Sale reports / Indiana / United Producers Inc - Vincenes / 2024-02-21

United Producers Inc - Vincenes

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Vincennes, Indiana · Wed, Feb 21
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1965
Feeder Cattle receipts
60 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 30▼ 11 vs year ago 71 · −15.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
201 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 221▲ 15 vs year ago 186 · +8.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers were 2.00 to 3.00 higher with slaughter heifers 2.00 higher and a good offering of high quality steers and heifers with lots of buyer interest. Holstein slaughter steers were 14.00 higher with a light test. Cows were 5.00 to 8.00 higher and bulls 2.00 higher with active buyer participation. Feeder steers were trending higher with feeder heifers and bulls significantly higher with lots of value added and fancy type feeders and active buyer interest with a smaller offering.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $255.56/cwt on 38 head.
Average price
$255.56
38 head · 516 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,317
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$699
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1
$165.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+67.73
vs IN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1511259.931,32937
Medium 167094.006301thin
One grade step is worth $165.93/cwt here — about $699 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 sale38 hd
255.56
—
IN average3 barns · 277 hd
187.83
+67.73
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—High1,524124.011,8903thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,357108.791,47627
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,22789.961,10410
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,19330.683663thin
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,560122.061,9042thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,515124.111,8802thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,630112.001,8261thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,311183.802,41034
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,312177.762,33210
HeifersChoiceAverage1,272164.392,0917thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,108150.421,6664thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,305126.001,6441thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,409183.942,59256
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,399178.462,49713
SteersChoiceAverage1,453160.772,3377thin
SteersSelectLow1,258146.751,84510
SteersStandardAverage1,711139.702,3914thin

Every lot

54 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added570252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,4363
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy575250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4381
Steers—Medium and Large 1590214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,2631
Steers—Medium 1910120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0921
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added407317.51/cwt300.00–344.001,29210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy415242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,0061
Heifers—Medium and Large 1445170.00/cwt170.00–170.007571
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy470257.99/cwt244.00–262.001,2136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added497244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,2133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy523243.81/cwt236.00–247.001,2756
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy615237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,4581
Heifers—Medium and Large 1640206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,3182
Heifers—Medium and Large 1655210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3761
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added665238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,5836
Heifers—Medium 167094.00/cwt94.00–94.006301
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fancy320300.00/cwt300.00–300.009601
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fancy388248.00/cwt248.00–248.009622
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425166.00/cwt166.00–166.007061
Bulls—Medium and Large 1428211.19/cwt200.00–222.009042
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,0761
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fancy472250.20/cwt250.00–251.001,1815
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623200.28/cwt190.00–210.001,2482
Bulls—Medium and Large 1663184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,2203
Bulls—Medium and Large 1723184.48/cwt179.00–190.001,3342
Slaughter Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed1,103157.11/cwt148.00–166.001,7335
Steers—SelectMexican Origin1,325123.97/cwt116.00–127.001,6433
Steers—Choice1,389166.56/cwt160.50–170.002,3146
Steers—Choice and Prime1,399178.46/cwt175.00–180.502,49713
Steers—Prime1,409183.94/cwt181.00–189.252,59256
Steers—Select1,465160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,3441
Steers—Standard1,550156.00/cwt156.00–156.002,4181
Steers—Select1,620150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,4301
Steers—StandardMexican Origin1,765134.26/cwt133.00–135.002,3703
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,840126.00/cwt126.00–126.002,3181
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed885146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,2921
Heifers—Select1,182151.89/cwt150.00–155.001,7953
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,185175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,0741
Heifers—Prime1,250184.00/cwt184.00–184.002,3001
Heifers—Choice1,272164.39/cwt160.00–170.502,0917
Heifers—Standard1,305126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,6441
Heifers—Prime1,313183.79/cwt180.00–189.002,41333
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,326178.07/cwt172.50–180.002,3619
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,448120.52/cwt119.00–122.001,7452
Bulls——1,675131.00/cwt131.00–131.002,1941
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed860113.00/cwt113.00–113.009721
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11034.00/cwt34.00–34.003771
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20392.55/cwt88.00–96.001,1136
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,23529.02/cwt28.00–30.003582
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,295120.11/cwt114.00–126.001,5553
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,365107.37/cwt100.00–113.001,46624
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,39777.09/cwt70.00–81.001,0773
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice and Prime1,515124.11/cwt121.00–127.001,8802
Dairy Steers—Choice1,630112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,8261
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Choice and Prime1,560122.06/cwt121.00–123.001,9042

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.