Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2019-09-17

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Sep 17
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
23 head
3 vs last sale 26 23 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
229 head
99 vs last sale 328 229 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 4.00 lower with still lower packer inquiry, but a good offering of high quality steers and heifers this week. Slaughter cows were 1.00 to 2.00 lower with bulls 1.00 lower. Feeder cattle were too few to trend, but good value on value added steers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.50/cwt on 12 head.
Average price
$112.50
12 head · 661 lb average
Value per head Derived
$744
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$410
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$2.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.06
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1691112.7377911thin
Medium and Large 2335110.003691thin
One grade step is worth $2.73/cwt here — about $410 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 sale12 hd
112.50
IN average4 barns · 297 hd
108.44
+4.06
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
BullsAverage1,34880.991,0918thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,38458.6881231
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,31646.4861218
CowsLean 85-90%High97540.003901thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,34593.001,2511thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,219105.981,29246
HeifersChoiceAverage1,18296.771,14421
HeifersSelectAverage1,21390.001,0925thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,19586.511,0342thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,354106.111,43753
SteersChoiceAverage1,32198.901,30724
SteersStandardAverage1,42590.001,2831thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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
Bulls1,38382.56/cwt79.50–86.001,1427
Bulls1,10070.00/cwt70.00–70.007701
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38666.95/cwt63.50–75.009286
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38356.70/cwt53.00–61.5078425
CowsLean 85-90%97540.00/cwt40.00–40.003901
HeifersChoice1,52090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,3681
HeifersSelect1,21390.00/cwt90.00–90.001,0925
HeifersStandard1,19586.51/cwt85.00–88.001,0342
SteersChoice and Prime1,354106.11/cwt103.75–109.001,43753
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,34593.00/cwt93.00–93.001,2511
SteersStandard1,42590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,2831
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,79090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,6111
CowsBoner 80-85%1,54251.95/cwt51.50–52.508013
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27145.38/cwt42.00–48.0057715
SteersChoice1,423103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,4664
SteersChoice1,27598.51/cwt95.00–101.001,25619
HeifersChoice1,16597.11/cwt92.00–102.001,13120
HeifersChoice and Prime1,219105.98/cwt103.00–109.501,29246
BullsMedium and Large 1650106.00/cwt106.00–106.006892
HeifersMedium and Large 1786111.00/cwt111.00–111.008726
SteersMedium and Large 1654135.00/cwt135.00–135.008834
HeifersMedium and Large 1470110.00/cwt110.00–110.005171
HeifersMedium and Large 1603116.00/cwt116.00–116.006994
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added578141.00/cwt141.00–141.008154
HeifersMedium and Large 2335110.00/cwt110.00–110.003691
SteersMedium and Large 2675101.00/cwt101.00–101.006821

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.