Name: White River Valley Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This was the second sale of the fall with feeder steers selling mostly steady and feeder heifers and bulls trending higher. Slaughter cows and bull mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $123.49/cwt on 84 head.

Average price

$123.49

84 head · 513 lb average

Value per head Derived

$634

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$42.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.47

vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	515	127.91	659	59
Medium and Large 1-2	427	121.91	521	19thin
Medium and Large 2	767	85.00	652	6thin

One grade step is worth $42.91/cwt here — about $7 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 sale84 hd

123.49

—

IN average6 barns · 160 hd

116.02

+7.47

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	1,910	86.00	1,643	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,258	46.52	585	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,089	35.73	389	4thin

Every lot, as filed

28 lots · USDA AMS · White River Valley Feeder Cattle Association Auction- Worthington, 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	—	455	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	651	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	404	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	537	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	553	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	697	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	507	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	603	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	464	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	743	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	698	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	388	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	442	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	46.52/cwt	45.00–48.00	585	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,089	35.73/cwt	32.00–39.00	389	4
Bulls	—	—	1,910	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,643	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	883	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	839	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	119.90/cwt	118.00–123.00	507	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	725	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	500	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	644	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	447	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	541	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	671	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	386	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	517	123.72/cwt	122.00–125.00	640	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	488	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	295	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	389	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	680	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	636	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	731	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	578	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	801	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	836	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	677	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	615	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	733	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	638	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	796	5

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 →

White River Valley Feeder Cattle Association Auction- Worthington, IN

Thu Oct 1, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 206Last week 156Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 11Last week 8Year ago 0

This was the second sale of the fall with feeder steers selling mostly steady and feeder heifers and bulls trending higher. Slaughter cows and bull mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	455	143.00	143.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	404	133.00	133.00
8	—	553	126.00	126.00
19	—	517	122.00–125.00	123.72
11	—	636	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	507	119.00	119.00
8	—	423	118.00–123.00	119.90
4	—	295	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	836	81.00	81.00
4	—	733	87.00	87.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	371	125.00	125.00
3	—	743	94.00	94.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	388	114.00	114.00
3	—	580	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	636	114.00	114.00
13	—	360	139.00	139.00
11	—	541	119.00	119.00
25	—	447	121.00	121.00
6	—	295	132.00	132.00
3	—	567	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	883	95.00	95.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	520	129.00	129.00
2	—	370	132.00	132.00
5	—	642	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	578	138.50	138.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,258	45.00–48.00	46.52
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,089	32.00–39.00	35.73
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,910	86.00	86.00

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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