Sale reports / Indiana / White River Valley Auction / 2020-10-01

White River Valley Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthington, Indiana · Thu, Oct 1
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1967
Feeder Cattle receipts
206 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 156▲ 206 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 8▲ 11 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This was the second sale of the fall with feeder steers selling mostly steady and feeder heifers and bulls trending higher. Slaughter cows and bull mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $123.49/cwt on 84 head.
Average price
$123.49
84 head · 513 lb average
Value per head Derived
$634
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$7
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$42.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.47
vs IN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1515127.9165959
Medium and Large 1-2427121.9152119thin
Medium and Large 276785.006526thin
One grade step is worth $42.91/cwt here — about $7 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 sale84 hd
123.49
—
IN average6 barns · 160 hd
116.02
+7.47
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—Average1,91086.001,6431thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25846.525856thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08935.733894thin

Every lot

28 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 1370132.00/cwt132.00–132.004882
Steers—Medium and Large 1520129.00/cwt129.00–129.006713
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added578138.50/cwt138.50–138.5080111
Steers—Medium and Large 1642124.00/cwt124.00–124.007965
Steers—Medium and Large 288395.00/cwt95.00–95.008392
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1295132.00/cwt132.00–132.003896
Heifers—Medium and Large 1360139.00/cwt139.00–139.0050013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2371125.00/cwt125.00–125.004644
Heifers—Medium and Large 2388114.00/cwt114.00–114.004422
Heifers—Medium and Large 1447121.00/cwt121.00–121.0054125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1541119.00/cwt119.00–119.0064411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567120.00/cwt120.00–120.006803
Heifers—Medium and Large 2580106.00/cwt106.00–106.006153
Heifers—Medium and Large 1636114.00/cwt114.00–114.007257
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-274394.00/cwt94.00–94.006983
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2295131.00/cwt131.00–131.003864
Bulls—Medium and Large 1404133.00/cwt133.00–133.005378
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2423119.90/cwt118.00–123.005078
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fancy455143.00/cwt143.00–143.0065113
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2507119.00/cwt119.00–119.006037
Bulls—Medium and Large 1517123.72/cwt122.00–125.0064019
Bulls—Medium and Large 1553126.00/cwt126.00–126.006978
Bulls—Medium and Large 1636115.00/cwt115.00–115.0073111
Bulls—Medium and Large 273387.00/cwt87.00–87.006384
Bulls—Medium and Large 283681.00/cwt81.00–81.006772
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,91086.00/cwt86.00–86.001,6431
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08935.73/cwt32.00–39.003894
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25846.52/cwt45.00–48.005856

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.