Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2019-07-23

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Jul 23
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
44 head
11 vs last sale 33 44 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
333 head
12 vs last sale 321 333 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers were mostly steady with heifers 2.00 higher with a good offering today. Holstein slaughter steers were 6.00 to 8.00 higher with a good offering of high quality steers . Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 higher with bulls trading 4.00 to 7.00 with some good high quality bulls. Feeder steers were trending lower and heifers trending higher with feeder bulls 6.00 to 7.00 higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $125.26/cwt on 19 head.
Average price
$125.26
19 head · 475 lb average
Value per head Derived
$595
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$115
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$33.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+16.04
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1468130.6361116thin
Medium and Large 251496.674973thin
One grade step is worth $33.96/cwt here — about $115 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 sale19 hd
125.26
IN average3 barns · 61 hd
109.23
+16.04
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
BullsHigh1,52389.451,36215
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41765.3492619
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,23149.0460421
CowsLean 85-90%High80535.002821thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,57893.001,4684thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,41787.521,24013
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,22067.178203thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,202116.731,40345
HeifersChoiceAverage1,207112.781,3616thin
HeifersSelectAverage938102.469612thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,18580.229514thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,304116.101,51446
SteersChoiceAverage1,197111.761,33835
SteersSelectAverage1,01198.409954thin
SteersStandardAverage1,43590.001,2922thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,22657.00/cwt56.00–58.006994
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23352.78/cwt51.00–55.006517
Bulls1,56892.75/cwt90.50–97.001,4548
Bulls1,05078.50/cwt78.50–78.508241
Bulls1,54186.88/cwt84.50–89.501,3396
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23047.17/cwt44.00–50.5058014
SteersChoice and Prime1,304116.10/cwt114.00–118.001,51446
Dairy SteersChoice1,41787.52/cwt80.50–88.501,24013
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,57893.00/cwt93.00–93.001,4684
SteersChoice1,570111.50/cwt111.50–111.501,7511
HeifersChoice1,207112.78/cwt112.50–113.501,3616
Dairy SteersSelect1,29575.50/cwt75.50–75.509781
Dairy SteersSelect1,18363.00/cwt63.00–63.007452
SteersSelect1,01198.40/cwt95.00–105.009954
SteersStandard1,43590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,2922
SteersChoice1,186111.77/cwt107.00–113.751,32634
HeifersChoice and Prime1,202116.73/cwt114.00–118.501,40345
HeifersStandard1,15576.62/cwt75.00–80.008853
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46867.56/cwt62.50–72.0099215
CowsLean 85-90%80535.00/cwt35.00–35.002821
HeifersSelect938102.46/cwt101.00–104.009612
HeifersStandard1,27591.00/cwt91.00–91.001,1601
BullsMedium and Large 1347133.00/cwt133.00–133.004623
BullsMedium and Large 1600122.00/cwt122.00–122.007323
BullsMedium and Large 1412135.00/cwt135.00–135.005565
BullsMedium and Large 1517130.00/cwt130.00–130.006725
HeifersMedium and Large 1275121.00/cwt121.00–121.003331
HeifersMedium and Large 1710111.00/cwt111.00–111.007881
SteersMedium and Large 1986113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,1144
SteersMedium and Large 11,06596.00/cwt96.00–96.001,0221
SteersMedium and Large 1632121.00/cwt121.00–121.007653
HeifersMedium and Large 1670119.00/cwt119.00–119.007972
HeifersMedium and Large 1391125.60/cwt121.00–127.004918
SteersMedium and Large 1700125.00/cwt125.00–125.008751
SteersMedium and Large 1813127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,0373
BullsMedium and Large 2475110.00/cwt110.00–110.005231
BullsMedium and Large 253390.00/cwt90.00–90.004802
HeifersMedium and Large 290091.50/cwt91.50–91.508241

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.