Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2019-10-01

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Oct 1
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
70 head
9 vs last sale 79 70 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
301 head
75 vs last sale 376 301 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 active buyer participation. Holstein slaughter steers were 2.00 higher today. Cows were unchanged with a few exceptions of higher/lower with bulls 1.00 higher. Feeder steers were too few to trend but a good offering of heifers and bulls trading 10.00 higher this week.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $120.64/cwt on 38 head.
Average price
$120.64
38 head · 511 lb average
Value per head Derived
$616
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$97
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$39.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.74
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1427132.1356427
Medium and Large 271592.4566111thin
One grade step is worth $39.68/cwt here — about −$97 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
120.64
IN average4 barns · 154 hd
102.90
+17.74
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
BullsLow1,59976.131,2187thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,78359.691,0642thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38857.8780326
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27449.446308thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,04037.283889thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,51096.001,4501thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,36885.851,17443
HeifersPrimeAverage1,194111.751,33422
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,110108.051,19914
HeifersChoiceAverage1,147102.291,17310
HeifersSelectAverage1,04090.009361thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,08682.048914thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,268112.001,42056
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,266106.181,34544
SteersChoiceAverage1,167101.781,18825
SteersSelectAverage1,06890.009612thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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
Bulls1,40069.68/cwt65.00–74.009763
Bulls1,74980.97/cwt78.00–83.501,4164
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38457.43/cwt55.00–60.0079524
CowsLean 85-90%1,13542.50/cwt42.50–42.504821
CowsLean 85-90%1,02836.63/cwt30.00–39.503778
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,78359.69/cwt58.50–61.001,0642
SteersChoice1,152101.73/cwt100.00–104.501,17224
SteersChoice and Prime1,195107.35/cwt106.00–109.501,28337
Dairy SteersChoice1,36885.85/cwt85.50–86.751,17443
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,51096.00/cwt96.00–96.001,4501
HeifersChoice1,147102.29/cwt98.00–105.001,17310
HeifersChoice and Prime1,110108.05/cwt106.00–109.251,19914
SteersPrime1,268112.00/cwt110.00–113.751,42056
SteersSelect1,06890.00/cwt90.00–90.009612
SteersChoice1,530103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,5761
SteersChoice and PrimeHeavy Weight1,643100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,6437
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12546.49/cwt44.00–48.505232
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32350.42/cwt49.50–52.006676
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43063.21/cwt62.50–64.009042
HeifersPrime1,194111.75/cwt111.75–111.751,33422
HeifersSelect1,04090.00/cwt90.00–90.009361
HeifersStandard1,08682.04/cwt79.00–85.008914
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy430141.00/cwt141.00–141.006068
BullsMedium and Large 1455137.50/cwt137.50–137.506261
BullsMedium and Large 1243120.00/cwt120.00–120.002922
BullsMedium and Large 1573123.00/cwt123.00–123.007052
BullsMedium and Large 1260132.00/cwt132.00–132.003434
BullsMedium and Large 1628125.50/cwt125.50–125.507884
HeifersMedium and Large 1495120.00/cwt120.00–120.005947
SteersMedium and Large 1485128.50/cwt128.50–128.506231
BullsMedium and Large 1409131.00/cwt131.00–131.005366
HeifersMedium and Large 1419119.00/cwt118.50–120.004993
HeifersMedium and Large 1527128.50/cwt128.50–128.506777
HeifersMedium 144090.00/cwt90.00–90.003961
HeifersMedium 1540110.00/cwt110.00–110.005941
HeifersMedium and Large 1296125.00/cwt125.00–125.003705
BullsMedium and Large 2553110.00/cwt110.00–110.006082
BullsMedium and Large 2798101.00/cwt101.00–101.008062
BullsMedium and Large 273885.00/cwt85.00–85.006277
HeifersMedium and Large 2575112.00/cwt112.00–112.006442
HeifersMedium and Large 2325101.00/cwt101.00–101.003283
Dairy SteersLarge 21,03564.75/cwt64.75–64.756702

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.