Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2019-09-24

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Sep 24
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
79 head
56 vs last sale 23 79 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
376 head
147 vs last sale 229 376 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 3.00 higher with a good offering of high quality steers and heifers and better packer inquiry today. Slaughter cows were steady to 1.00 higher with slaughter bulls 2.00 lower. All classes of feeder cattle were trending higher with a good offering of value added feeders and active buyer participation.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $127.16/cwt on 38 head.
Average price
$127.16
38 head · 519 lb average
Value per head Derived
$661
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$13
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1
$29.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+25.87
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1518130.1267434
Medium and Large 2488102.335003thin
Medium 1655101.006621thin
One grade step is worth $29.12/cwt here — about $13 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 sale38 hd
127.16
IN average4 barns · 111 hd
101.29
+25.87
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
BullsLow1,41876.941,0915thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47462.1791742
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,43555.357942thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,14349.7556824
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02539.994103thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,56283.381,3026thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,241111.411,38323
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,179107.291,26571
HeifersChoiceAverage1,14999.431,1439thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,00080.008001thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,340111.251,49126
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,314107.621,414105
SteersChoiceAverage1,364102.521,39833
SteersSelectAverage1,08094.671,02212

Every lot, as filed

46 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
BullsMedium and Large 1730105.00/cwt105.00–105.007671
BullsMedium and Large 1400121.00/cwt121.00–121.004841
BullsMedium 1655101.00/cwt101.00–101.006621
CowsLean 85-90%83539.00/cwt39.00–39.003261
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16152.46/cwt50.00–54.5060914
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37656.05/cwt54.25–59.0077117
HeifersStandard1,00080.00/cwt80.00–80.008001
HeifersChoice and Prime1,179107.29/cwt103.00–109.751,26571
HeifersChoice1,13998.69/cwt96.00–102.001,1247
HeifersChoice1,185102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,2092
SteersChoice1,298101.43/cwt100.00–102.001,31719
SteersChoice1,453104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,51114
SteersSelect1,08094.67/cwt93.00–95.001,02212
SteersPrime1,340111.25/cwt111.25–111.251,49126
HeifersPrime1,241111.41/cwt111.25–111.501,38323
Dairy SteersChoice1,56283.38/cwt80.00–87.001,3026
SteersChoice and Prime1,314107.62/cwt103.00–109.751,414105
Bulls1,42371.79/cwt70.00–73.001,0222
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11745.95/cwt43.00–49.0051310
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,43555.35/cwt54.50–56.507942
CowsLean 85-90%1,12040.49/cwt40.00–41.004532
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54166.33/cwt61.00–71.001,02225
Bulls1,41580.38/cwt77.00–85.001,1373
BullsMedium and Large 1765115.00/cwt115.00–115.008801
BullsMedium and Large 1818109.00/cwt109.00–109.008923
BullsMedium and Large 1558125.23/cwt125.00–126.0069913
HeifersMedium and Large 1295115.00/cwt115.00–115.003391
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added456147.00/cwt147.00–147.006703
SteersMedium 1410115.00/cwt115.00–115.004721
HeifersMedium and Large 1424122.90/cwt120.00–126.005216
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy552136.00/cwt136.00–136.007516
HeifersMedium 144590.00/cwt90.00–90.004011
HeifersMedium and Large 1525118.50/cwt118.50–118.506223
SteersMedium and Large 1445121.00/cwt121.00–121.005381
SteersMedium and Large 1823123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,0122
BullsMedium and Large 1Value Added412141.10/cwt136.00–143.5058111
HeifersMedium and Large 190094.00/cwt94.00–94.008461
BullsMedium and Large 1Value Added371144.00/cwt144.00–144.005344
HeifersMedium and Large 1336116.00/cwt116.00–116.003904
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added403132.00/cwt132.00–132.005325
HeifersMedium and Large 1356133.00/cwt133.00–133.004734
BullsMedium and Large 2340111.00/cwt111.00–111.003771
BullsMedium and Large 2475116.00/cwt116.00–116.005511
BullsMedium and Large 265080.00/cwt80.00–80.005201
SteersMedium and Large 2360115.00/cwt115.00–115.004141
Dairy SteersLarge 283885.00/cwt85.00–85.007122

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.