Sale reports / Indiana / United Producers Inc - Vincenes / 2023-07-26

United Producers Inc - Vincenes

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Vincennes, Indiana · Wed, Jul 26
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1965
Feeder Cattle receipts
48 head
54 vs last sale 102 37 vs year ago 85 · 43.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
176 head
27 vs last sale 203 67 vs year ago 243 · 27.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers and heifers had instances of higher/lower with still better demand on higher quality steers and heifers. Holstein slaughter steers were 7.00 to 9.00 higher with a light test today. Cows had instances of higher/lower with good demand on breaker cows and bulls 4.00 higher with good demand. Feeder steers were mostly steady with feeder heifers instances of higher/lower and feeder bulls sharply higher and active buyer participation with good groups of fancy type feeders today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $217.78/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$217.78
21 head · 491 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,068
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$127
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$130.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+33.91
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1447230.181,03019thin
Medium and Large 2903100.009032thin
One grade step is worth $130.18/cwt here — about $127 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 sale21 hd
217.78
IN average4 barns · 212 hd
183.87
+33.91
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,772113.832,0177thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,354101.421,37316
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,23771.6188613
CowsLean 85-90%High1,20451.006144thin
Dairy HeifersPrimeAverage1,515142.002,1511thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,535141.002,1641thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,493113.121,6892thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,286186.692,40128
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,260175.502,21113
HeifersChoiceAverage1,271162.382,06312
HeifersSelectAverage1,010135.281,3664thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,315185.792,44324
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,323176.472,33525
SteersChoiceAverage1,272162.642,06914
SteersSelectAverage1,232142.381,7546thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy330267.00/cwt267.00–267.008811
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy438260.78/cwt248.00–267.001,1423
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy469259.24/cwt246.00–269.001,2165
BullsMedium and Large 2735101.00/cwt101.00–101.007421
BullsMedium and Large 1495190.00/cwt190.00–190.009411
BullsMedium and Large 1520208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,0821
SteersMedium and Large 1740176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,3021
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy515219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,1281
HeifersMedium and Large 1460202.00/cwt200.00–204.009292
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy360241.00/cwt241.00–241.008681
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added853200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7063
SteersMedium and Large 1580223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,2931
SteersMedium and Large 1600188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,1281
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy458220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0082
HeifersMedium and Large 2885100.00/cwt100.00–100.008851
HeifersMedium and Large 2920100.00/cwt100.00–100.009201
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy625220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3752
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy441236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,0414
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy369243.78/cwt232.00–248.009007
BullsMedium and Large 2690137.00/cwt137.00–137.009451
BullsLarge 374570.00/cwt70.00–70.005221
BullsMedium and Large 2765126.00/cwt126.00–126.009641
BullsMedium and Large 2320202.19/cwt200.00–207.006473
BullsMedium and Large 1630189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,1911
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy550220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2101
Bulls2,120123.78/cwt120.00–130.002,6243
Bulls1,07093.00/cwt93.00–93.009951
Bulls1,658110.82/cwt104.00–116.001,8373
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25175.69/cwt70.00–81.009479
CowsLean 85-90%1,20451.00/cwt51.00–51.006144
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20562.43/cwt60.00–66.007524
SteersSelectReturn to Feed935160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,4961
SteersChoice1,272162.64/cwt160.00–169.002,06914
Dairy HeifersPrime1,515142.00/cwt142.00–142.002,1511
Dairy SteersChoice1,493113.12/cwt111.00–115.001,6892
Dairy SteersPrime1,535141.00/cwt141.00–141.002,1641
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed970130.37/cwt119.00–151.001,2653
HeifersChoice1,245162.71/cwt160.00–167.002,0269
HeifersChoice and Prime1,270170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,1591
SteersPrime1,315185.79/cwt183.00–192.502,44324
SteersSelect1,291138.86/cwt111.00–150.001,7935
SteersChoice and Prime1,323176.47/cwt170.00–182.502,33525
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,24687.11/cwt81.00–93.001,0855
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,403107.93/cwt101.00–120.001,51411
HeifersPrime1,286186.69/cwt183.00–193.002,40128
HeifersSelect1,130150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,6951
HeifersChoice1,348161.38/cwt160.00–165.002,1753
HeifersChoice and Prime1,259175.96/cwt170.00–182.502,21512

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.