Sale reports / Indiana / United Producers Inc - Vincenes / 2022-12-28

United Producers Inc - Vincenes

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Vincennes, Indiana · Wed, Dec 28
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1965
Feeder Cattle receipts
7 head
23 vs last sale 30 7 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
57 head
181 vs last sale 238 57 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a light offering today with slaughter steers and heifers 1.00 to 2.00 lower on the higher quality steers and heifers. Cows and bulls had a light test to compare along with all classes of feeder claves this week.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $117.00/cwt on 3 head.
Average price
$117.00
3 head · 570 lb average
Value per head Derived
$667
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$319
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$55.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.17
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1355135.504812thin
Medium and Large 21,00080.008001thin
One grade step is worth $55.50/cwt here — about −$319 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 sale3 hd
117.00
IN average3 barns · 16 hd
102.83
+14.17
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullocksAverage1,515120.001,8181thin
BullsAverage1,89097.001,8331thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,58062.009801thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,325151.432,00616
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,279146.851,87816
HeifersChoiceAverage1,160130.001,5081thin
HeifersSelectAverage980100.009801thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,377151.342,0849thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,386146.762,0347thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,185134.001,5881thin
SteersSelectAverage1,225110.001,3481thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersChoice and Prime1,170148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,7321
Bullocks1,515120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,8181
SteersChoice and Prime1,386146.76/cwt141.00–148.502,0347
HeifersPrime1,220150.50/cwt150.50–150.501,8361
HeifersPrime1,332151.49/cwt150.00–154.502,01815
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed980100.00/cwt100.00–100.009801
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,225110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,3481
SteersChoice1,185134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,5881
SteersPrime1,377151.34/cwt150.00–153.002,0849
HeifersChoice and Prime1,286146.77/cwt145.00–149.751,88715
HeifersChoice1,160130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,5081
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58062.00/cwt62.00–62.009801
Bulls1,89097.00/cwt97.00–97.001,8331
SteersMedium and Large 1765125.00/cwt125.00–125.009561
SteersMedium and Large 1575140.00/cwt140.00–140.008051
HeifersMedium and Large 1455121.00/cwt121.00–121.005511
HeifersMedium and Large 1340123.00/cwt123.00–123.004181
BullsMedium and Large 1450131.00/cwt131.00–131.005901
BullsMedium and Large 21,00080.00/cwt80.00–80.008001
BullsMedium and Large 1260140.00/cwt140.00–140.003641

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.