Sale reports / Indiana / United Producers Inc - Vincenes / 2023-05-31

United Producers Inc - Vincenes

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Vincennes, Indiana · Wed, May 31
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1965
Feeder Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 52 vs last sale 68▼ 64 vs year ago 80 · −80.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
151 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 182▼ 85 vs year ago 236 · −36.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week due to no coverage but slaughter steers and heifers were trending higher with better packer inquiry on high quality steers and heifers. Holstein slaughter steers were trending lower today. Cows were mostly steady with a lighter offering and bulls trending higher. There was a lighter test on all classes feeder calves and trending lower today.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.80/cwt on 10 head.
Average price
$146.80
10 head · 500 lb average
Value per head Derived
$734
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$90
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$35.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−28.89
vs IN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1469160.307526thin
Large 2600132.007921thin
Medium and Large 2530124.736613thin
One grade step is worth $35.57/cwt here — about $90 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 sale10 hd
146.80
—
IN average4 barns · 268 hd
175.69
−28.89
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—Average1,645103.771,7077thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,30788.901,16210
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,32458.557758thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,21839.074769thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,583114.011,8054thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,487108.551,6143thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,239181.262,24726
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,274175.892,24119
HeifersChoiceAverage1,230150.001,8451thin
HeifersSelectAverage965140.001,3511thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,375181.472,49525
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,401174.662,44727
SteersChoiceAverage1,403156.872,2015thin
SteersSelectAverage935145.001,3561thin

Every lot

32 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1560200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1201
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1366153.59/cwt150.00–160.005623
Heifers—Medium and Large 2460124.00/cwt124.00–124.005701
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475169.00/cwt169.00–169.008031
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy550180.00/cwt180.00–180.009901
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565125.09/cwt120.00–130.007072
Heifers—Large 2600132.00/cwt132.00–132.007921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1690152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,0491
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1275201.00/cwt201.00–201.005531
Bulls—Medium and Large 2445162.00/cwt162.00–162.007211
Bulls—Medium and Large 1487203.00/cwt203.00–203.009893
Slaughter Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed935145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,3561
Steers—Prime1,375181.47/cwt180.00–184.002,49525
Steers—Choice and Prime1,401174.66/cwt165.00–179.752,44727
Steers—Choice1,403156.87/cwt152.00–164.002,2015
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed965140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,3511
Heifers—Prime1,200181.00/cwt181.00–181.002,1721
Heifers—Choice1,230150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,8451
Heifers—Prime1,241181.27/cwt180.00–184.002,25025
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,270178.15/cwt178.00–178.502,2633
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,275175.47/cwt165.00–179.502,23716
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,16590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,0491
Bulls——1,725106.07/cwt100.00–110.001,8306
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06523.00/cwt23.00–23.002451
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,21438.55/cwt31.00–41.004685
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,26581.78/cwt75.00–85.001,0354
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,27745.30/cwt45.00–46.005783
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32355.40/cwt51.00–61.007336
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32567.99/cwt66.00–70.009012
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33593.65/cwt90.00–100.001,2506
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,487108.55/cwt105.50–110.501,6143
Dairy Steers—Choice and Prime1,583114.01/cwt112.00–117.501,8054

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.