Name: United Producers Inc - Vincenes livestock auction prices — 2025-01-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers were unevenly steady with slaughter heifers 1.00 lower on a lower test today on steers and heifers but good buyer interest. No Holstein slaughters this week. Cows were 5.00 to 12.00 higher and bulls significantly higher with good buyer interest and a light offering today. A lower offering of feeders today and feeder steers steady with feeder heifers trending lower and feeder bulls significantly lower with a lighter offering of feeders this week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $286.50/cwt on 15 head.

Average price

$286.50

15 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,591

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$643

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

$127.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.43

vs IN average

−54.44 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	295.00	1,631	14thin
Medium and Large 2	590	167.50	988	1thin

One grade step is worth $127.50/cwt here — about $643 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale15 hd

286.50

—

IN average2 barns · 23 hd

292.93

−6.43

National average147 barns · 15,667 hd

340.94

−54.44

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	1,892	150.33	2,844	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,389	136.01	1,889	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,127	120.35	1,356	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	835	78.00	651	1thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,308	120.00	1,569	2thin
Heifers	Prime	Average	1,366	205.45	2,806	12
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,250	198.86	2,486	21
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,148	186.19	2,137	2thin
Heifers	Standard	Average	1,165	153.00	1,782	1thin
Steers	Prime	Average	1,493	208.08	3,107	29
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,355	198.21	2,686	21
Steers	Choice	Average	1,281	186.65	2,391	4thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,238	199.05/cwt	195.00–203.00	2,464	20
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,490	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	2,906	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	835	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	651	1
Steers	Prime	—	1,493	208.08/cwt	204.00–214.50	3,107	29
Heifers	Prime	—	1,366	205.45/cwt	204.00–209.50	2,806	12
Heifers	Standard	—	1,165	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,782	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,033	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	988	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	217.32/cwt	210.00–225.00	1,147	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	508	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,270	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,726	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,389	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	183.49/cwt	183.00–184.00	1,593	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	553	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,631	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,452	1
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	390	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	842	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	608	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,648	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	850	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,057	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,974	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	707	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	232.98/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,326	5
Bulls	—	—	2,025	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	3,200	1
Bulls	—	—	2,265	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	3,805	1
Bulls	—	—	1,385	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,731	1
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,397	1
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,390	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,751	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,035	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,211	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,281	186.65/cwt	185.00–188.00	2,391	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,148	186.19/cwt	185.00–187.00	2,137	2
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,355	198.21/cwt	190.00–203.50	2,686	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	121.19/cwt	120.00–124.00	1,394	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,307	132.01/cwt	130.00–136.00	1,725	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,635	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	2,420	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 22, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 42Last week 85Year ago 66

Slaughter CattleReceipts 115Last week 232Year ago 180

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,238	195.00–203.00	199.05
1	—	1,490	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,366	204.00–209.50	205.45
Heifers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,165	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,148	185.00–187.00	186.19
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	835	78.00	78.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,035	117.00	117.00
4	—	1,150	120.00–124.00	121.19
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,307	130.00–136.00	132.01
1	—	1,635	148.00	148.00
Steers — Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,493	204.00–214.50	208.08
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,281	185.00–188.00	186.65
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,355	190.00–203.50	198.21
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,025	158.00	158.00
1	—	2,265	168.00	168.00
1	—	1,385	125.00	125.00
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,225	114.00	114.00
1	—	1,390	126.00	126.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	228.00	228.00
2	500–550	528	210.00–225.00	217.32
5	550–600	569	230.00–235.00	232.98
3	650–700	655	212.00	212.00
2	800–850	822	210.00	210.00
1	950–1000	950	214.00	214.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	216.00	216.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	167.50	167.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	553	295.00	295.00
2	600–650	608	271.00	271.00
3	850–900	850	242.00	242.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	660	220.00	220.00
1	900–950	940	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	508	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	850–900	868	183.00–184.00	183.49

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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