Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2020-01-21

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Jan 21
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
81 head
13 vs last sale 94 81 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
138 head
349 vs last sale 487 138 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 higher with slaughter heifers mostly steady with steady packer bids this week. No Holstein slaughter this week. Cows were 1.00 to 5.00 higher with bulls 1.00 higher. Feeder steers were 8.00 to 10.00 lower with feeder heifers 2.00 to 3.00 lower and feeder bulls steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.05/cwt on 52 head.
Average price
$122.05
52 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$656
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$257
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$33.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.65
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544124.6467848
Medium and Large 246391.004214thin
One grade step is worth $33.64/cwt here — about $257 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
122.05
IN average2 barns · 150 hd
117.40
+4.65
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
BullocksAverage1,55095.001,4731thin
BullsAverage1,58969.871,11011
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,39957.1680013
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23347.2958323
CowsLean 85-90%High1,04831.493304thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,266117.161,48312
HeifersSelectAverage1,272106.601,3565thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,19083.009881thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,320127.541,68421
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,407125.251,76218
SteersChoiceAverage1,315118.281,55519
SteersSelectAverage1,261102.671,2955thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy605125.00/cwt125.00–125.0075612
BullsMedium and Large 1400128.00/cwt128.00–128.005122
BullsMedium and Large 1337128.00/cwt128.00–128.004313
BullsMedium and Large 2405111.00/cwt111.00–111.004501
SteersMedium and Large 282085.00/cwt85.00–85.006971
SteersMedium and Large 1295135.00/cwt135.00–135.003981
CowsLean 85-90%1,03733.98/cwt33.50–34.503523
SteersPrime1,320127.54/cwt126.00–128.251,68421
SteersSelect1,261102.67/cwt95.00–108.001,2955
HeifersSelect1,272106.60/cwt106.00–107.001,3565
HeifersStandard1,19083.00/cwt83.00–83.009881
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33955.73/cwt53.00–58.507469
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53360.38/cwt59.00–61.509264
SteersChoice1,315118.28/cwt113.00–121.001,55519
HeifersChoice1,266117.16/cwt114.00–120.001,48312
SteersChoice and Prime1,407125.25/cwt124.75–125.751,76218
CowsLean 85-90%1,08024.00/cwt24.00–24.002591
HeifersMedium and Large 268091.00/cwt91.00–91.006191
HeifersMedium and Large 1540115.00/cwt115.00–115.006211
Bulls1,58969.87/cwt65.00–74.501,11011
Bullocks1,55095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,4731
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14642.05/cwt38.00–46.004828
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27950.09/cwt48.50–52.5064115
SteersMedium and Large 1825117.00/cwt117.00–117.009652
HeifersMedium and Large 239091.00/cwt91.00–91.003553
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added455139.00/cwt139.00–139.0063213
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added442142.00/cwt142.00–142.006285
HeifersMedium and Large 1836116.00/cwt116.00–116.0097010
HeifersMedium and Large 1565115.00/cwt115.00–115.006501
HeifersMedium and Large 1260120.00/cwt120.00–120.003124
HeifersMedium and Large 1368113.69/cwt110.00–115.004184
HeifersMedium and Large 1313117.00/cwt117.00–117.003663
BullsMedium and Large 1Value Added613125.00/cwt125.00–125.007669
SteersMedium and Large 1655115.00/cwt115.00–115.007531
SteersMedium and Large 1575117.00/cwt117.00–117.006732

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.