Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2020-01-07

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Jan 7
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
135 head
74 vs last sale 61 135 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
568 head
228 vs last sale 340 568 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week due to the Holidays but, slaughter steers and heifers were trending higher with a good offering of high quality steers and heifers and higher packer inquiry. Holstein slaughter steers and cows and bulls were trending steady. A good offering of all classes of feeder cattle with good quality were trending higher today.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $124.55/cwt on 64 head.
Average price
$124.55
64 head · 515 lb average
Value per head Derived
$641
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+12.77
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1515124.5564164
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale64 hd
124.55
IN average3 barns · 103 hd
111.78
+12.77
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
BullocksAverage1,34097.001,3001thin
BullsHigh1,72469.561,19913
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,35554.7374254
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,54045.006931thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24241.9052027
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05531.903378thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,18171.508447thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,30183.641,08823
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,330124.031,65028
HeifersChoiceAverage1,239118.861,473124
HeifersSelectAverage1,169105.561,2349thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,17373.168587thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,444122.991,77676
SteersChoiceAverage1,317119.011,567143
SteersSelectAverage1,351106.031,43216

Every lot, as filed

45 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
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy388138.09/cwt138.00–138.5053612
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy475124.50/cwt124.50–124.505912
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy429126.50/cwt126.50–126.505436
BullsMedium and Large 1362126.00/cwt126.00–126.004563
BullsMedium and Large 1456120.00/cwt120.00–120.005478
BullsMedium and Large 1618117.55/cwt112.00–122.0072620
HeifersSelect1,169105.56/cwt100.00–109.001,2349
SteersSelect1,351106.03/cwt100.00–110.501,43216
HeifersStandard1,17373.16/cwt72.00–81.008587
HeifersChoice and Prime1,330124.03/cwt122.00–124.751,65028
CowsLean 85-90%85523.00/cwt23.00–23.001971
CowsLean 85-90%1,06530.90/cwt30.00–32.003293
CowsLean 85-90%1,09834.87/cwt34.50–35.003834
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,54045.00/cwt45.00–45.006931
Dairy HeifersSelect1,18171.50/cwt71.50–71.508447
Dairy SteersChoice1,30183.64/cwt78.00–88.001,08823
SteersChoice1,175110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,2931
HeifersChoice1,510112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,6911
SteersChoice1,318119.07/cwt113.00–121.751,569142
HeifersChoice1,237118.92/cwt112.00–121.501,471123
SteersChoice and Prime1,444122.99/cwt122.00–124.001,77676
Bulls1,85873.00/cwt71.00–75.501,3568
CowsBoner 80-85%1,45835.00/cwt35.00–35.005102
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23844.99/cwt44.00–47.005578
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21841.26/cwt37.00–43.5050317
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,28059.59/cwt55.00–70.0076325
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42050.54/cwt46.50–55.5071829
HeifersMedium and Large 1840100.00/cwt100.00–100.008401
HeifersMedium and Large 1522117.00/cwt117.00–117.006113
HeifersMedium and Large 1569111.00/cwt111.00–111.0063210
Bulls1,41859.17/cwt57.00–61.008392
Bulls1,57067.33/cwt65.00–69.001,0573
Bullocks1,34097.00/cwt97.00–97.001,3001
BullsMedium and Large 1533125.00/cwt125.00–125.0066621
SteersMedium and Large 2583110.00/cwt110.00–110.006412
SteersMedium and Large 2825105.00/cwt105.00–105.008665
HeifersMedium and Large 237881.00/cwt81.00–81.003062
HeifersMedium and Large 1665110.00/cwt110.00–110.007323
HeifersMedium and Large 1331117.37/cwt115.00–121.003888
SteersMedium and Large 1608126.00/cwt126.00–126.007669
SteersMedium and Large 1425121.02/cwt120.00–126.005146
SteersMedium and Large 246590.00/cwt90.00–90.004191
HeifersMedium and Large 259591.00/cwt91.00–91.005411
SteersMedium and Large 1508121.00/cwt121.00–121.006152
HeifersMedium and Large 1359120.31/cwt120.00–121.0043210

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.