Name: United Producers Inc - Vincenes livestock auction prices — 2021-12-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 1.00 to 3.00 lower and slaughter heifers 1.00 to 2.00 lower with a good offering of high quality steers and heifers but lower packer bids this week. No Holstein slaughter steers today. Cows had instances of higher/lower with bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers and bulls had instances of higher/lower with no feeder steers and a light offering this week.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $129.33/cwt on 12 head.

Average price

$129.33

12 head · 493 lb average

Value per head Derived

$638

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$332

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

$8.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.10

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	130.00	667	11thin
Medium and Large 2	275	122.00	336	1thin

One grade step is worth $8.00/cwt here — about $332 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 sale12 hd

129.33

—

IN average5 barns · 123 hd

110.23

+19.10

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	1,921	85.62	1,645	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,358	60.99	828	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,252	51.86	649	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,185	29.18	346	6thin
Heifers	Prime	Average	1,286	137.58	1,769	18
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,275	133.96	1,708	16
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,575	127.00	2,000	1thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,335	110.00	1,469	1thin
Heifers	Standard	Average	1,355	95.00	1,287	1thin
Steers	Prime	Average	1,415	137.30	1,943	35
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,471	134.24	1,975	31
Steers	Choice	Average	1,412	119.64	1,689	6thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,397	104.57	1,461	6thin
Steers	Standard	Average	1,560	90.00	1,404	1thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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	Medium and Large 1	—	688	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	757	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	482	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	636	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	387	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	550	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	800	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	768	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	328	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	515	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	275	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	336	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	625	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	551	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	435	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	484	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,291	49.63/cwt	46.00–51.00	641	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,219	53.71/cwt	52.00–55.00	655	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,346	60.55/cwt	56.00–64.00	815	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,495	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	987	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,153	25.52/cwt	25.00–26.00	294	4
Bulls	—	—	1,985	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,806	1
Steers	Prime	—	1,408	137.33/cwt	136.00–140.00	1,934	34
Steers	Select	—	1,340	105.11/cwt	100.00–114.00	1,408	4
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,200	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,368	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,412	119.64/cwt	115.00–129.50	1,689	6
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,415	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,875	1
Steers	Choice and PrimeHeavy Weight	—	1,670	133.90/cwt	132.50–135.50	2,236	5
Steers	PrimeHeavy Weight	—	1,660	136.25/cwt	136.25–136.25	2,262	1
Steers	SelectHeavy Weight	—	1,820	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,693	1
Steers	Standard	—	1,560	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,404	1
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,433	134.31/cwt	130.50–135.50	1,925	26
Heifers	Prime	—	1,286	137.58/cwt	136.00–139.25	1,769	18
Heifers	Select	—	1,335	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,469	1
Bulls	—	—	1,905	84.27/cwt	81.00–89.00	1,605	4
Heifers	Standard	—	1,355	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,287	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,575	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	2,000	1
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,266	134.06/cwt	130.00–135.75	1,697	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	32.00/cwt	32.00–32.00	346	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,415	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	580	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 Dec 22, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 20Last week 57Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 170Last week 279Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	688	110.00	110.00
2	—	482	132.00	132.00
3	—	387	142.00	142.00
1	—	800	96.00	96.00
2	—	328	157.00	157.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	106.00	106.00
4	—	437	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	100.00	100.00
1	—	605	80.00	80.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,291	46.00–51.00	49.63
6	—	1,219	52.00–55.00	53.71
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,346	56.00–64.00	60.55
2	—	1,495	66.00	66.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,153	25.00–26.00	25.52
1	—	1,080	32.00	32.00
1	—	1,415	41.00	41.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,985	91.00	91.00
4	—	1,905	81.00–89.00	84.27
Steers — Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,408	136.00–140.00	137.33
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,340	100.00–114.00	105.11
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,200	114.00	114.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,412	115.00–129.50	119.64
Steers — Choice and Prime · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,670	132.50–135.50	133.90
Steers — Prime · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,660	136.25	136.25
Steers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,820	93.00	93.00
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,560	90.00	90.00
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,433	130.50–135.50	134.31
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,415	132.50	132.50
15	—	1,266	130.00–135.75	134.06
Heifers — Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,286	136.00–139.25	137.58
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,335	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,355	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,575	127.00	127.00

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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