Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2019-08-20

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Aug 20
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
6 head
47 vs last sale 53 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
187 head
93 vs last sale 280 187 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 higher with still low packer inquiry. Breaker and boner cows were unchanged with a few exceptions of higher/lower with lean cows 2.00 to 5.00 higher and bulls mostly steady. Feeder cattle were too few to compare.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $99.00/cwt on 6 head.
Average price
$99.00
6 head · 593 lb average
Value per head Derived
$587
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$145
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$39.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.80
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1467114.675353thin
Medium and Large 281887.507152thin
Medium and Large 352075.003901thin
One grade step is worth $39.67/cwt here — about $145 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 sale6 hd
99.00
IN average5 barns · 364 hd
104.80
−5.80
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
BullsLow1,60780.681,29614
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,40461.8786931
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,87555.001,0311thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,32352.3969318
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09642.144627thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,164109.881,27918
HeifersChoiceAverage1,162103.241,20034
HeifersSelectAverage1,07095.921,0269thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,358110.791,50512
SteersChoiceAverage1,283103.271,32519
SteersSelectAverage1,23895.271,1792thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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
Bulls1,96573.50/cwt73.50–73.501,4441
Bulls1,57981.23/cwt77.50–85.501,28313
CowsLean 85-90%1,16538.00/cwt38.00–38.004431
CowsLean 85-90%1,08442.83/cwt41.50–45.504646
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,87555.00/cwt55.00–55.001,0311
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30047.77/cwt46.00–50.006213
SteersChoice1,283103.27/cwt99.75–105.001,32519
SteersChoice and Prime1,358110.79/cwt107.75–113.001,50512
SteersSelect1,23895.27/cwt95.00–95.501,1792
HeifersChoice1,162103.24/cwt101.50–105.001,20034
HeifersChoice and Prime1,164109.88/cwt108.00–112.001,27918
HeifersSelect1,07095.92/cwt95.00–97.001,0269
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32753.31/cwt52.00–55.5070715
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42265.14/cwt63.00–69.0092614
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38959.17/cwt56.00–62.0082217
HeifersMedium and Large 1375116.00/cwt116.00–116.004351
HeifersMedium and Large 1465118.00/cwt118.00–118.005491
HeifersMedium and Large 1560110.00/cwt110.00–110.006161
HeifersMedium and Large 273590.00/cwt90.00–90.006621
HeifersMedium and Large 290085.00/cwt85.00–85.007651
HeifersMedium and Large 352075.00/cwt75.00–75.003901

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.