Name: United Producers Inc - Vincenes livestock auction prices — 2020-12-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week due to the Holiday, but slaughter steers and heifers were trending higher with better packer inquiry this week. Cows and bulls were trending lower. Feeder steers were trending higher with feeder heifers and bulls trending lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $125.20/cwt on 15 head.

Average price

$125.20

15 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$679

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$94

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

$27.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.69

vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	127.00	684	14thin
Medium and Large 1-2	590	100.00	590	1thin

One grade step is worth $27.00/cwt here — about $94 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 sale15 hd

125.20

—

IN average2 barns · 212 hd

109.51

+15.69

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	1,543	74.94	1,156	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,545	59.02	912	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,429	51.32	733	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,273	30.69	391	12
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,363	108.13	1,474	28
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,349	104.55	1,410	33
Steers	Prime	Average	1,397	111.00	1,551	3thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,405	108.24	1,521	32
Steers	Choice	Average	1,404	104.78	1,471	39
Steers	Select	Average	1,193	94.49	1,127	2thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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	—	—	1,490	72.43/cwt	68.00–75.00	1,079	4
Bulls	—	—	1,755	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,492	1
Steers	Select	—	1,193	94.49/cwt	93.00–96.00	1,127	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,399	104.80/cwt	100.00–106.75	1,466	38
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,610	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,610	2
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,356	108.17/cwt	107.00–110.00	1,467	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	590	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	735	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	647	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	945	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	784	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	380	104.49/cwt	104.00–105.00	397	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	112.29/cwt	105.00–116.00	576	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	619	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	523	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	429	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	588	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	499	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,422	52.12/cwt	51.00–53.00	741	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	220	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	286	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	541	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	680	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	711	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	639	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,397	35.05/cwt	31.00–39.00	490	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	930	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	986	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,392	104.90/cwt	100.00–106.50	1,460	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,555	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	1,104	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,292	104.96/cwt	103.00–106.50	1,356	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,543	56.03/cwt	54.00–60.00	865	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,453	41.69/cwt	41.00–43.00	606	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,121	23.01/cwt	21.00–26.00	258	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,590	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,654	1
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,405	108.24/cwt	107.00–110.75	1,521	32
Steers	Prime	—	1,397	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,551	3
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,635	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,668	1
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,545	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,653	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,440	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	720	3

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 30, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 33Last week 95Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 184Last week 211Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,490	68.00–75.00	72.43
1	—	1,755	85.00	85.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,193	93.00–96.00	94.49
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,399	100.00–106.75	104.80
1	—	1,590	104.00	104.00
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,405	107.00–110.75	108.24
Steers — Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,397	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,610	100.00	100.00
1	—	1,635	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,356	107.00–110.00	108.17
1	—	1,545	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,392	100.00–106.50	104.90
21	—	1,292	103.00–106.50	104.96
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,422	51.00–53.00	52.12
3	—	1,440	50.00	50.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,397	31.00–39.00	35.05
3	—	1,453	41.00–43.00	41.69
6	—	1,121	21.00–26.00	23.01
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,555	71.00	71.00
4	—	1,543	54.00–60.00	56.03

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	429	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	220	130.00	130.00
4	—	551	129.00	129.00
3	—	515	124.00	124.00
2	—	930	106.00	106.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	88.00	88.00
1	—	945	83.00	83.00
2	—	380	104.00–105.00	104.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	513	105.00–116.00	112.29
4	—	416	120.00	120.00
1	—	455	119.00	119.00
2	—	648	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	91.00	91.00
1	—	615	85.00	85.00

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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