Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2019-11-26

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Nov 26
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
74 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 73▲ 74 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
140 head
▼ 360 vs last sale 500▲ 140 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 2.00 to 3.00 lower and heifers too few to trend today with a light offering of steers and heifers due to the holiday and little packer inquiry. Holstein slaughter steers were 1.00 lower. Cows were 1.00 to 2.00 higher with bulls 5.00 lower. Feeder steers were 7.00 lower but some good groups of value added steers with feeder heifers and bulls mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $103.16/cwt on 33 head.
Average price
$103.16
33 head · 531 lb average
Value per head Derived
$548
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$122
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$23.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.79
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1530114.5960717thin
Medium and Large 253391.0248516thin
One grade step is worth $23.57/cwt here — about $122 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 sale33 hd
103.16
—
IN average5 barns · 652 hd
111.95
−8.79
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
Bulls—Average1,53367.411,03412
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,24551.6364331
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,24440.0749911
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,31432.234245thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,56385.251,3326thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,15398.001,1302thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,437114.001,63810
SteersChoiceAverage1,410107.211,51229
SteersSelectAverage1,25494.981,1915thin
SteersStandardAverage1,24081.001,0043thin

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
Bulls——1,47170.07/cwt67.00–75.001,0317
Bulls——1,44862.98/cwt59.50–65.509124
Bulls—Heavy Weight—2,31066.50/cwt66.50–66.501,5361
CowsLean 85-90%—1,33531.03/cwt30.00–32.204143
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,30743.68/cwt43.50–44.005713
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22138.71/cwt34.00–42.004738
SteersSelect—1,25494.98/cwt90.00–99.001,1915
SteersStandard—1,24081.00/cwt81.00–81.001,0043
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight—1,70590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,5352
Dairy SteersChoice—1,56385.25/cwt85.25–85.251,3326
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,28754.50/cwt53.00–57.007017
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,23350.79/cwt47.00–52.7562624
CowsLean 85-90%—1,28334.04/cwt33.50–34.504372
HeifersSelect—1,15398.00/cwt96.00–100.001,1302
SteersChoice—1,388108.49/cwt102.00–110.001,50627
SteersChoice and Prime—1,437114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,63810
BullsMedium and Large 1—589118.00/cwt118.00–118.006954
HeifersMedium and Large 1—530108.00/cwt108.00–108.005721
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—521121.00/cwt121.00–121.006304
HeifersMedium and Large 1—486111.00/cwt111.00–111.005396
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—465124.00/cwt124.00–124.005773
HeifersMedium and Large 1—693106.00/cwt106.00–106.007353
SteersMedium and Large 1—486130.00/cwt130.00–130.006325
SteersMedium and Large 1—683111.00/cwt111.00–111.007586
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—610120.00/cwt120.00–120.007321
SteersMedium and Large 1—430131.00/cwt131.00–131.005631
SteersMedium and Large 1—500130.00/cwt130.00–130.006501
SteersMedium and Large 1—970100.00/cwt100.00–100.009701
SteersMedium and Large 1—629113.98/cwt111.00–115.007174
SteersMedium and Large 1—306136.00/cwt136.00–136.004165
BullsMedium and Large 2—86576.00/cwt76.00–76.006571
BullsMedium and Large 2—78581.00/cwt81.00–81.006363
BullsMedium and Large 2—63380.00/cwt80.00–80.005065
BullsMedium and Large 2—94466.00/cwt66.00–66.006235
HeifersMedium and Large 2—82571.00/cwt71.00–71.005861
HeifersMedium and Large 2—43095.66/cwt91.00–100.004112
HeifersMedium and Large 2—61590.00/cwt90.00–90.005542
HeifersMedium and Large 2—1,01575.00/cwt75.00–75.007612
HeifersMedium and Large 2—323101.00/cwt101.00–101.003263
HeifersMedium and Large 2—58286.00/cwt85.00–88.005013
HeifersMedium and Large 2—288101.00/cwt101.00–101.002913
SteersMedium and Large 2—403115.00/cwt115.00–115.004633

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.