Name: United Producers Inc - Vincenes livestock auction prices — 2020-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 2.00 to 6.00 lower and slaughter heifers 3.00 to 7.00 lower with lower packer inquiry this week. Holstein slaughter steers were 1.00 lower today. Cows were 1.00 to 3.00 lower and bulls 4.00 lower. Feeder steers 2.00 to 6.00 higher with feeder heifers and bulls with instances of higher/lower and good value on value added feeders.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.16/cwt on 46 head.

Average price

$121.16

46 head · 515 lb average

Value per head Derived

$624

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$121

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

$23.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.91

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	122.17	629	44
Medium and Large 2	513	99.00	507	2thin

One grade step is worth $23.17/cwt here — about $121 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 sale46 hd

121.16

—

IN average3 barns · 246 hd

105.26

+15.91

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	1,908	80.47	1,535	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,452	60.03	872	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,354	52.60	712	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,273	37.21	473	12
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,277	70.44	900	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,500	90.18	1,353	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,411	83.62	1,180	10
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,316	68.90	907	4thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,234	102.22	1,261	45
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,200	95.00	1,140	1thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,415	91.08	1,289	2thin
Heifers	Standard	Average	1,394	82.77	1,154	4thin
Steers	Prime	Average	1,460	107.50	1,570	1thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,339	102.71	1,375	65
Steers	Choice	Average	1,322	95.75	1,266	6thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,253	87.55	1,097	2thin
Steers	Standard	Average	1,530	85.98	1,315	3thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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	—	560	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	689	1
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,277	70.44/cwt	65.00–73.00	900	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	756	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	508	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	665	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	490	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	642	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	480	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	547	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	330	121.50/cwt	121.00–122.00	401	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	479	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	452	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	677	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	541	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	692	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	612	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	789	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	587	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	687	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	118.72/cwt	115.00–120.00	436	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	535	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	698	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	476	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	605	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	370	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	481	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	627	118.67/cwt	117.00–120.00	744	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	360	128.68/cwt	128.00–130.00	463	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	447	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	621	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	113.14/cwt	105.00–114.00	750	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	486	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	627	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	413	126.98/cwt	125.00–128.00	524	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	485	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	616	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,452	60.03/cwt	57.00–66.00	872	14
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,334	102.78/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,371	63
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,289	101.57/cwt	99.00–103.00	1,309	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,363	54.63/cwt	53.00–57.00	745	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,158	40.48/cwt	40.00–41.00	469	6
Steers	Standard	—	1,530	85.98/cwt	85.00–88.00	1,315	3
Bulls	—	—	1,908	80.47/cwt	78.00–83.00	1,535	3
Steers	Prime	—	1,460	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	1,570	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,340	49.65/cwt	46.00–51.00	665	11
Heifers	Standard	—	1,394	82.77/cwt	80.00–86.00	1,154	4
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,316	68.90/cwt	66.00–75.00	907	4
Heifers	Select	—	1,415	91.08/cwt	90.00–92.00	1,289	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,322	95.75/cwt	93.00–98.00	1,266	6
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,355	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,369	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,411	83.62/cwt	78.00–87.00	1,180	10
Steers	Select	—	1,253	87.55/cwt	85.00–91.00	1,097	2
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,500	90.18/cwt	89.00–93.00	1,353	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,387	33.93/cwt	31.00–36.00	471	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	550	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	688	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	445	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	498	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	533	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,200	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,140	1
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,222	102.36/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,251	37
Steers	Choice and PrimeHeavy Weight	—	1,615	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,615	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	498	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	598	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	415	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.

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

United Producers Inc. Livestock Auction - Vincennes, IN

Wed Oct 28, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 97Last week 94Year ago 63

Slaughter CattleReceipts 213Last week 331Year ago 346

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	123.00	123.00
1	—	525	129.00	129.00
1	—	635	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	131.00	131.00
10	—	535	130.50	130.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	447	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	625	121.00	121.00
1	—	415	109.00	109.00
4	—	367	115.00–120.00	118.72
11	—	663	105.00–114.00	113.14
2	—	498	120.00	120.00
2	—	340	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	508	131.00	131.00
7	—	476	127.00	127.00
3	—	550	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	102.00	102.00
1	—	555	96.00	96.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	360	128.00–130.00	128.68
4	—	486	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	480	114.00	114.00
2	—	330	121.00–122.00	121.50
3	—	587	117.00	117.00
1	—	370	130.00	130.00
9	—	627	117.00–120.00	118.67
1	—	445	112.00	112.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	541	128.00	128.00
3	—	612	129.00	129.00
3	—	413	125.00–128.00	126.98
2	—	485	127.00	127.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,277	65.00–73.00	70.44
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,452	57.00–66.00	60.03
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,363	53.00–57.00	54.63
11	—	1,340	46.00–51.00	49.65
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,158	40.00–41.00	40.48
6	—	1,387	31.00–36.00	33.93
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,334	100.00–106.00	102.78
1	—	1,355	101.00	101.00
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,530	85.00–88.00	85.98
Steers — Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,460	107.50	107.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,322	93.00–98.00	95.75
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,253	85.00–91.00	87.55
Steers — Choice and Prime · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,615	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,289	99.00–103.00	101.57
37	—	1,222	100.00–106.00	102.36
Heifers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,394	80.00–86.00	82.77
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,415	90.00–92.00	91.08
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,200	95.00	95.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,908	78.00–83.00	80.47
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,316	66.00–75.00	68.90
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,411	78.00–87.00	83.62
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,500	89.00–93.00	90.18

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

United Producers Inc - Vincenes