Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2019-08-27

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Aug 27
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
38 head
32 vs last sale 6 38 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
119 head
68 vs last sale 187 119 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 1.00 to 2.00 lower with still light packer inquiry. Breaker cows were trading 1.00 to 4.00 higher with boner and lean cows 1.00 to 3.00 lower. All classes of feeder cattle were trending higher but no comparison to last week due to light receipts last week.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $112.84/cwt on 19 head.
Average price
$112.84
19 head · 627 lb average
Value per head Derived
$708
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$118
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$34.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.46
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1597123.6973813thin
Medium and Large 269489.336206thin
One grade step is worth $34.36/cwt here — about $118 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
112.84
IN average4 barns · 102 hd
102.39
+10.46
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
BullsLow1,67877.301,2978thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,27463.2380520
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,24150.2962413
CowsLean 85-90%High1,00936.8937211
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,15082.509494thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,28886.501,1143thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,219107.981,31611
HeifersChoiceAverage1,214104.291,26612
HeifersSelectAverage94091.508601thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,39087.001,2092thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,355109.381,48216
SteersChoiceAverage1,344102.941,38312
SteersSelectAverage1,16094.671,0982thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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
Bulls1,13069.50/cwt69.50–69.507851
Bulls1,75678.41/cwt74.00–83.501,3777
CowsLean 85-90%1,13241.76/cwt39.00–44.504736
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28153.41/cwt52.50–54.506846
CowsLean 85-90%76826.52/cwt26.00–27.002042
CowsLean 85-90%92234.07/cwt33.00–35.003143
Dairy SteersChoice1,28886.50/cwt86.50–86.501,1143
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,29268.79/cwt65.50–76.008896
SteersChoice1,330103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,3701
SteersChoice1,345102.93/cwt100.50–105.251,38411
SteersChoice and Prime1,355109.38/cwt107.50–109.501,48216
SteersSelect1,16094.67/cwt93.00–96.001,0982
Dairy HeifersChoice1,15082.50/cwt82.50–82.509494
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20647.62/cwt44.50–51.505747
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,26660.85/cwt57.00–64.5077014
HeifersStandard1,39087.00/cwt84.00–90.001,2092
HeifersChoice1,214104.29/cwt98.00–106.501,26612
HeifersChoice and Prime1,219107.98/cwt107.50–108.751,31611
HeifersSelect94091.50/cwt91.50–91.508601
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy508139.00/cwt139.00–139.007063
BullsMedium and Large 1435138.00/cwt138.00–138.006001
BullsMedium and Large 1560121.00/cwt121.00–121.006781
BullsMedium and Large 1710105.00/cwt105.00–105.007461
BullsMedium and Large 187085.00/cwt85.00–85.007401
BullsMedium and Large 1298147.00/cwt147.00–147.004382
SteersMedium and Large 1395149.00/cwt149.00–149.005892
SteersMedium and Large 11,09199.00/cwt99.00–99.001,0804
SteersMedium and Large 1420125.00/cwt125.00–125.005251
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy492140.00/cwt140.00–140.006893
BullsMedium and Large 1765112.00/cwt112.00–112.008574
HeifersMedium and Large 1733115.50/cwt115.00–116.008472
HeifersMedium and Large 1600119.00/cwt119.00–119.007141
HeifersMedium and Large 1655108.00/cwt108.00–108.007071
SteersMedium and Large 1665116.00/cwt116.00–116.007711
HeifersMedium and Large 11,01095.00/cwt95.00–95.009601
BullsMedium and Large 2235120.00/cwt120.00–120.002821
BullsMedium and Large 284580.00/cwt80.00–80.006761
BullsMedium and Large 289868.00/cwt68.00–68.006112
HeifersMedium and Large 2488105.00/cwt105.00–105.005122
BullsMedium and Large 2645100.00/cwt100.00–100.006452
HeifersMedium and Large 2295123.00/cwt123.00–123.003631

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.