Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2020-01-14

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Jan 14
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
94 head
41 vs last sale 135 94 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
487 head
81 vs last sale 568 487 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers were mostly steady with some instances of higher/lower with a good offering of higher quality steers and heifers. Holstein slaughter steers were 3.00 lower this week. Cows were 1.00 to 2.00 higher with bulls 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder steers were trading 9.00 higher with feeder heifers sharply higher and feeder bulls mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.08/cwt on 49 head.
Average price
$113.08
49 head · 743 lb average
Value per head Derived
$840
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$286
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$33.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.04
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1743113.7784648
Medium and Large 270080.005601thin
One grade step is worth $33.77/cwt here — about $286 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 sale49 hd
113.08
IN average4 barns · 620 hd
116.12
−3.04
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
BullsLow1,67569.251,16010
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,32455.7673814
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,59355.228803thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,35642.6657810
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,26031.423966thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,32190.431,19520
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,36080.001,0881thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,18472.008528thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,262124.201,56781
HeifersChoiceAverage1,291117.771,521150
HeifersStandardAverage1,53478.151,1993thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,437126.531,81814
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,337123.421,650102
SteersChoiceAverage1,325117.551,55835
SteersSelectAverage1,048108.001,1322thin
SteersStandardAverage1,11885.009502thin

Every lot, as filed

50 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
SteersChoice1,325117.55/cwt112.00–121.501,55835
Dairy SteersChoice1,36080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,0881
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,22360.63/cwt60.00–61.507427
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42450.88/cwt47.50–53.007257
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26940.81/cwt39.00–43.005185
CowsLean 85-90%1,30232.30/cwt30.00–33.504213
CowsLean 85-90%1,25835.81/cwt35.00–36.504502
HeifersChoice and Prime1,262124.20/cwt122.50–125.751,56781
SteersChoice and Prime1,337123.42/cwt122.00–125.501,650102
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,32190.43/cwt90.25–94.001,19520
HeifersChoice1,286117.79/cwt113.50–120.751,515147
SteersStandard1,11885.00/cwt85.00–85.009502
SteersSelect1,048108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,1322
Dairy SteersSelect1,18472.00/cwt72.00–72.008528
SteersPrime1,437126.53/cwt126.00–126.751,81814
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,59355.22/cwt51.50–58.508803
CowsLean 85-90%1,14020.00/cwt20.00–20.002281
HeifersStandard1,40375.73/cwt72.00–79.001,0622
HeifersStandardHeavy Weight1,79583.00/cwt83.00–83.001,4901
BullsMedium and Large 1535125.00/cwt125.00–125.006693
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy570136.00/cwt136.00–136.007755
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy343141.00/cwt141.00–141.004842
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy455143.00/cwt143.00–143.006511
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy460133.30/cwt132.00–134.006133
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy438136.00/cwt136.00–136.005963
BullsMedium and Large 2758107.00/cwt107.00–107.008112
BullsMedium and Large 1289129.00/cwt129.00–129.003735
HeifersMedium and Large 270080.00/cwt80.00–80.005601
SteersMedium and Large 282590.00/cwt90.00–90.007431
SteersMedium and Large 1585125.00/cwt125.00–125.007311
SteersMedium and Large 1390127.00/cwt127.00–127.004951
SteersMedium and Large 1676125.00/cwt125.00–125.008454
SteersMedium and Large 1865120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0382
HeifersMedium and Large 1834118.50/cwt118.50–118.5098813
HeifersMedium and Large 1631111.04/cwt108.00–115.007019
BullsMedium and Large 2680106.00/cwt106.00–106.007216
BullsMedium and Large 295580.00/cwt80.00–80.007642
HeifersMedium and Large 11,03891.00/cwt91.00–91.009452
HeifersMedium and Large 1878107.00/cwt107.00–107.009392
HeifersMedium and Large 1712115.51/cwt115.00–117.008224
HeifersMedium and Large 1574118.00/cwt118.00–118.006774
SteersMedium and Large 1612123.31/cwt119.00–125.007557
SteersMedium and Large 1535130.00/cwt130.00–130.006962
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44244.51/cwt44.00–45.506425
Bulls1,99558.00/cwt58.00–58.001,1571
Bulls2,08579.50/cwt79.50–79.501,6581
Bulls1,58469.37/cwt64.50–74.501,0998
HeifersMedium and Large 11,10090.00/cwt90.00–90.009905
HeifersMedium and Large 1665111.00/cwt111.00–111.007383
HeifersChoice1,557117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,8223

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.