on 83 head.

Average price

$143.08

83 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$742

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$47

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

$32.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.80

vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	515	144.26	743	80
Medium and Large 2	623	111.67	696	3thin

One grade step is worth $32.59/cwt here — about $47 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 sale83 hd

143.08

—

IN average5 barns · 741 hd

124.28

+18.80

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	—	Average	1,669	91.75	1,531	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,365	66.46	907	39
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,302	52.97	690	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,187	39.40	467	7thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,550	91.00	1,411	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,419	83.31	1,182	4thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,350	76.50	1,033	1thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,219	104.47	1,274	73
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,189	98.63	1,173	5thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,090	85.00	927	1thin
Steers	Prime	Average	1,322	109.29	1,445	5thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,292	104.20	1,346	89
Steers	Choice	Average	1,250	98.54	1,232	18
Steers	Select	Average	1,050	85.00	893	1thin
Steers	Standard	Average	1,410	80.00	1,128	1thin

Every lot, as filed

71 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	737	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,255	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,230	1
Bulls	—	—	1,509	91.01/cwt	88.00–93.00	1,373	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	466	138.14/cwt	136.00–143.00	644	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	618	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	834	5
Bulls	—	—	1,875	97.38/cwt	95.00–102.00	1,826	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	511	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	690	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	395	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	553	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	770	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	770	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	590	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	773	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	877	84.93/cwt	70.00–90.00	745	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	800	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	872	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	670	120.60/cwt	117.00–124.00	808	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	785	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	130.32/cwt	130.00–133.00	744	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	381	1
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,292	104.20/cwt	101.50–108.50	1,346	89
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	710	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	863	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	532	1
Steers	Prime	—	1,322	109.29/cwt	109.00–109.75	1,445	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	591	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	875	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	616	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	665	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	931	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	121.39/cwt	120.00–129.00	656	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	351	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	875	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	744	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,173	98.79/cwt	98.00–100.00	1,159	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	725	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	462	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	648	2
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,329	103.62/cwt	103.00–105.00	1,377	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	360	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	540	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	515	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	342	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	469	2
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,213	104.52/cwt	101.00–108.75	1,268	69
Steers	Select	—	1,050	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	893	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	360	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	590	10
Bulls	—	—	1,485	72.15/cwt	70.00–75.00	1,071	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	432	128.88/cwt	126.00–135.00	557	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	684	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	882	4
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	920	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	681	2
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,350	76.50/cwt	76.50–76.50	1,033	1
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,550	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,411	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,419	83.31/cwt	80.00–86.00	1,182	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,378	65.63/cwt	60.00–69.00	904	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	32.46/cwt	30.00–35.00	360	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,244	44.60/cwt	43.00–45.00	555	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,420	57.49/cwt	57.00–58.00	816	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	50.71/cwt	46.00–53.00	630	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,291	71.01/cwt	70.00–75.00	917	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	500	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	680	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	348	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	553	2
Steers	Standard	—	1,410	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,128	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	454	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	695	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	882	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,076	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	468	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	679	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,199	98.71/cwt	95.00–100.50	1,184	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	579	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	807	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	423	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	647	8
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,658	97.19/cwt	95.00–99.50	1,611	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	228	126.48/cwt	125.00–128.00	288	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	485	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	669	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	449	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	633	14
Heifers	Select	—	1,090	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	927	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	773	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	530	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	737	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	595	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	631	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	126.31/cwt	125.00–130.00	596	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	437	137.62/cwt	136.00–140.00	601	8

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 Sep 16, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 203Last week 95Year ago 124

Slaughter CattleReceipts 282Last week 229Year ago 248

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	97.00	97.00
1	—	875	85.00	85.00
2	—	623	104.00	104.00
1	—	595	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	540	120.00–129.00	121.39
1	—	270	130.00	130.00
12	—	622	116.50	116.50
1	—	395	117.00	117.00
1	—	440	117.00	117.00
2	—	228	125.00–128.00	126.48
2	—	672	115.00	115.00
4	—	472	125.00–130.00	126.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	360	150.00	150.00
14	—	449	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	342	137.00	137.00
4	—	485	138.00	138.00
4	—	530	139.00	139.00
8	—	437	136.00–140.00	137.62
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	466	136.00–143.00	138.14
5	—	511	135.00	135.00
1	—	395	140.00	140.00
1	—	590	131.00	131.00
1	—	800	109.00	109.00
2	—	670	117.00–124.00	120.60
3	—	432	126.00–135.00	128.88
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	618	135.00	135.00
4	—	684	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	100.00	100.00
4	—	877	70.00–90.00	84.93
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	118.00	118.00
1	—	710	100.00	100.00
1	—	495	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	571	130.00–133.00	130.32
1	—	270	141.00	141.00
15	—	659	131.00	131.00
1	—	380	140.00	140.00
1	—	470	131.00	131.00
1	—	500	136.00	136.00
2	—	882	122.00	122.00
4	—	616	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	591	148.00	148.00
10	—	360	164.00	164.00
16	—	454	153.00	153.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	140.00	140.00
2	—	348	159.00	159.00
5	—	468	145.00	145.00
8	—	423	153.00	153.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	920	74.00	74.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,255	98.00	98.00
4	—	1,173	98.00–100.00	98.79
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,329	103.00–105.00	103.62
69	—	1,213	101.00–108.75	104.52
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	85.00	85.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,509	88.00–93.00	91.01
8	—	1,875	95.00–102.00	97.38
2	—	1,485	70.00–75.00	72.15
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	1,292	101.50–108.50	104.20
Steers — Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,322	109.00–109.75	109.29
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	85.00	85.00
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,410	80.00	80.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,199	95.00–100.50	98.71
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,658	95.00–99.50	97.19
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,350	76.50	76.50
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,550	91.00	91.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,419	80.00–86.00	83.31
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,378	60.00–69.00	65.63
6	—	1,291	70.00–75.00	71.01
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,110	30.00–35.00	32.46
4	—	1,244	43.00–45.00	44.60
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,420	57.00–58.00	57.49
8	—	1,243	46.00–53.00	50.71

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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