Sale reports / Indiana / United Producers Inc - Vincenes / 2024-10-30

United Producers Inc - Vincenes

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Vincennes, Indiana · Wed, Oct 30
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1965
Feeder Cattle receipts
57 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 55▼ 38 vs year ago 95 · −40.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
282 head
▲ 92 vs last sale 190▼ 12 vs year ago 294 · −4.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers and heifers were 3.00 higher with a good offering of steers and heifers and active buyer participation on higher quality steers and heifers. No Holstein slaughter steers today. Cows were 1.00 to 3.00 lower and bulls instances of higher/lower this week. Feeder steers were sharply higher with feeder heifers steady to firm and feeders bulls sharply higher with some good fancy type feeders and good buyer interest.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $222.00/cwt on 8 head.
Average price
$222.00
8 head · 513 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,138
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$359
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$65.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−24.35
vs IN average
−38.46 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1514230.141,1847thin
Medium and Large 2500165.008251thin
One grade step is worth $65.14/cwt here — about $359 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale8 hd
222.00
—
IN average2 barns · 30 hd
246.35
−24.35
National average194 barns · 26,693 hd
260.46
−38.46
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—High1,780144.312,5687thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,511130.941,97817
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,560121.001,8881thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,185110.321,30728
CowsLean 85-90%High96057.005475thin
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,275129.001,6451thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,405110.001,5462thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,322193.562,55947
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,272187.942,39131
HeifersChoiceAverage1,222175.162,14010
HeifersSelectAverage1,053132.881,3993thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,393195.102,71871
SteersSelectAverage1,035189.001,9561thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,359187.532,54936
SteersChoiceAverage1,439176.472,5399thin
SteersStandardAverage1,510160.002,4163thin

Every lot

56 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1285247.50/cwt247.50–247.507051
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy415269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,1161
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1450230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0351
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy473257.91/cwt250.00–269.001,2203
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy600256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,5361
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1688218.02/cwt216.00–220.001,5002
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1715229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,6371
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1750216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,6201
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1215302.50/cwt302.50–302.506501
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325250.70/cwt250.00–252.008153
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy395257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,0153
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy435256.06/cwt251.00–261.001,1142
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1445230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0242
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1488230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1222
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy500241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,2054
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2500165.00/cwt165.00–165.008251
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515223.48/cwt221.00–226.001,1512
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1401
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1628196.45/cwt180.00–212.001,2342
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy645215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,3871
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy698215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5012
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1750210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5751
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2865101.00/cwt101.00–101.008741
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1890120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0681
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1285282.00/cwt282.00–282.008041
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy479269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,2898
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy593246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,4596
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,3212
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2795113.00/cwt113.00–113.008981
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1920169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,5551
Slaughter Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed1,035189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,9561
Steers—Choice and Prime1,359187.53/cwt182.00–191.002,54936
Steers—Prime1,393195.10/cwt191.00–200.002,71871
Steers—Choice1,394177.61/cwt175.00–180.002,4767
Steers—Choice1,505165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,4831
Steers—Standard1,510160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,4163
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,686180.00/cwt180.00–180.003,0351
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,053132.88/cwt128.00–140.001,3993
Heifers—Choice1,207175.55/cwt172.00–180.002,1198
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,272188.06/cwt182.50–191.002,39227
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,273187.11/cwt182.00–190.002,3824
Heifers—Choice1,280173.59/cwt172.00–175.002,2222
Heifers—Prime1,322193.56/cwt191.00–197.502,55947
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,360122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,6591
Bulls——1,733143.00/cwt136.00–150.002,4784
Bulls——2,083158.08/cwt156.00–160.003,2932
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%77541.00/cwt41.00–41.003181
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00661.00/cwt61.00–61.006144
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,03084.51/cwt81.00–91.008704
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,200111.08/cwt101.00–119.001,33316
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,232121.69/cwt120.00–124.001,4998
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,488129.67/cwt125.00–135.001,92914
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,560121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,8881
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,617136.87/cwt136.00–139.002,2133
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,275129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,6451
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,405110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,5462

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.