Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2019-09-10

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Sep 10
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
26 head
30 vs last sale 56 26 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
328 head
120 vs last sale 208 328 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 3.00 to 5.00 lower and slaughter heifers were 1.00 lower with still lower packer inquiry. Holstein slaughter steers were 2.00 higher today. All classes of cows were 1.00 lower with bulls 5.00 higher. Due to light receipts feeder cattle were too few to trend.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $96.36/cwt on 18 head.
Average price
$96.36
18 head · 702 lb average
Value per head Derived
$676
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$228
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$19.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
12.59
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1740104.0077011thin
Medium and Large 264284.365417thin
One grade step is worth $19.64/cwt here — about $228 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 sale18 hd
96.36
IN average5 barns · 624 hd
108.95
−12.59
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
BullocksAverage1,23595.001,1731thin
BullsLow1,69181.471,37813
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,22862.0576218
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,63853.108702thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20448.4558318
CowsLean 85-90%High1,45040.505871thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,33883.851,12213
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,293107.461,38940
HeifersChoiceAverage1,158100.991,16948
HeifersSelectAverage1,13992.271,05113
HeifersStandardAverage1,31888.001,1602thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,379111.671,54015
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,296107.601,39470
SteersChoiceAverage1,31499.331,30537
SteersSelectAverage1,23189.811,1065thin

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
Bulls1,51075.41/cwt74.50–76.001,1394
Bulls1,81482.79/cwt79.50–87.001,5027
Bulls1,62389.00/cwt89.00–89.001,4442
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,20865.40/cwt62.50–70.0079010
CowsLean 85-90%1,45040.50/cwt40.50–40.505871
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,63853.10/cwt51.00–55.508702
SteersSelect1,23189.81/cwt89.00–90.001,1065
Dairy SteersChoice1,33883.85/cwt80.00–86.501,12213
HeifersChoice1,158100.99/cwt95.00–104.251,16948
HeifersChoice and Prime1,293107.46/cwt105.00–109.251,38940
Bullocks1,23595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,1731
SteersChoice1,31499.33/cwt95.00–104.001,30537
SteersChoice and Prime1,296107.60/cwt105.00–110.001,39470
SteersPrime1,379111.67/cwt111.00–112.501,54015
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39541.00/cwt41.00–41.005721
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31652.82/cwt51.00–55.006956
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12546.74/cwt45.00–50.5052611
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,25457.87/cwt56.00–61.007268
HeifersSelect1,13992.27/cwt89.00–93.501,05113
HeifersStandard1,31888.00/cwt88.00–88.001,1602
HeifersMedium and Large 1740100.00/cwt100.00–100.007401
HeifersMedium and Large 1495120.00/cwt120.00–120.005943
HeifersMedium and Large 189095.00/cwt95.00–95.008461
HeifersMedium and Large 11,05087.00/cwt87.00–87.009141
HeifersMedium and Large 1770100.50/cwt100.00–101.007742
HeifersMedium and Large 181595.51/cwt95.00–96.007782
SteersMedium and Large 11,04590.00/cwt90.00–90.009411
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added805110.00/cwt110.00–110.008861
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added610125.00/cwt125.00–125.007634
SteersMedium and Large 1715100.00/cwt100.00–100.007151
BullsMedium and Large 255075.00/cwt75.00–75.004131
HeifersMedium and Large 247576.00/cwt76.00–76.003611
HeifersMedium and Large 284588.50/cwt88.50–88.507481
HeifersMedium and Large 287086.00/cwt86.00–86.007481
HeifersMedium and Large 2608100.00/cwt100.00–100.006082
Dairy SteersLarge 271561.00/cwt61.00–61.004361
HeifersMedium and Large 254370.00/cwt70.00–70.003802

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.