Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2019-05-14

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, May 14
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
68 head
8 vs last sale 60 68 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
202 head
210 vs last sale 412 202 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 4.00 to 6.00 lower, and slaughter Holstein steers were

2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter breaker cows were mostly steady with boner and lean cows sharply lower, and slaughter bulls 4.00 to 6.00 lower. No test on feeder cattle due to receipts last week buy a lower undertone was noted.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.64/cwt on 30 head.
Average price
$120.64
30 head · 568 lb average
Value per head Derived
$686
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$72
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$34.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.39
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1507128.7465223
Medium and Large 277194.007257thin
One grade step is worth $34.74/cwt here — about −$72 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 sale30 hd
120.64
IN average3 barns · 238 hd
121.02
−0.39
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
BullsAverage1,43079.491,1379thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,36559.0280637
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17945.6453820
CowsLean 85-90%Average85734.983003thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,39676.801,0725thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,36786.861,18732
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,178120.001,4143thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,218112.651,37216
HeifersSelectAverage1,095102.401,1217thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,15090.001,0352thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,304120.141,56725
SteersChoiceAverage1,328110.301,46521
SteersSelectAverage1,195106.081,2683thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16843.10/cwt40.00–45.0050312
SteersChoice1,272111.73/cwt108.00–116.501,42118
Dairy HeifersChoice1,24060.00/cwt60.00–60.007441
Dairy HeifersChoice1,43581.00/cwt81.00–81.001,1624
HeifersSelect1,095102.40/cwt100.00–105.001,1217
HeifersStandard1,15090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,0352
Bulls1,40377.08/cwt73.00–80.001,0816
Bulls1,48584.32/cwt80.50–86.501,2523
CowsLean 85-90%85734.98/cwt33.50–36.003003
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19649.45/cwt47.00–51.505918
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,760100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,7601
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,620102.53/cwt100.00–105.001,6612
Dairy SteersChoice1,36786.86/cwt85.00–88.001,18732
SteersSelect1,195106.08/cwt105.00–108.001,2683
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,93552.50/cwt52.50–52.501,0161
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50766.22/cwt64.00–70.009989
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,29756.86/cwt52.50–60.0073727
SteersChoice and Prime1,304120.14/cwt118.00–122.001,56725
HeifersChoice1,218112.65/cwt109.50–117.001,37216
HeifersChoice and Prime1,178120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,4143
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy385160.00/cwt160.00–160.006162
BullsMedium and Large 1550121.00/cwt121.00–121.006661
HeifersMedium and Large 1895101.00/cwt101.00–101.009041
HeifersMedium and Large 1508133.00/cwt133.00–133.006765
HeifersMedium and Large 1390131.00/cwt131.00–131.005111
HeifersMedium and Large 1407131.03/cwt130.00–133.005333
SteersMedium and Large 11,008105.50/cwt105.50–105.501,0633
HeifersMedium and Large 1620120.00/cwt120.00–120.007443
HeifersMedium and Large 1475131.10/cwt130.00–133.5062310
SteersMedium and Large 1920114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,0493
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added529154.00/cwt154.00–154.008154
SteersMedium and Large 1775127.00/cwt127.00–127.009844
SteersMedium and Large 1614139.00/cwt139.00–139.008538
HeifersMedium and Large 2733109.00/cwt109.00–109.007992
HeifersMedium and Large 278688.00/cwt88.00–88.006925
SteersMedium and Large 2455113.00/cwt113.00–113.005141
Dairy HeifersLarge 294555.00/cwt55.00–55.005202

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.