Sale reports / Indiana / White River Valley Auction / 2020-09-10

White River Valley Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Worthington, Indiana · Thu, Sep 10
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1967
Feeder Cattle receipts
156 head
▲ 156 vs last sale 0▲ 9 vs year ago 147 · +6.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 0▲ 0 vs year ago 8 · +0.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 0▼ 1 vs year ago 16 · −6.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This was the first sale of the fall with all classes of feeder cattle selling at a good value tonight. Slaughter cows were selling mostly steady with other auction sales this week. Replacement cows were at a lower value.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $131.84/cwt on 68 head.
Average price
$131.84
68 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$708
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$339
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$4.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.87
vs IN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548132.0272465
Medium and Large 2300128.003843thin
One grade step is worth $4.02/cwt here — about $339 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 sale68 hd
131.84
—
IN average4 barns · 120 hd
124.97
+6.87
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%Average1,14560.006871thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,07049.795337thin

Every lot

38 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1342147.00/cwt147.00–147.005033
Steers—Medium and Large 1438134.00/cwt134.00–134.005872
Steers—Medium and Large 1480143.00/cwt143.00–143.006863
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy509150.00/cwt150.00–150.007647
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1302121.00/cwt121.00–121.003653
Heifers—Medium and Large 1448132.00/cwt132.00–132.0059112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481129.17/cwt123.00–131.0062115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1533130.17/cwt130.00–131.006946
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560126.62/cwt121.00–131.007097
Heifers—Medium and Large 1638116.98/cwt115.00–119.007466
Heifers—Medium and Large 1742116.00/cwt116.00–116.008613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2755111.00/cwt111.00–111.008382
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2298128.00/cwt128.00–128.003812
Bulls—Medium and Large 2305128.00/cwt128.00–128.003901
Bulls—Medium and Large 1322145.21/cwt141.00–149.004686
Bulls—Medium and Large 1375141.00/cwt141.00–141.005291
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fancy438147.50/cwt147.50–147.5064613
Bulls—Medium and Large 1450138.00/cwt138.00–138.006216
Bulls—Medium and Large 1536130.00/cwt130.00–130.006978
Bulls—Medium and Large 1553135.00/cwt135.00–135.007476
Bulls—Medium and Large 1645118.50/cwt118.50–118.507644
Bulls—Medium and Large 1653119.50/cwt119.50–119.5078011
Bulls—Medium and Large 1757118.50/cwt118.50–118.5089710
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%88554.00/cwt54.00–54.004781
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10149.09/cwt45.00–52.005406
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,14560.00/cwt60.00–60.006871
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1850670.00/cwt670.00–670.005,6951
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 2900640.00/cwt640.00–640.005,7603
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2890650.00/cwt650.00–650.005,7851
Bred Cows—Medium 21,050430.00/cwt430.00–430.004,5151
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,175470.00/cwt470.00–470.005,5231
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,200590.00/cwt590.00–590.007,0801
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,275600.00/cwt600.00–600.007,6501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,350500.00/cwt500.00–500.006,7501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,400780.00/cwt780.00–780.0010,9201
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,425680.00/cwt680.00–680.009,6901
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,513700.00/cwt700.00–700.0010,5912
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,250890.00/cwt890.00–890.0011,1251

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.