Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2019-08-13

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Aug 13
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
53 head
7 vs last sale 46 53 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
280 head
42 vs last sale 238 280 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 sharply lower with light packer inquiry this week. Slaughter Holstein steers were trending higher. Slaughter cows 4.00 to 6.00 lower with bulls trading 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers were trending lower with bulls mostly steady and feeder heifers had a few exceptions of higher/lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.00/cwt on 29 head.
Average price
$127.00
29 head · 500 lb average
Value per head Derived
$635
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$6
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$29.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+16.57
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1490129.0063227
Medium and Large 2638100.006382thin
One grade step is worth $29.00/cwt here — about −$6 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 sale29 hd
127.00
IN average4 barns · 317 hd
110.42
+16.57
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
BullocksAverage1,19097.001,1541thin
BullsHigh1,58979.131,25714
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38864.8290036
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,07351.3055017
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11036.504052thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,48091.001,3472thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,26388.501,1184thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,223110.461,35158
HeifersChoiceAverage1,222101.841,24422
HeifersSelectAverage1,28098.001,2541thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,10594.171,0413thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,318109.521,44364
SteersChoiceAverage1,286104.721,34721
SteersSelectAverage1,22595.001,1642thin

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
Bulls1,39590.50/cwt90.50–90.501,2621
Bulls1,62180.86/cwt76.50–85.501,31110
Bulls1,54769.59/cwt65.50–73.001,0773
CowsBoner 80-85%1,00349.62/cwt48.50–50.504986
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11152.21/cwt51.00–54.5058011
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,28259.56/cwt55.00–63.0076413
SteersChoice and Prime1,318109.52/cwt108.00–110.751,44364
SteersSelect1,22595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,1642
Dairy SteersChoice1,26388.50/cwt88.50–88.501,1184
HeifersChoice1,575101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,5911
HeifersChoice1,205101.88/cwt100.00–105.001,22821
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,48091.00/cwt91.00–91.001,3472
HeifersSelect1,28098.00/cwt98.00–98.001,2541
SteersChoice1,286104.72/cwt100.00–105.751,34721
Bullocks1,19097.00/cwt97.00–97.001,1541
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44867.79/cwt65.00–72.0098223
CowsLean 85-90%1,34032.50/cwt32.50–32.504361
CowsLean 85-90%88040.50/cwt40.50–40.503561
HeifersChoice and Prime1,223110.46/cwt108.75–112.251,35158
HeifersStandard1,18596.25/cwt96.25–96.251,1412
HeifersStandard94590.00/cwt90.00–90.008511
BullsMedium and Large 1363131.00/cwt131.00–131.004764
BullsMedium and Large 1461134.66/cwt134.00–135.006216
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy345155.00/cwt155.00–155.005356
HeifersMedium and Large 195090.00/cwt90.00–90.008551
HeifersMedium and Large 1737106.00/cwt106.00–106.007813
HeifersMedium and Large 1683119.00/cwt119.00–119.008134
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added523136.00/cwt136.00–136.007113
SteersMedium and Large 1489125.00/cwt125.00–125.006114
HeifersMedium and Large 1250134.00/cwt134.00–134.003355
HeifersMedium and Large 1536120.58/cwt119.00–123.006465
SteersMedium and Large 1378129.21/cwt126.50–130.504883
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added443132.00/cwt132.00–132.005853
SteersMedium and Large 1420118.00/cwt118.00–118.004962
SteersMedium and Large 1800101.00/cwt101.00–101.008081
HeifersMedium and Large 2638100.00/cwt100.00–100.006382
SteersMedium and Large 21,10080.00/cwt80.00–80.008801

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.