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Boswell Livestock Auction

Name: Boswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-11

Feeder Cattle · Boswell, Indiana · Tue, Feb 11

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1971

← Nov 26Feb 11latest

Receipts

491 head

▲ 383 vs last sale 108▲ 491 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This market report covers the Boswell special feeder calf sale. The next sale is March 17, 2020.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $137.66/cwt on 227 head.

Average price

$137.66

227 head · 661 lb average

Value per head Derived

$910

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$222

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

$24.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.49

vs IN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	665	139.36	926	211
Medium and Large 2-3	613	117.50	720	3thin
Small and Medium 1-2	614	114.72	705	13thin

One grade step is worth $24.64/cwt here — about $222 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 sale227 hd

137.66

—

IN average5 barns · 652 hd

128.17

+9.49

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

37 lots · USDA AMS · Boswell Livestock Auction - Boswell, IN

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	366	143.48/cwt	140.00–145.00	525	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	389	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	642	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	438	149.09/cwt	147.50–150.00	653	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	485	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	679	2
Steers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	505	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	631	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	507	133.97/cwt	132.50–137.50	679	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	565	143.41/cwt	139.00–146.00	810	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	613	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	720	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	141.77/cwt	130.00–148.00	887	41
Steers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	647	111.63/cwt	111.00–117.50	722	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	682	142.92/cwt	135.00–147.50	975	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	705	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,005	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	774	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	991	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	826	130.17/cwt	128.00–131.00	1,075	60
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	270	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	331	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	328	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	435	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	349	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	401	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	360	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	486	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	444	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	611	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	623	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	133.17/cwt	123.00–145.00	627	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	494	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	556	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	533	137.18/cwt	132.50–140.00	731	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	550	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	688	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	584	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	803	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	634	135.96/cwt	122.00–140.00	862	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	659	106.87/cwt	97.50–110.00	704	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	705	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	952	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	705	119.38/cwt	118.00–122.50	842	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	786	124.58/cwt	122.00–126.00	979	56
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	403	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	514	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	406	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	528	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	508	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	615	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	557	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	738	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	647	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	776	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	676	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	676	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	976	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	703	2

This sale against other markets

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 →

Boswell Livestock Auction - Boswell, IN

Tue Feb 11, 2020

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

Receipts 491Last week 108Year ago 0

This market report covers the Boswell special feeder calf sale. The next sale is March 17, 2020.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	406	130.00	130.00
4	—	508	121.00	121.00
9	—	557	132.50	132.50
16	—	647	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	976	72.00	72.00
5	—	676	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	403	127.50	127.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	366	140.00–145.00	143.48
7	—	507	132.50–137.50	133.97
8	—	438	147.50–150.00	149.09
10	—	774	128.00	128.00
16	—	705	142.50	142.50
41	—	626	130.00–148.00	141.77
60	—	826	128.00–131.00	130.17
2	—	485	140.00	140.00
22	—	565	139.00–146.00	143.41
28	—	682	135.00–147.50	142.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	613	117.50	117.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	505	125.00	125.00
10	—	647	111.00–117.50	111.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	389	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	349	115.00	115.00
8	—	470	132.50	132.50
2	—	550	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	494	112.50	112.50
4	—	659	97.50–110.00	106.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	705	118.00–122.50	119.38
19	—	533	132.50–140.00	137.18
22	—	634	122.00–140.00	135.96
31	—	471	123.00–145.00	133.17
56	—	786	122.00–126.00	124.58
1	—	270	122.50	122.50
1	—	360	135.00	135.00
3	—	328	132.50	132.50
8	—	444	137.50	137.50
8	—	584	137.50	137.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	705	135.00	135.00

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.