Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2019-12-03

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Dec 3
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
49 head
25 vs last sale 74 49 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
396 head
256 vs last sale 140 396 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 3.00 to 7.00 higher with slaughter heifers sharply higher with better packer inquiry this week and a good offering of high quality steers and heifers today. Slaughter Holstein steers were 1.00 lower today. Cows were 1.00 to 6.00 higher with bulls trading 4.00 to 10.00 higher this week. Feeder steers were mostly steady with feeder heifers and feeder bulls trending higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.67/cwt on 30 head.
Average price
$114.67
30 head · 438 lb average
Value per head Derived
$503
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$92
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$18.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.25
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1460120.7555520
Medium 1260103.332693thin
Medium and Large 2453102.144637thin
One grade step is worth $18.61/cwt here — about $92 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 sale30 hd
114.67
IN average2 barns · 142 hd
106.41
+8.25
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
BullocksAverage1,335100.001,3351thin
BullsAverage1,62371.091,1549thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,42957.1481621
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,30541.3754025
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10431.983534thin
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,28595.001,2211thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,14080.009122thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,55798.501,5343thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,45084.621,22723
HeifersPrimeAverage1,309120.751,5814thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,440116.981,6854thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,266110.751,40227
HeifersSelectAverage1,19097.501,1601thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,29183.721,0814thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,292121.351,56836
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,316117.631,548146
SteersChoiceAverage1,382111.231,53747
SteersSelectAverage1,13197.711,1055thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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
Bulls1,24880.13/cwt78.00–83.001,0003
Bulls1,58567.97/cwt65.00–70.001,0774
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29938.73/cwt35.00–43.0050314
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48961.45/cwt58.00–67.0091510
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37453.22/cwt48.50–56.0073111
CowsLean 85-90%83030.00/cwt30.00–30.002491
SteersPrime1,292121.35/cwt120.25–123.501,56836
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,28595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,2211
Dairy HeifersChoice1,14080.00/cwt80.00–80.009122
Dairy SteersChoice1,45084.62/cwt81.50–87.001,22723
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,55798.50/cwt98.50–98.501,5343
Bullocks1,335100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,3351
SteersChoice and Prime1,316117.63/cwt115.00–119.751,548146
HeifersChoice and Prime1,440116.98/cwt116.00–119.001,6854
SteersChoice1,369111.93/cwt105.00–114.501,53245
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,67595.49/cwt95.00–96.001,5992
HeifersSelect1,19097.50/cwt97.50–97.501,1601
HeifersStandard1,29183.72/cwt80.00–86.001,0814
SteersSelect1,13197.71/cwt96.00–101.001,1055
HeifersChoice1,135111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,2601
HeifersChoice1,271110.74/cwt104.50–114.001,40826
BullsHeavy Weight2,26063.76/cwt61.00–66.501,4412
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31344.73/cwt43.00–47.0058711
SteersMedium and Large 2685110.00/cwt110.00–110.007541
SteersMedium and Large 2605111.00/cwt111.00–111.006721
SteersMedium and Large 2515115.00/cwt115.00–115.005921
SteersMedium and Large 2458110.00/cwt110.00–110.005042
HeifersMedium and Large 2328100.00/cwt100.00–100.003284
HeifersMedium and Large 2643110.00/cwt110.00–110.007072
HeifersMedium and Large 257595.00/cwt95.00–95.005461
BullsMedium and Large 2433100.00/cwt100.00–100.004332
SteersMedium and Large 1593122.00/cwt122.00–122.007232
SteersMedium and Large 1358135.00/cwt135.00–135.004833
HeifersMedium and Large 1450116.00/cwt116.00–116.005222
HeifersMedium and Large 1245120.00/cwt120.00–120.002941
HeifersMedium 1235100.00/cwt100.00–100.002351
HeifersMedium and Large 1547119.00/cwt119.00–119.006515
SteersMedium and Large 1750115.00/cwt115.00–115.008632
HeifersMedium and Large 1368115.00/cwt115.00–115.004234
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added481126.00/cwt126.00–126.006068
HeifersMedium 1273105.00/cwt105.00–105.002872
BullsMedium and Large 1790105.00/cwt105.00–105.008304
BullsMedium and Large 1267135.00/cwt135.00–135.003603
BullsMedium and Large 1315120.00/cwt120.00–120.003782
CowsLean 85-90%1,19532.64/cwt32.00–34.003903
HeifersPrime1,309120.75/cwt120.75–120.751,5814

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.