Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2019-12-10

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Dec 10
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
104 head
55 vs last sale 49 104 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
607 head
211 vs last sale 396 607 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 with slaughter heifers were 1.00 to 2.00 higher with a very good of steers and heifers with active buyer participation. Holstein slaughter steers were 2.00 higher this week. Cows were mostly steady with instances of higher/lower and bulls sharply lower today. Feeder steers were trending lower with feeder heifers trending higher and feeder bulls mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.35/cwt on 52 head.
Average price
$112.35
52 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$616
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$103
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1
$26.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.03
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1559118.4266133
Medium and Large 2517103.6353516thin
Medium 160792.005583thin
One grade step is worth $26.42/cwt here — about $103 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 sale52 hd
112.35
IN average4 barns · 658 hd
110.32
+2.03
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
BullsHigh1,73469.871,2128thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,31652.9269649
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,59652.788427thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28542.9055128
CowsLean 85-90%High1,07832.3734917
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,45370.001,0173thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,56090.001,40418
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,47487.001,28210
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,18075.008851thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,223122.371,49735
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,281118.461,51728
HeifersChoiceAverage1,162110.771,28743
HeifersSelectAverage1,19090.001,0711thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,24877.199634thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,292121.331,56849
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,314117.501,544201
SteersChoiceAverage1,314109.781,44266
SteersSelectAverage1,40190.941,27411

Every lot, as filed

48 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
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,56090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,40418
SteersChoice1,308109.93/cwt106.00–113.501,43865
Dairy SteersChoice1,47487.00/cwt87.00–87.001,28210
HeifersChoice1,162110.77/cwt105.00–114.751,28743
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,695100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,6951
Dairy HeifersChoice1,45370.00/cwt70.00–70.001,0173
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,59652.78/cwt46.00–55.008427
CowsLean 85-90%1,10134.27/cwt33.00–35.5037711
CowsLean 85-90%1,04729.65/cwt28.00–31.003105
CowsLean 85-90%97525.00/cwt25.00–25.002441
SteersChoice and Prime1,314117.50/cwt115.00–119.751,544201
HeifersChoice and Prime1,281118.46/cwt115.75–119.501,51728
HeifersStandard1,24877.19/cwt70.00–80.009634
HeifersSelect1,19090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,0711
SteersSelect1,40190.94/cwt90.00–95.001,27411
Dairy SteersSelect1,18075.00/cwt75.00–75.008851
SteersPrime1,292121.33/cwt120.25–122.501,56849
HeifersPrime1,223122.37/cwt121.50–122.751,49735
SteersMedium and Large 1350131.00/cwt131.00–131.004591
BullsMedium and Large 252590.00/cwt90.00–90.004731
BullsMedium and Large 1540124.37/cwt115.00–125.0067215
BullsMedium and Large 183090.00/cwt90.00–90.007471
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy565135.00/cwt135.00–135.007634
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy568125.00/cwt125.00–125.007103
SteersMedium and Large 2523100.00/cwt100.00–100.005236
SteersMedium and Large 290386.00/cwt86.00–86.007773
SteersMedium and Large 2635107.00/cwt107.00–107.006791
SteersMedium and Large 1578128.00/cwt128.00–128.007409
SteersMedium and Large 1428126.72/cwt125.00–133.005429
SteersMedium and Large 1280132.00/cwt132.00–132.003702
HeifersMedium and Large 2583108.41/cwt106.00–110.0063210
HeifersMedium and Large 245391.00/cwt91.00–91.004124
HeifersMedium and Large 2400100.00/cwt100.00–100.004001
HeifersMedium and Large 2225110.00/cwt110.00–110.002481
HeifersMedium and Large 1513119.66/cwt119.00–120.006149
HeifersMedium and Large 1468115.83/cwt115.00–116.005426
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added688120.00/cwt120.00–120.008266
HeifersMedium and Large 1767112.00/cwt112.00–112.008593
HeifersMedium and Large 1411122.00/cwt122.00–122.005013
HeifersMedium and Large 1373124.00/cwt124.00–124.004632
HeifersMedium and Large 189591.00/cwt91.00–91.008141
HeifersMedium 160792.00/cwt92.00–92.005583
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,28851.27/cwt47.00–55.0066039
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42559.36/cwt56.00–65.0084610
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24440.80/cwt38.00–43.0050815
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33345.33/cwt44.00–46.5060413
Bulls1,73873.95/cwt71.00–77.001,2855
Bulls1,72863.07/cwt60.50–65.001,0903

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.