Name: United Producers Inc - Vincenes livestock auction prices — 2023-09-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers were 1.00 higher with slaughter heifers 1.00 to 3.00 lower with still good value on higher quality steers and heifers. No Holstein slaughter steers today. Cows were sharply higher and bulls 2.00 higher with a light test this week. All classes of feeder calves were significantly lower and a lighter offering today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $229.75/cwt on 10 head.

Average price

$229.75

10 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,258

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$287

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

$85.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+33.11

vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	527	246.94	1,301	8thin
Medium and Large 2	630	161.00	1,014	2thin

One grade step is worth $85.94/cwt here — about $287 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 sale10 hd

229.75

—

IN average4 barns · 279 hd

196.64

+33.11

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	1,395	127.50	1,779	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,435	116.33	1,670	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,090	81.95	893	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,028	35.30	363	3thin
Heifers	Prime	Average	1,220	187.59	2,289	17
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,248	179.00	2,235	34
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,199	162.70	1,950	7thin
Heifers	Standard	Average	1,000	160.00	1,600	1thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,017	150.20	1,528	7thin
Steers	Prime	Average	1,325	189.43	2,510	24
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,371	181.06	2,482	18

Every lot, as filed

37 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 1Fancy	—	322	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	763	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	398	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	903	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	840	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	545	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	779	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,026	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	695	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	897	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	579	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,500	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	524	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,205	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	472	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,086	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	505	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,303	2
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	480	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	389	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	907	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,014	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	195.69/cwt	189.00–202.00	1,008	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,347	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,148	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	978	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	933	1
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	965	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,062	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,625	130.75/cwt	123.00–140.00	2,125	7
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,017	150.20/cwt	114.00–161.00	1,528	7
Bulls	—	—	1,325	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,670	1
Bulls	—	—	1,465	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,890	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,113	68.17/cwt	61.00–80.00	759	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,078	88.84/cwt	85.00–91.00	958	4
Heifers	Standard	—	1,000	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,600	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,245	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,054	1
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,244	179.55/cwt	170.00–185.50	2,234	30
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,320	178.95/cwt	178.00–180.00	2,362	2
Steers	Prime	—	1,325	189.43/cwt	186.50–195.00	2,510	24
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,371	181.06/cwt	172.50–185.00	2,482	18
Heifers	Choice	—	1,191	162.32/cwt	160.00–166.00	1,933	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,333	108.57/cwt	94.00–119.00	1,447	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	558	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	27.45/cwt	25.00–30.00	273	2
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,243	170.86/cwt	160.00–181.50	2,124	2
Heifers	Prime	—	1,220	187.59/cwt	186.00–191.50	2,289	17

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 Sep 6, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 32Last week 65Year ago 30

Slaughter CattleReceipts 143Last week 195Year ago 232

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	322	237.00	237.00
2	—	398	227.00	227.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	200.00	200.00
1	—	570	180.00	180.00
2	—	515	189.00–202.00	195.69
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	143.00	143.00
1	—	695	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	579	259.00	259.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	505	258.00	258.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	211.00	211.00
1	—	460	212.50	212.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	630	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	524	230.00	230.00
2	—	472	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	201.00	201.00
1	—	820	140.00	140.00
1	—	440	212.00	212.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	81.00	81.00
1	—	965	110.00	110.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,625	123.00–140.00	130.75
13	—	1,333	94.00–119.00	108.57
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,113	61.00–80.00	68.17
4	—	1,078	85.00–91.00	88.84
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,095	51.00	51.00
2	—	995	25.00–30.00	27.45
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,017	114.00–161.00	150.20
Heifers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,245	165.00	165.00
6	—	1,191	160.00–166.00	162.32
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,244	170.00–185.50	179.55
2	—	1,320	178.00–180.00	178.95
2	—	1,243	160.00–181.50	170.86
Heifers — Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,220	186.00–191.50	187.59
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,325	126.00	126.00
1	—	1,465	129.00	129.00
Steers — Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,325	186.50–195.00	189.43
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,371	172.50–185.00	181.06

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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