Sale reports / Indiana / United Producers Inc - Vincenes / 2025-01-22

United Producers Inc - Vincenes

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Vincennes, Indiana · Wed, Jan 22
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1965
Feeder Cattle receipts
42 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 85▼ 24 vs year ago 66 · −36.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
115 head
▼ 117 vs last sale 232▼ 65 vs year ago 180 · −36.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers were unevenly steady with slaughter heifers 1.00 lower on a lower test today on steers and heifers but good buyer interest. No Holstein slaughters this week. Cows were 5.00 to 12.00 higher and bulls significantly higher with good buyer interest and a light offering today. A lower offering of feeders today and feeder steers steady with feeder heifers trending lower and feeder bulls significantly lower with a lighter offering of feeders this week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $286.50/cwt on 15 head.
Average price
$286.50
15 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,591
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$643
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$127.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.43
vs IN average
−54.44 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553295.001,63114thin
Medium and Large 2590167.509881thin
One grade step is worth $127.50/cwt here — about $643 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 sale15 hd
286.50
—
IN average2 barns · 23 hd
292.93
−6.43
National average147 barns · 15,667 hd
340.94
−54.44
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—Average1,892150.332,8443thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,389136.011,8894thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,127120.351,3565thin
CowsLean 85-90%High83578.006511thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,308120.001,5692thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,366205.452,80612
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,250198.862,48621
HeifersChoiceAverage1,148186.192,1372thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,165153.001,7821thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,493208.083,10729
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,355198.212,68621
SteersChoiceAverage1,281186.652,3914thin

Every lot

33 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added553295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,63114
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2590167.50/cwt167.50–167.509881
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added608271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,6482
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4521
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added850242.00/cwt242.00–242.002,0573
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1940210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,9741
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1310228.00/cwt228.00–228.007071
Heifers350–400Medium 1390216.00/cwt216.00–216.008421
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528217.32/cwt210.00–225.001,1472
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1569232.98/cwt230.00–235.001,3265
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1655212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,3893
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1822210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,7262
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1950214.00/cwt214.00–214.002,0331
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy508250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2703
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1868183.49/cwt183.00–184.001,5932
Slaughter Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,281186.65/cwt185.00–188.002,3914
Steers—Choice and Prime1,355198.21/cwt190.00–203.502,68621
Steers—Prime1,493208.08/cwt204.00–214.503,10729
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,148186.19/cwt185.00–187.002,1372
Heifers—Standard1,165153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,7821
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,238199.05/cwt195.00–203.002,46420
Heifers—Prime1,366205.45/cwt204.00–209.502,80612
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,490195.00/cwt195.00–195.002,9061
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,385125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,7311
Bulls——2,025158.00/cwt158.00–158.003,2001
Bulls——2,265168.00/cwt168.00–168.003,8051
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%83578.00/cwt78.00–78.006511
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,035117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,2111
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,150121.19/cwt120.00–124.001,3944
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,307132.01/cwt130.00–136.001,7253
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,635148.00/cwt148.00–148.002,4201
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,225114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,3971
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,390126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,7511

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.