Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2019-05-07

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, May 7
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
← earliestMay 7May 14 →
Feeder Cattle receipts
60 head
▲ 60 vs last sale 0▲ 60 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
412 head
▲ 412 vs last sale 0▲ 412 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 0▲ 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers and heifers were 2.00-4.00 lower, and slaughter Holstein steers were mostly steady. Slaughter cows were 3.00-4.00 higher, and slaughter bulls mostly steady. Feeder cattle had a lower undertone based on a limited test. Last week receipts were 397. Year ago receipts were 212.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.67/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$116.67
28 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$615
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$136
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$31.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.32
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1520124.5164721
Medium and Large 254993.145127thin
One grade step is worth $31.37/cwt here — about $136 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 sale28 hd
116.67
—
IN average1 barns · 117 hd
118.99
−2.32
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—Average1,54379.951,23410
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43061.3787830
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,54556.008651thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13755.0662614
CowsLean 85-90%Low92049.674573thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,38890.031,25037
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,39686.441,20715
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,278124.441,59016
HeifersChoiceAverage1,166119.481,39366
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,200115.001,3801thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,157110.671,2806thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,235124.741,54120
SteersChoiceAverage1,244120.421,49891
SteersSelectAverage1,233105.071,2967thin

Every lot, as filed

43 lots · USDA AMS · Indianapolis Stockyards - Rockville, IN
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1Value Added—583157.00/cwt157.00–157.009154
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,29951.67/cwt48.50–53.006717
CowsBoner 80-85%—94461.43/cwt61.00–63.005806
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15540.50/cwt40.50–40.504681
Bulls——1,60881.53/cwt77.50–85.501,3114
Bulls——1,65590.40/cwt88.00–94.001,4963
Bulls——1,34567.38/cwt62.00–70.509063
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,54556.00/cwt56.00–56.008651
CowsLean 85-90%—89848.00/cwt48.00–48.004312
CowsLean 85-90%—96553.00/cwt53.00–53.005111
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,46156.74/cwt53.50–62.0082916
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,41267.82/cwt65.00–71.0095813
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,18051.50/cwt51.50–51.506081
HeifersChoice—1,166119.70/cwt114.00–123.001,39665
HeifersChoice—1,170105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,2291
HeifersSelect and Choice—1,200115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,3801
HeifersSelect—1,226110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,3494
HeifersMedium and Large 2—62090.67/cwt90.00–91.005623
HeifersMedium and Large 2—58590.00/cwt90.00–90.005272
HeifersMedium and Large 1—417132.58/cwt130.00–136.0055310
HeifersMedium and Large 1—491121.00/cwt121.00–121.005948
HeifersMedium and Large 1—1,033110.50/cwt110.50–110.501,1412
HeifersMedium and Large 1—755100.00/cwt100.00–100.007551
HeifersSelect—1,018112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,1402
HeifersChoice and Prime—1,278124.44/cwt124.00–124.751,59016
SteersChoice and Prime—1,235124.74/cwt124.00–125.001,54120
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—427132.00/cwt132.00–132.005646
SteersMedium and Large 1—1,009117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,1815
SteersMedium and Large 1—338172.00/cwt172.00–172.005812
SteersMedium and Large 1—375156.00/cwt156.00–156.005851
HeifersMedium and Large 2—408100.00/cwt100.00–100.004082
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime—1,38890.03/cwt90.00–90.501,25037
Dairy SteersChoice—1,39686.44/cwt85.00–88.501,20715
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—25460.00/cwt60.00–60.001525
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1——900.00/cwt900.00–900.00—1
SteersChoice—1,244120.42/cwt115.00–123.001,49891
SteersSelect—1,233105.07/cwt100.50–110.001,2967
BullsMedium and Large 2—510115.00/cwt115.00–115.005872
BullsMedium and Large 2—700100.00/cwt100.00–100.007001
BullsMedium and Large 1—376151.00/cwt151.00–151.005687
BullsMedium and Large 1—724121.00/cwt121.00–121.008764
BullsMedium and Large 1—480145.50/cwt143.00–148.006982
BullsMedium and Large 1—645137.00/cwt137.00–137.008841

How this sale compares

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.