Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2019-06-18

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Jun 18
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
50 head
10 vs last sale 60 50 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
324 head
42 vs last sale 282 324 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 steady to 1.00 lower with a good offering of higher quality slaughter steers and heifers. A good offering of Holstein slaughter steers today that were mostly steady. Slaughter cows were 2.00 to 3.00 higher with bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers were 3.00 higher with feeder heifers steady to 4.00 lower and feeder bulls steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $110.04/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$110.04
28 head · 675 lb average
Value per head Derived
$743
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$15
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$24.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.15
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1641114.3973323
Medium and Large 283290.007495thin
One grade step is worth $24.39/cwt here — about −$15 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
110.04
IN average3 barns · 299 hd
113.18
−3.15
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
BullsAverage1,38183.001,14612
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,34565.4188024
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,16650.5658913
CowsLean 85-90%Average85037.503191thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,23590.501,1181thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,48785.701,27436
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,13871.188102thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,241116.321,44455
HeifersChoiceAverage1,118113.001,26443
HeifersSelectAverage1,223103.821,2706thin
HeifersStandardHigh1,23684.711,0477thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,299116.641,51559
SteersChoiceAverage1,340111.701,49719

Every lot, as filed

35 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
Bulls1,32983.05/cwt80.00–86.001,10410
Bulls1,27075.00/cwt75.00–75.009531
Bulls2,01090.50/cwt90.50–90.501,8191
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40259.22/cwt56.00–62.508308
CowsLean 85-90%85037.50/cwt37.50–37.503191
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20753.29/cwt51.00–55.506436
Dairy SteersSelect1,13871.18/cwt70.00–72.508102
HeifersChoice1,114113.02/cwt110.00–114.001,25942
HeifersChoice and Prime1,241116.32/cwt115.75–118.001,44455
SteersChoice1,340111.70/cwt110.00–114.501,49719
SteersChoice and Prime1,299116.64/cwt115.00–119.001,51559
Dairy SteersChoice1,48785.70/cwt84.50–88.501,27436
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,23590.50/cwt90.50–90.501,1181
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13048.22/cwt44.00–50.505457
HeifersChoice1,300112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,4561
HeifersSelect1,223103.82/cwt102.50–106.501,2706
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,31668.50/cwt63.00–73.0090116
HeifersStandard1,40891.50/cwt91.00–92.001,2882
HeifersStandard1,16782.00/cwt80.00–86.009575
BullsMedium and Large 1500126.00/cwt126.00–126.006301
HeifersMedium and Large 1490116.00/cwt116.00–116.005681
HeifersMedium and Large 1815104.00/cwt104.00–104.008481
HeifersMedium and Large 1910102.00/cwt102.00–102.009284
HeifersMedium and Large 1627115.00/cwt115.00–115.0072114
SteersMedium and Large 1610131.00/cwt131.00–131.007991
HeifersMedium and Large 1340131.00/cwt131.00–131.004453
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added647134.50/cwt134.50–134.5087011
SteersMedium and Large 1995102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,0151
BullsMedium and Large 278590.00/cwt90.00–90.007071
HeifersMedium and Large 272599.00/cwt99.00–99.007182
Dairy HeifersLarge 265050.00/cwt50.00–50.003251
Dairy HeifersLarge 281561.00/cwt61.00–61.004971
HeifersMedium and Large 290384.00/cwt84.00–84.007593
Dairy SteersLarge 291260.00/cwt60.00–60.005473
Dairy SteersLarge 274867.00/cwt67.00–67.005012

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.