Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2019-11-12

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Nov 12
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
25 head
54 vs last sale 79 25 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
301 head
116 vs last sale 185 301 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 6.00 to 10.00 higher with better packer inquiry and active buyer participation. Holstein slaughter steers were 11.00 higher this week. Cows were 1.00 to 3.00 lower with bulls 2.00 higher. Feeder cattle were too few to compare, but feeder steers had a higher undertone with feeder heifers a lower undertone.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $105.63/cwt on 17 head.
Average price
$105.63
17 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$559
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$158
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$20.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.32
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542110.4459813thin
Medium and Large 248990.004404thin
One grade step is worth $20.44/cwt here — about $158 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 sale17 hd
105.63
IN average3 barns · 301 hd
109.95
−4.32
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
BullocksAverage1,49394.001,4032thin
BullsLow1,58263.311,0025thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,23349.4961031
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27140.6151615
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01330.193066thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,23581.001,0001thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,27386.501,1016thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,266117.671,49064
HeifersChoiceAverage1,170109.711,2839thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,26563.238002thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,307120.891,58045
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,372117.251,60964
SteersChoiceAverage1,326113.621,50722
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,257102.001,28211

Every lot, as filed

29 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
Bulls1,28360.50/cwt60.50–60.507762
Bulls1,78265.18/cwt63.50–66.001,1623
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15938.89/cwt37.00–41.004517
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,29855.82/cwt54.00–58.007255
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,22048.27/cwt45.00–53.5058926
CowsLean 85-90%1,01527.78/cwt25.00–30.002824
Bullocks1,49394.00/cwt94.00–94.001,4032
HeifersStandard1,26563.23/cwt61.50–64.508002
SteersSelect and Choice1,257102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,28211
SteersPrime1,307120.89/cwt120.00–123.001,58045
SteersChoice1,326113.62/cwt112.00–114.001,50722
SteersChoice and Prime1,372117.25/cwt115.00–119.251,60964
Dairy HeifersChoice1,23581.00/cwt81.00–81.001,0001
Dairy SteersChoice1,27386.50/cwt86.50–86.501,1016
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39535.00/cwt35.00–35.004881
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36643.14/cwt43.00–44.005897
HeifersChoice1,156109.74/cwt108.00–112.501,2698
HeifersChoice1,280109.50/cwt109.50–109.501,4021
HeifersChoice and Prime1,266117.67/cwt115.50–119.751,49064
CowsLean 85-90%1,01035.00/cwt35.00–35.003542
HeifersMedium and Large 1310110.00/cwt110.00–110.003412
HeifersMedium and Large 1873106.50/cwt106.50–106.509302
HeifersMedium and Large 1383114.63/cwt114.00–116.004396
SteersMedium and Large 1560135.00/cwt135.00–135.007561
SteersMedium and Large 1320133.00/cwt133.00–133.004262
HeifersMedium and Large 1793105.00/cwt105.00–105.008333
BullsMedium and Large 257097.00/cwt97.00–97.005532
HeifersMedium and Large 248990.00/cwt90.00–90.004404
SteersMedium and Large 2753110.00/cwt110.00–110.008283

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.