Sale reports / Indiana / White River Valley Auction / 2021-12-02

White River Valley Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Worthington, Indiana · Thu, Dec 2
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1967
Feeder Cattle receipts
122 head
10 vs last sale 132 122 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
2 vs last sale 8 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
5 vs last sale 8 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This was the final fall sale for 2021. There was very good demand for an attractive offering of feeder cattle this evening, as well as a few bred cows. Buyer participation was active throughout the sale and sale attendance was very good. Sales will resume in 2022.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.44/cwt on 58 head.
Average price
$140.44
58 head · 473 lb average
Value per head Derived
$665
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$262
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 2-3
$24.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.34
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1491141.6569553
Medium and Large 3200137.002742thin
Medium and Large 2305130.003971thin
Small and Medium 2-3370117.004332thin
One grade step is worth $24.65/cwt here — about $262 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 sale58 hd
140.44
IN average5 barns · 422 hd
134.10
+6.34
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
BullsAverage1,67575.001,2561thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,14547.005381thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,03545.004662thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average91344.584072thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1245165.00/cwt165.00–165.004041
BullsMedium and Large 179590.00/cwt90.00–90.007161
BullsMedium and Large 1446155.00/cwt155.00–155.006915
BullsMedium and Large 1461152.50/cwt152.50–152.507037
BullsMedium and Large 1542141.51/cwt138.50–143.007679
BullsMedium and Large 1372163.80/cwt163.50–164.0060912
SteersMedium and Large 1570141.00/cwt141.00–141.008041
SteersMedium and Large 1310153.00/cwt153.00–153.004741
SteersSmall 282093.00/cwt93.00–93.007631
SteersMedium and Large 2590127.00/cwt127.00–127.007491
SteersMedium and Large 1437153.00/cwt153.00–153.006695
HeifersMedium and Large 2305130.00/cwt130.00–130.003971
HeifersMedium and Large 1753135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0172
HeifersMedium and Large 1437149.00/cwt149.00–149.006513
HeifersMedium and Large 1517133.69/cwt126.00–137.006914
HeifersMedium and Large 1357130.14/cwt110.00–137.004658
HeifersMedium and Large 1308136.00/cwt136.00–136.004192
HeifersMedium and Large 1560143.66/cwt118.00–147.008049
HeifersMedium and Large 1285144.00/cwt144.00–144.004103
HeifersMedium and Large 1478149.17/cwt147.00–150.0071315
HeifersSmall and Medium 2-3370117.00/cwt117.00–117.004332
HeifersMedium and Large 3200137.00/cwt137.00–137.002742
HeifersMedium and Large 1810134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,0851
BullsMedium and Large 2380117.00/cwt117.00–117.004451
BullsMedium and Large 1642130.00/cwt130.00–130.008359
BullsMedium and Large 2540120.00/cwt120.00–120.006481
BullsMedium and Large 1265168.36/cwt166.00–171.004462
BullsMedium and Large 2740109.00/cwt109.00–109.008071
HeifersMedium and Large 1628141.00/cwt141.00–141.008856
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1700.00/cwt700.00–700.001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.001
Bulls1,67575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,2561
CowsBoner 80-85%1,03545.00/cwt45.00–45.004662
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,14547.00/cwt47.00–47.005381
CowsLean 85-90%91344.58/cwt43.00–46.004072

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.