Sale reports / Indiana / United Producers Inc - Vincenes / 2022-12-21

United Producers Inc - Vincenes

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Vincennes, Indiana · Wed, Dec 21
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1965
Feeder Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 47 vs last sale 77▲ 10 vs year ago 20 · +50.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
238 head
▲ 95 vs last sale 143▲ 68 vs year ago 170 · +40.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 3.00 lower and slaughter heifers 2.00 to 4.00 lower with a good offering of steers and heifers today. Holstein slaughter had instances of higher/lower. Cows were 2.00 to 8.00 higher and bulls 6.00 to 8.00 higher with active buyer participation today. Feeder steers were too few to compare with feeder heifers trending higher and feeder bulls had a light test this week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.55/cwt on 22 head.
Average price
$122.55
22 head · 523 lb average
Value per head Derived
$641
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$387
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$56.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−16.34
vs IN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544130.0070718thin
Medium and Large 2433104.004502thin
Medium and Large 343374.003202thin
One grade step is worth $56.00/cwt here — about $387 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 sale22 hd
122.55
—
IN average5 barns · 272 hd
138.88
−16.34
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
Bulls—Average1,702100.681,71410
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40069.2797016
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,35959.5180927
CowsLean 85-90%High1,00735.9636214
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,622119.851,9445thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,777102.761,8263thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,287151.921,95541
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,285146.881,88727
HeifersChoiceAverage1,283133.831,7172thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,120110.001,2322thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,380100.001,3801thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,391152.902,12743
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,419147.222,08930
SteersChoiceAverage1,444129.381,8686thin
SteersSelectAverage1,056116.171,2275thin

Every lot

38 lots · USDA AMS · United Producers Inc. Livestock Auction - Vincennes, 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy401165.00/cwt165.00–165.006625
Steers—Medium and Large 1615130.00/cwt130.00–130.008001
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1275135.00/cwt135.00–135.003712
Heifers—Medium and Large 2315112.00/cwt112.00–112.003531
Heifers—Medium and Large 341578.00/cwt78.00–78.003241
Heifers—Medium and Large 345070.00/cwt70.00–70.003151
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy482140.00/cwt140.00–140.006753
Heifers—Medium and Large 1492135.00/cwt135.00–135.006645
Heifers—Medium and Large 255096.00/cwt96.00–96.005281
Heifers—Medium and Large 1605122.68/cwt120.00–124.007423
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665119.00/cwt119.00–119.007911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1712122.00/cwt122.00–122.008694
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 346560.00/cwt60.00–60.002791
Bulls—Medium and Large 355066.00/cwt66.00–66.003631
Slaughter Cattle · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed1,002115.59/cwt100.00–125.001,1583
Steers—Select1,138117.05/cwt116.00–118.001,3322
Steers—Prime1,391152.90/cwt150.00–156.002,12743
Steers—Choice and Prime1,411147.16/cwt141.50–149.502,07629
Steers—Choice1,444129.38/cwt125.00–135.001,8686
Steers—Choice and PrimeHeavy Weight1,650149.00/cwt149.00–149.002,4591
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed970100.00/cwt100.00–100.009701
Heifers—Select1,270120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,5241
Heifers—Choice1,283133.83/cwt130.00–137.501,7172
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,285146.88/cwt140.00–149.501,88727
Heifers—Prime1,287151.92/cwt150.00–155.501,95541
Heifers—Standard1,380100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,3801
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,58896.00/cwt89.00–100.001,5245
Bulls——1,816105.36/cwt101.00–117.001,9135
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90822.08/cwt20.00–25.002003
Cows—Breaker 75-80%98081.37/cwt79.00–84.007972
Cows—Lean 85-90%99535.65/cwt35.00–36.003553
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04841.29/cwt41.00–43.004338
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28253.06/cwt48.00–56.006807
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38661.77/cwt58.00–67.0085620
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46067.54/cwt65.00–73.0098614
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice and Prime1,622119.85/cwt117.00–124.001,9445
Dairy Steers—Choice1,705104.14/cwt95.00–114.001,7762
Dairy Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,920100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,9201

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.