United Producers Inc. Livestock Auction Market Report

Vincennes, Indiana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 4, 2023

166 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $200.00/cwt -7.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,300/hd at 650 lb · 12 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $209.00/cwt +46.50 vs last sale · ≈ $1,641/hd at 785 lb · 11 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $173.50/cwt -43.43 vs last sale · ≈ $826/hd at 476 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	166	358	299
Feeder cattle	102	123	101
Slaughter cattle	64	235	198

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week slaughter were 8.00 lower with a very light test with no packer interest this week No slaughter heifers and Holstein slaughter steers today. Cows were 2.00 to 10.00 lower and bulls were 1.00 to 6.00 higher with good value on high dressing bulls. All classes of feeder calves were sharply lower with a better offering of feeders today and good value on lighter weight fancy type feeders.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	2	227.50	$227.50	$910	—
405 fancy	405	1	252.50	$252.50	$1,023	—
650	650	12	200.00	$200.00	$1,300	-7.00
785 fancy	785	11	209.00	$209.00	$1,641	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–1330	1278	4	170.00–173.00	$171.34	$2,190	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	207.50	$207.50	$591	—
310–335	323	2	172.50–195.00	$183.31	$592	—
360–365	363	2	180.00–187.50	$183.78	$667	—
417 fancy	417	3	210.00	$210.00	$876	±0.00
460–488	476	10	165.00–181.00	$173.50	$826	-27.50
540	540	1	197.50	$197.50	$1,066	—
560–599	594	8	170.00–185.00	$183.23	$1,088	—
605	605	1	150.00	$150.00	$908	-50.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
228	228	2	137.00	$137.00	$312	—
258–290	269	3	152.00	$152.00	$409	—
305	305	1	136.00	$136.00	$415	-6.00
695	695	2	130.00	$130.00	$904	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	116.00	$116.00	$365	—
455	455	1	120.00	$120.00	$546	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545–920	733	2	117.00–200.00	$147.88	$1,084	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275 fancy	275	1	257.50	$257.50	$708	—
285	285	2	190.00	$190.00	$542	—
310 fancy	310	2	237.50	$237.50	$736	—
365 fancy	365	1	217.50	$217.50	$794	—
410–445	422	3	152.00–174.00	$166.26	$702	-13.74
425 fancy	425	1	217.50	$217.50	$924	—
458	458	2	185.00	$185.00	$847	-7.05
526	526	4	173.00	$173.00	$910	—
550	550	2	142.00	$142.00	$781	—
600	600	1	182.50	$182.50	$1,095	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	132.00	$132.00	$620	-36.00
518	518	2	110.00	$110.00	$570	—
675–680	678	3	90.00–101.00	$97.35	$660	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	107.00	$107.00	$428	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–875	828	80-85%	2	100.00–121.00	$109.90	$910	—
980–1755	1368	80-85%	2	61.00–69.00	$66.13	$905	—
970–1795	1407	80-85%	8	82.00–90.00	$86.15	$1,212	—
1075–1880	1418	80-85%	5	71.00–80.00	$76.64	$1,087	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675–785	730	85-90%	2	50.00–53.00	$51.61	$377	+23.21
785–1255	949	85-90%	4	41.00	$41.00	$389	—
785–1445	1081	85-90%	8	25.00–33.00	$29.41	$318	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305	1305	75-80%	1	81.00	$81.00	$1,057	-15.56
1215–1650	1461	75-80%	11	85.00–100.00	$89.86	$1,313	-0.11

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1205	1203	2	79.00–83.00	$81.00	$974	-27.68
1355–2115	1645	3	101.00–112.00	$108.98	$1,793	—
1870–2205	2038	2	127.00–130.00	$128.38	$2,616	—

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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.