United Producers Inc. Livestock Auction Market Report

Vincennes, Indiana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, February 16, 2022

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	230	183
Feeder cattle	50	37
Slaughter cattle	180	146

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparison to last week due to no coverage, but slaughter steers and heifers were trending sharply higher with active bidding and good high quality cattle. Holstein steers were too few today. Cows were trending lower and bulls were trending higher this week. All classes of feeder calves were trending significantly higher with good groups of fancy type feeders.

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1355	1322	3	134.50–135.50	$135.17	$1,787	—
1360	1360	1	109.00	$109.00	$1,482	—
1125–1685	1385	48	136.00–143.50	$139.64	$1,934	—
1295–1620	1397	11	144.00–146.50	$145.05	$2,026	—
1485–1530	1508	2	99.00–112.00	$105.40	$1,589	—
1740–1745	1743	2	131.00–134.00	$132.50	$2,309	—
1730–1765	1748	2	137.00–137.50	$137.25	$2,399	—
1770–1805	1788	2	101.00–114.00	$107.56	$1,923	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505 fancy	505	1	175.00	$175.00	$884	—
576 fancy	576	7	170.00	$170.00	$979	—
840	840	1	139.00	$139.00	$1,168	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	129.00	$129.00	$658	—
610	610	1	104.00	$104.00	$634	—

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Feeder Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080–1300	1153	5	130.00–135.00	$132.50	$1,528	—
1065–1535	1295	44	136.00–143.50	$139.76	$1,810	—
1260–1460	1358	6	144.00–145.00	$144.40	$1,961	+4.40
1345–1630	1488	2	134.00–135.00	$134.45	$2,001	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360 fancy	360	1	155.00	$155.00	$558	—
440	440	1	139.00	$139.00	$612	+15.94
490 fancy	490	1	150.00	$150.00	$735	—
500	500	2	129.00–130.00	$129.50	$648	+7.00
591 fancy	591	4	142.00	$142.00	$839	—
645	645	1	128.00	$128.00	$826	+17.00
668–676 fancy	673	6	141.00–145.00	$143.68	$967	—
860	860	4	124.00	$124.00	$1,066	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	2	168.00	$168.00	$563	—
472 fancy	472	2	171.00	$171.00	$807	—
558 fancy	558	5	170.00	$170.00	$949	—
642 fancy	642	2	156.00	$156.00	$1,002	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	1	117.00	$117.00	$585	—
745	745	1	120.00	$120.00	$894	—
1080	1080	1	71.00	$71.00	$767	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
970–1665	1308	75-80%	6	60.00–67.00	$64.06	$838	—
1250–1855	1613	75-80%	8	69.00–71.00	$70.25	$1,133	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810–1660	1222	80-85%	3	56.00–58.00	$56.44	$690	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070	1070	85-90%	1	41.00	$41.00	$439	—
1105	1105	85-90%	1	25.00	$25.00	$276	—
1180	1180	85-90%	1	36.00	$36.00	$425	-9.00

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290–1870	1519	6	95.00–103.00	$100.10	$1,521	—
1365–1910	1638	5	104.00–109.00	$106.37	$1,742	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230–1240	1235	2	100.00–107.00	$103.51	$1,278	—
1235–1810	1459	5	86.00–94.00	$88.93	$1,297	—
1365–1625	1495	2	81.00–83.00	$82.09	$1,227	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1560	1560	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,841	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.