Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2019-10-29

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Oct 29
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
53 head
13 vs last sale 40 53 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
376 head
70 vs last sale 446 376 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 1.00 lower with slaughter heifers 2.00 to 4.00 higher with active bidding. Holstein slaughter steers were 2.00 higher today. Cows and bulls were significantly lower this week with cows 2.00 to 4.00 lower and bulls 5.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder steers were too few to trend and feeder heifers were trending higher feeder bulls were mostly steady with instances of higher/lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.56/cwt on 29 head.
Average price
$115.56
29 head · 388 lb average
Value per head Derived
$448
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$266
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$8.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.61
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1505120.5060812thin
Medium and Large 2305112.0734217thin
One grade step is worth $8.43/cwt here — about $266 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 sale29 hd
115.56
IN average3 barns · 352 hd
106.94
+8.61
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
BullsLow1,77366.701,1835thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,31152.0068214
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,63049.688103thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,34046.0561717
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,29233.994399thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,18071.508441thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,41583.501,18225
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,34658.8979213
HeifersPrimeAverage1,247115.251,43712
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,191108.981,29873
HeifersChoiceAverage1,237105.261,30223
HeifersSelectAverage1,07994.781,0237thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,30570.009141thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,336111.531,49074
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,343108.671,45930
SteersChoiceAverage1,349101.081,36317
SteersSelectAverage1,25997.281,2256thin
SteersStandardAverage1,11386.009574thin

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
Bulls1,53063.50/cwt57.50–67.009723
Bulls1,96575.50/cwt75.50–75.501,4841
BullsHeavy Weight2,31067.50/cwt67.50–67.501,5591
HeifersChoice and Prime1,191108.98/cwt107.00–110.751,29873
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,63049.68/cwt48.00–52.508103
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37350.25/cwt50.00–50.506902
Dairy HeifersChoice1,18071.50/cwt71.50–71.508441
Dairy SteersChoice1,41583.50/cwt83.50–83.501,18225
SteersStandard1,15288.00/cwt88.00–88.001,0143
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,70091.00/cwt91.00–91.001,5471
Dairy SteersSelect1,38962.20/cwt60.50–65.508648
SteersChoice1,319101.69/cwt99.50–106.751,34115
SteersChoice and Prime1,343108.67/cwt107.00–110.501,45930
SteersPrime1,336111.53/cwt111.00–113.501,49074
HeifersPrime1,247115.25/cwt115.25–115.251,43712
HeifersSelect1,07994.78/cwt94.00–97.001,0237
HeifersStandard1,30570.00/cwt70.00–70.009141
HeifersChoice1,190102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,2141
Dairy SteersSelect1,27653.59/cwt50.00–55.506845
SteersStandard99580.00/cwt80.00–80.007961
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33645.49/cwt43.00–48.0060815
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,31152.00/cwt49.00–58.5068214
CowsLean 85-90%1,29233.99/cwt30.00–39.004399
SteersSelect1,25997.28/cwt95.00–98.501,2256
HeifersChoice1,239105.41/cwt105.00–106.501,30622
SteersChoice1,445102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,4741
BullsMedium and Large 1475115.00/cwt115.00–115.005462
BullsMedium and Large 1626118.00/cwt118.00–118.007396
BullsMedium and Large 1574123.00/cwt123.00–123.0070610
HeifersMedium and Large 1443120.00/cwt120.00–120.005326
HeifersMedium and Large 1566121.00/cwt121.00–121.006856
SteersMedium and Large 1565115.00/cwt115.00–115.006501
HeifersMedium and Large 2295115.00/cwt115.00–115.003391
HeifersMedium and Large 256788.79/cwt85.00–90.005034
HeifersMedium and Large 2203120.00/cwt120.00–120.0024411
HeifersMedium and Large 2395115.00/cwt115.00–115.004541
SteersMedium and Large 250595.00/cwt95.00–95.004805

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.