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
BullsAverage1,54379.951,23410
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 Added583157.00/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
Bulls1,60881.53/cwt77.50–85.501,3114
Bulls1,65590.40/cwt88.00–94.001,4963
Bulls1,34567.38/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
HeifersChoice1,166119.70/cwt114.00–123.001,39665
HeifersChoice1,170105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,2291
HeifersSelect and Choice1,200115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,3801
HeifersSelect1,226110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,3494
HeifersMedium and Large 262090.67/cwt90.00–91.005623
HeifersMedium and Large 258590.00/cwt90.00–90.005272
HeifersMedium and Large 1417132.58/cwt130.00–136.0055310
HeifersMedium and Large 1491121.00/cwt121.00–121.005948
HeifersMedium and Large 11,033110.50/cwt110.50–110.501,1412
HeifersMedium and Large 1755100.00/cwt100.00–100.007551
HeifersSelect1,018112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,1402
HeifersChoice and Prime1,278124.44/cwt124.00–124.751,59016
SteersChoice and Prime1,235124.74/cwt124.00–125.001,54120
SteersMedium and Large 1-2427132.00/cwt132.00–132.005646
SteersMedium and Large 11,009117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,1815
SteersMedium and Large 1338172.00/cwt172.00–172.005812
SteersMedium and Large 1375156.00/cwt156.00–156.005851
HeifersMedium and Large 2408100.00/cwt100.00–100.004082
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,38890.03/cwt90.00–90.501,25037
Dairy SteersChoice1,39686.44/cwt85.00–88.501,20715
Dairy HeifersLarge 325460.00/cwt60.00–60.001525
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1900.00/cwt900.00–900.001
SteersChoice1,244120.42/cwt115.00–123.001,49891
SteersSelect1,233105.07/cwt100.50–110.001,2967
BullsMedium and Large 2510115.00/cwt115.00–115.005872
BullsMedium and Large 2700100.00/cwt100.00–100.007001
BullsMedium and Large 1376151.00/cwt151.00–151.005687
BullsMedium and Large 1724121.00/cwt121.00–121.008764
BullsMedium and Large 1480145.50/cwt143.00–148.006982
BullsMedium and Large 1645137.00/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.