Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2019-09-03

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Sep 3
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
56 head
18 vs last sale 38 56 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
208 head
89 vs last sale 119 208 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 1.00 higher with slaughter heifers 2.00 lower with lower packer bids this week. Holstein slaughter steers were 4.00 lower today. Slaughter cows were 2.00 to 3.00 lower with bulls 1.00 lower. Feeder steers were too few to trend with feeder heifers and bulls trading sharply lower.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $132.08/cwt on 33 head.
Average price
$132.08
33 head · 446 lb average
Value per head Derived
$590
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$85
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$33.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.52
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1420136.1057229
Medium and Large 2638103.006574thin
One grade step is worth $33.10/cwt here — about −$85 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 sale33 hd
132.08
IN average4 barns · 135 hd
114.57
+17.52
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
BullsAverage1,58475.141,1904thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,29459.8977512
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,21948.8859612
CowsLean 85-90%High96332.863167thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,34381.851,0999thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,318107.701,41910
HeifersChoiceAverage1,223102.021,24744
HeifersStandardAverage1,24483.561,0397thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,354110.881,50114
SteersChoiceAverage1,308103.931,35969
SteersSelectAverage1,37195.391,3085thin

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
Bulls1,70377.02/cwt75.50–78.501,3123
CowsLean 85-90%1,16841.40/cwt41.00–42.004842
CowsBoner 80-85%1,04036.50/cwt36.50–36.503801
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25647.35/cwt43.00–51.005956
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,57866.00/cwt66.00–66.001,0412
CowsLean 85-90%1,01325.90/cwt25.00–27.502622
HeifersChoice and Prime1,318107.70/cwt107.50–107.751,41910
HeifersStandard1,24483.56/cwt80.00–87.001,0397
SteersChoice1,308103.93/cwt100.00–106.501,35969
HeifersChoice1,224102.05/cwt100.00–106.501,24942
SteersChoice and Prime1,354110.88/cwt109.00–111.751,50114
SteersSelect1,37195.39/cwt95.00–97.001,3085
Dairy SteersChoice1,34381.85/cwt76.00–85.001,0999
CowsLean 85-90%79331.80/cwt30.00–35.002523
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21053.18/cwt52.50–54.506435
HeifersChoice1,18598.00/cwt98.00–98.001,1611
HeifersChoice1,205105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,2651
Bulls1,22569.50/cwt69.50–69.508511
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,23758.67/cwt56.00–62.5072610
BullsMedium and Large 1235135.00/cwt135.00–135.003171
BullsMedium and Large 1283140.00/cwt140.00–140.003962
BullsMedium and Large 1508131.00/cwt131.00–131.006653
BullsMedium and Large 1373130.96/cwt125.00–133.004885
BullsMedium and Large 1444138.00/cwt138.00–138.0061318
HeifersMedium and Large 1745105.00/cwt105.00–105.007822
HeifersMedium and Large 188590.00/cwt90.00–90.007972
Dairy SteersLarge 261555.00/cwt55.00–55.003382
HeifersMedium and Large 2508110.00/cwt110.00–110.005592
HeifersMedium and Large 285550.00/cwt50.00–50.004283
BullsMedium and Large 2638103.00/cwt103.00–103.006574
SteersMedium and Large 1485125.00/cwt125.00–125.006061
HeifersMedium and Large 1578115.00/cwt115.00–115.006652
HeifersMedium and Large 1350124.00/cwt124.00–124.004341
HeifersMedium and Large 1255133.00/cwt133.00–133.003395
HeifersMedium and Large 1435126.00/cwt126.00–126.005483

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.