Name: United Producers Inc - Vincenes livestock auction prices — 2021-01-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers were 2.00 to 3.00 higher with better packer inquiry this week. No Holstein slaughter steers this week. Cows were 1.00 to 3.00 higher with bulls 3.00 to 7.00 higher today. Feeder steers were trending higher with feeder heifers 2.00 lower and feeder bulls 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $107.73/cwt on 19 head.

Average price

$107.73

19 head · 586 lb average

Value per head Derived

$632

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$210

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

$9.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.11

vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	602	108.76	655	17thin
Medium and Large 2	450	99.00	446	2thin

One grade step is worth $9.76/cwt here — about $210 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 sale19 hd

107.73

—

IN average3 barns · 150 hd

106.62

+1.11

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	2,123	90.09	1,912	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,500	60.08	901	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,280	49.89	638	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,098	40.77	448	5thin
Heifers	Prime	Average	1,332	112.34	1,496	3thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,287	108.37	1,395	27
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,244	104.01	1,294	17
Heifers	Select	Average	1,055	92.00	971	1thin
Heifers	Standard	Average	1,048	86.90	911	2thin
Steers	Prime	Average	1,414	112.01	1,584	8thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,365	108.73	1,484	34
Steers	Choice	Average	1,406	104.50	1,469	9thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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	—	—	1,995	85.55/cwt	85.00–86.00	1,707	2
Bulls	—	—	2,250	94.62/cwt	93.00–96.00	2,129	2
Heifers	Prime	—	1,332	112.34/cwt	111.00–113.75	1,496	3
Steers	Prime	—	1,414	112.01/cwt	111.00–113.25	1,584	8
Heifers	Standard	—	1,048	86.90/cwt	85.00–89.00	911	2
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,350	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	1,465	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	629	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	446	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	608	92.98/cwt	91.00–95.00	565	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	657	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	816	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	690	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	649	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	700	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	865	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	727	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	690	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	375	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	424	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	107.96/cwt	107.00–110.00	562	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	544	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	726	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	849	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	650	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	609	105.36/cwt	102.00–107.00	642	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,453	103.77/cwt	102.75–105.00	1,508	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,521	64.84/cwt	64.00–66.00	986	4
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,365	108.73/cwt	107.00–110.75	1,484	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	726	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	602	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	806	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,496	59.22/cwt	55.00–63.00	886	22
Steers	Choice	—	1,406	104.50/cwt	99.50–106.50	1,469	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,098	40.77/cwt	40.00–42.00	448	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	112.95/cwt	111.00–114.00	478	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	602	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	662	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	452	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	588	2
Heifers	Select	—	1,055	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	971	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,216	104.04/cwt	101.00–106.50	1,265	15
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,285	108.37/cwt	107.00–110.25	1,393	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,418	53.03/cwt	51.00–54.00	752	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	48.14/cwt	45.00–50.00	579	9
Bulls	Large 2	—	570	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	388	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 Jan 27, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 55Last week 35Year ago 136

Slaughter CattleReceipts 154Last week 227Year ago 308

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,995	85.00–86.00	85.55
2	—	2,250	93.00–96.00	94.62
Heifers — Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,332	111.00–113.75	112.34
Heifers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,048	85.00–89.00	86.90
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,350	108.50	108.50
26	—	1,285	107.00–110.25	108.37
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,453	102.75–105.00	103.77
15	—	1,216	101.00–106.50	104.04
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,055	92.00	92.00
Steers — Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,414	111.00–113.25	112.01
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,365	107.00–110.75	108.73
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,406	99.50–106.50	104.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,521	64.00–66.00	64.84
22	—	1,496	55.00–63.00	59.22
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,098	40.00–42.00	40.77
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,418	51.00–54.00	53.03
9	—	1,203	45.00–50.00	48.14

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	127.00	127.00
2	—	722	113.00	113.00
3	—	521	107.00–110.00	107.96
1	—	765	111.00	111.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	106.00	106.00
1	—	690	105.00	105.00
1	—	705	103.00	103.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	544	133.50	133.50
2	—	452	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	450	99.00	99.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	654	107.00	107.00
2	—	552	109.00	109.00
2	—	768	105.00	105.00
3	—	423	111.00–114.00	112.95
4	—	602	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	608	91.00–95.00	92.98
1	—	690	94.00	94.00
1	—	865	84.00	84.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	113.00	113.00
1	—	570	114.00	114.00
6	—	609	102.00–107.00	105.36
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	68.00	68.00

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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