Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2019-11-19

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Nov 19
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
73 head
48 vs last sale 25 73 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
500 head
199 vs last sale 301 500 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 to 2.00 lower and slaughter heifers had instances of higher/lower with a good offering this week and lower packer inquiry. Holstein slaughter steers were trading 1.00 lower today. Cows were 1.00 lower with bulls trending higher. A good offering of high quality feeder steers and heifers that were trending higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $123.90/cwt on 38 head.
Average price
$123.90
38 head · 680 lb average
Value per head Derived
$843
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$42
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$25.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.29
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1669125.2383836
Medium and Large 2880100.008802thin
One grade step is worth $25.23/cwt here — about −$42 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
123.90
IN average4 barns · 604 hd
114.61
+9.29
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
BullsLow1,73163.991,1084thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,46350.0273222
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,26540.4251121
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13929.123327thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,46380.111,1725thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,79591.001,6331thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,39686.141,20324
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,16571.258304thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,291117.311,514108
HeifersChoiceAverage1,205110.101,32738
HeifersSelectAverage1,195100.001,1951thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,28088.171,1292thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,336115.871,548133
SteersChoiceAverage1,335110.541,47643
SteersSelectAverage1,261100.921,27311

Every lot, as filed

35 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
Bulls1,71558.48/cwt56.50–60.501,0032
Bulls1,30075.00/cwt75.00–75.009751
BullsHeavy Weight2,19564.00/cwt64.00–64.001,4051
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42056.31/cwt54.00–58.508005
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33642.61/cwt42.00–43.005699
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21138.78/cwt35.00–40.0047012
Dairy SteersChoice1,39686.14/cwt83.00–88.001,20324
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,79591.00/cwt91.00–91.001,6331
Dairy SteersSelect1,16571.25/cwt71.00–72.008304
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,550100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,5502
HeifersSelect1,195100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,1951
SteersChoice1,325111.05/cwt105.00–113.501,47141
SteersChoice and Prime1,336115.87/cwt114.00–118.001,548133
SteersSelect1,261100.92/cwt96.00–102.501,27311
HeifersChoice1,184110.81/cwt103.50–113.751,31235
Dairy HeifersChoice1,46380.11/cwt75.00–81.501,1725
CowsLean 85-90%1,13929.12/cwt25.00–32.003327
CowsBreaker 75-80%Heavy Weight1,97547.50/cwt47.50–47.509381
HeifersStandard1,28088.17/cwt86.00–90.001,1292
HeifersChoice1,452101.85/cwt100.50–103.501,4793
HeifersChoice and Prime1,291117.31/cwt114.00–119.001,514108
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44548.21/cwt44.00–52.5069716
HeifersMedium and Large 191594.50/cwt94.50–94.508652
HeifersMedium and Large 11,16085.00/cwt85.00–85.009862
HeifersMedium and Large 1417120.24/cwt120.00–121.005014
HeifersMedium and Large 1570123.50/cwt123.00–124.0070410
HeifersMedium and Large 1689119.45/cwt118.00–120.0082311
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy566133.29/cwt132.50–134.0075415
SteersMedium and Large 1525137.00/cwt137.00–137.007194
SteersMedium and Large 1769123.00/cwt123.00–123.009465
SteersMedium and Large 1839110.00/cwt110.00–110.009238
HeifersMedium and Large 1737110.00/cwt110.00–110.008116
SteersMedium and Large 1380121.00/cwt121.00–121.004601
SteersMedium and Large 1855115.00/cwt115.00–115.009833
SteersMedium and Large 2880100.00/cwt100.00–100.008802

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.