Sale reports / Indiana / White River Valley Auction / 2019-09-12

White River Valley Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Worthington, Indiana · Thu, Sep 12
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1967
← earliestSep 12Oct 3 →
Feeder Cattle receipts
147 head
▲ 147 vs last sale 0▲ 147 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 0▲ 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 0▲ 16 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This was the first sale of the fall with all classes of feeder cattle trending higher with active farmer participation. Slaughter cows were mostly steady and replacement cows trending lower tonight.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $128.15/cwt on 71 head.
Average price
$128.15
71 head · 494 lb average
Value per head Derived
$633
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$167
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.73
vs IN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1467130.9561258
Medium and Large 2474117.015554thin
Medium and Large 1-2678115.007799thin
One grade step is worth $15.95/cwt here — about −$167 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 sale71 hd
128.15
—
IN average5 barns · 222 hd
114.42
+13.73
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37253.697373thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,52553.008081thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High94047.664483thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14034.003881thin

Every lot

40 lots · USDA AMS · White River Valley Feeder Cattle Association Auction- Worthington, 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1448128.00/cwt128.00–128.005732
Steers—Medium and Large 1560124.00/cwt124.00–124.006942
Steers—Medium and Large 1639131.00/cwt131.00–131.008374
Steers—Medium and Large 1744121.00/cwt121.00–121.009004
Steers—Medium and Large 1813105.50/cwt105.50–105.508583
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1290122.00/cwt122.00–122.003542
Heifers—Medium and Large 1345121.00/cwt121.00–121.004171
Heifers—Medium and Large 1377126.00/cwt126.00–126.004753
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430115.00/cwt115.00–115.004951
Heifers—Medium and Large 2431107.28/cwt102.00–111.004624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy438130.50/cwt130.50–130.505726
Heifers—Medium and Large 1464122.00/cwt122.00–122.005669
Heifers—Medium and Large 1539121.00/cwt121.00–121.006526
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2543112.00/cwt112.00–112.006087
Heifers—Medium and Large 1638112.00/cwt112.00–112.007152
Heifers—Medium and Large 1658112.00/cwt112.00–112.007372
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1243139.00/cwt139.00–139.003382
Bulls—Medium and Large 1359138.66/cwt137.50–139.5049812
Bulls—Medium and Large 2405118.52/cwt117.00–120.004802
Bulls—Medium and Large 1440135.50/cwt135.50–135.505969
Bulls—Medium and Large 1453131.50/cwt131.50–131.505965
Bulls—Medium and Large 1536125.88/cwt122.00–130.0067530
Bulls—Medium and Large 2543115.50/cwt115.00–116.006272
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2640116.00/cwt116.00–116.007426
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2753113.00/cwt113.00–113.008513
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%94054.00/cwt54.00–54.005081
Cows—Boner 80-85%94044.49/cwt44.00–45.004182
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14034.00/cwt34.00–34.003881
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37253.69/cwt53.00–54.007373
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,52553.00/cwt53.00–53.008081
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,000500.00/cwt500.00–500.005,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,100489.09/cwt440.00–530.005,3802
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,133521.40/cwt440.00–660.005,9073
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,150460.43/cwt440.00–480.005,2952
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,175700.00/cwt700.00–700.008,2251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,200550.00/cwt550.00–550.006,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,350760.00/cwt760.00–760.0010,2601
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,450650.00/cwt650.00–650.009,4251
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2975400.00/cwt400.00–400.003,9001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,050800.00/cwt800.00–800.008,4001

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.