Sale reports / Indiana / White River Valley Auction / 2022-09-08

White River Valley Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Worthington, Indiana · Thu, Sep 8
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1967
Feeder Cattle receipts
119 head
▼ 81 vs last sale 200▲ 119 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 13▲ 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 16▲ 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This is the first sale of fall and offerings were rather light with mostly average quality. Trade and demand were moderate with some active farmer participation from those in attendance who came to buy cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $160.69/cwt on 51 head.
Average price
$160.69
51 head · 501 lb average
Value per head Derived
$805
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$206
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$23.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.22
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1512162.5183346
Small and Medium 1308151.004652thin
Medium and Large 2450139.336273thin
One grade step is worth $23.17/cwt here — about $206 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 sale51 hd
160.69
—
IN average4 barns · 379 hd
146.47
+14.22
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,73577.001,3361thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33373.899853thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04360.506312thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$7251thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$5251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,1001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$9001thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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 1—545165.00/cwt165.00–165.008993
BullsMedium and Large 1—665147.70/cwt139.00–152.009823
BullsMedium and Large 1—796136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,0834
BullsMedium and Large 1—205176.00/cwt176.00–176.003611
BullsMedium and Large 1—368183.00/cwt183.00–183.006733
BullsMedium and Large 1—425176.00/cwt176.00–176.007483
SteersMedium and Large 1—549172.00/cwt172.00–172.009445
SteersMedium and Large 1—468173.10/cwt170.00–176.008104
SteersMedium and Large 3—353169.00/cwt169.00–169.005973
SteersMedium and Large 2—528160.00/cwt160.00–160.008454
SteersMedium and Large 1—444180.00/cwt180.00–180.007996
HeifersMedium and Large 1—343183.00/cwt183.00–183.006283
HeifersMedium and Large 1—461174.00/cwt174.00–174.0080211
HeifersSmall and Medium 1—308151.00/cwt151.00–151.004652
HeifersMedium and Large 2—470128.00/cwt128.00–128.006021
HeifersMedium and Large 1—745143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,0652
HeifersMedium and Large 1—396171.00/cwt171.00–171.006776
HeifersMedium and Large 1—535154.57/cwt152.00–160.0082718
BullsMedium and Large 1—460175.12/cwt162.00–182.008066
BullsMedium and Large 2—542158.00/cwt158.00–158.008565
SteersMedium and Large 1—620155.00/cwt155.00–155.009612
HeifersMedium and Large 1—663153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,0146
HeifersMedium and Large 2—440145.00/cwt145.00–145.006382
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2——525.00/head525.00–525.005251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1——725.00/head725.00–725.007251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1——1,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1——900.00/head900.00–900.009001
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,73577.00/cwt77.00–77.001,3361
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05064.00/cwt64.00–64.006721
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03557.00/cwt57.00–57.005901
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,33373.89/cwt71.00–77.009853

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.