Sale reports / Indiana / White River Valley Auction / 2023-09-07

White River Valley Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Worthington, Indiana · Thu, Sep 7
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1967
Mar 30Sep 7latest
Feeder Cattle receipts
100 head
167 vs last sale 267 19 vs year ago 119 · 16.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
6 vs last sale 15 3 vs year ago 6 · +50.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
10 vs last sale 16 0 vs year ago 6 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This sale was the first of 2023's fall sales. Offerings were light with good buyer attendance. Demand was good for higher quality feeder and replacement cattle.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $217.64/cwt on 42 head.
Average price
$217.64
42 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,211
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$211
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 1
$53.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+42.78
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555231.371,28330
Medium and Large 1-2348211.007342thin
Small and Medium 1603177.801,07210thin
One grade step is worth $53.57/cwt here — about $211 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 sale42 hd
217.64
IN average5 barns · 102 hd
174.86
+42.78
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
BullsAverage1,275126.001,6071thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,160109.001,2641thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,29595.001,2301thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average97577.357542thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)$1,5001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)$1,0501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$1,3251thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)$1,6501thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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
CowsLean 85-90%97577.35/cwt76.00–79.007542
Bulls1,275126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,6071
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,29595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,2301
CowsBoner 80-85%1,160109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,2641
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3251
BullsMedium and Large 1-2348211.00/cwt211.00–211.007342
BullsMedium and Large 1451244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,1006
HeifersMedium and Large 1657226.51/cwt222.00–228.001,4884
HeifersMedium and Large 1335260.00/cwt260.00–260.008712
HeifersMedium and Large 1777226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,7563
BullsSmall and Medium 1553201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,1125
HeifersMedium and Large 1430235.16/cwt223.00–239.001,0118
HeifersMedium and Large 1379262.00/cwt262.00–262.009935
HeifersMedium and Large 1630211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,3293
HeifersMedium and Large 1545242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,3194
SteersMedium and Large 1-2613228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,3982
SteersMedium and Large 1558243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,3563
SteersMedium and Large 1918189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,7352
BullsMedium and Large 1735189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,3892
BullsSmall and Medium 1440151.00/cwt151.00–151.006642
BullsMedium and Large 1617211.01/cwt208.00–217.001,3026
BullsMedium and Large 1550239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,3157
BullsSmall and Medium 1795157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,2483
BullsMedium and Large 1546240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3109

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.