Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2019-12-17

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Dec 17
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
61 head
43 vs last sale 104 61 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
340 head
267 vs last sale 607 340 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 higher with slaughter heifers mostly steady with a few instances of higher lower and active buyer participation today.

Holstein slaughter steers were trading 1.00 higher this week. Breaker and boner cows were 1.00 to 2.00 lower with lean cows 3.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers were sharply lower and feeder bulls mostly steady. This the last report for the year due to the Holidays,but will be back in 3 weeks. Happy Holidays !

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $107.33/cwt on 22 head.
Average price
$107.33
22 head · 470 lb average
Value per head Derived
$504
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$190
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$14.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.25
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1503111.2656016thin
Medium and Large 238296.833706thin
One grade step is worth $14.43/cwt here — about $190 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 sale22 hd
107.33
IN average3 barns · 353 hd
111.58
−4.25
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
BullsAverage1,36370.799658thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,34152.0969921
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21041.1349815
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,75540.007021thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08733.033597thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,27075.009532thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,41287.501,23617
HeifersPrimeAverage1,301120.731,57125
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,278117.931,50736
HeifersChoiceAverage1,269114.001,4479thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,35779.851,0843thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,381123.671,70852
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,341117.901,58149
SteersChoiceAverage1,364113.071,54245
SteersSelectAverage1,26596.301,2186thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy430130.00/cwt130.00–130.005595
BullsMedium and Large 1465115.00/cwt115.00–115.005351
BullsMedium and Large 1370116.00/cwt116.00–116.004292
BullsMedium and Large 1565120.00/cwt120.00–120.0067812
BullsMedium and Large 249590.00/cwt90.00–90.004461
BullsMedium and Large 285085.00/cwt85.00–85.007234
HeifersStandard1,46879.27/cwt76.00–82.501,1642
HeifersStandard1,13581.00/cwt81.00–81.009191
CowsLean 85-90%1,05429.96/cwt26.00–32.003164
CowsLean 85-90%1,13237.12/cwt35.00–41.004203
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,75540.00/cwt40.00–40.007021
SteersPrime1,381123.67/cwt121.75–124.751,70852
HeifersPrime1,301120.73/cwt120.00–121.001,57125
SteersSelect1,26596.30/cwt94.00–100.001,2186
Dairy SteersChoice1,41287.50/cwt87.50–87.501,23617
SteersChoice1,353113.35/cwt105.00–114.501,53443
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,590107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,7012
HeifersChoice1,269114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,4479
SteersChoice and Prime1,341117.90/cwt115.00–119.751,58149
HeifersChoice and Prime1,278117.93/cwt115.00–119.001,50736
Bulls1,39172.90/cwt69.00–74.501,0147
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24339.02/cwt37.00–41.504858
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17243.55/cwt43.00–45.005107
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,15069.00/cwt69.00–69.007941
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35151.24/cwt47.00–55.0069220
Dairy HeifersChoice1,27075.00/cwt75.00–75.009532
HeifersMedium and Large 1563100.00/cwt100.00–100.005632
HeifersMedium and Large 2324100.00/cwt100.00–100.003244
HeifersMedium and Large 1445120.00/cwt120.00–120.005345
HeifersMedium and Large 1522108.91/cwt100.00–110.005699
SteersMedium and Large 1618115.00/cwt115.00–115.007112
Bulls1,17056.00/cwt56.00–56.006551
SteersMedium and Large 1595125.00/cwt125.00–125.007443
SteersMedium and Large 1427111.00/cwt111.00–111.004745
SteersMedium and Large 2375101.00/cwt101.00–101.003791
HeifersMedium and Large 270091.00/cwt91.00–91.006371
SteersMedium and Large 2545100.00/cwt100.00–100.005453
HeifersMedium and Large 229590.00/cwt90.00–90.002661

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.