Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2020-02-04

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Feb 4
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
106 head
17 vs last sale 89 106 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
257 head
9 vs last sale 248 257 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 1.00 to 2.00 lower with lower packer inquiry this week but, a good offering of higher quality steers and heifers. Holstein slaughter steers were 1.00 to 3.00 lower today. Cows were trading 1.00 to 3.00 lower with slaughter bulls 1.00 to 7.00 lower. Feeder steers were 5.00 lower with feeder heifers 4.00 to 10.00 higher with good quality feeder heifers today and feeder bulls sharply lower this week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.96/cwt on 53 head.
Average price
$120.96
53 head · 633 lb average
Value per head Derived
$766
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$173
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$34.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.64
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1627124.9178347
Medium and Large 267990.006116thin
One grade step is worth $34.91/cwt here — about $173 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 sale53 hd
120.96
IN average4 barns · 506 hd
117.32
+3.64
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
BullsHigh1,84977.581,43513
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,53354.4783518
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,34341.4255612
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11932.093597thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,60584.501,3566thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,292122.261,58063
HeifersChoiceAverage1,280115.601,47951
HeifersSelectAverage1,01098.229923thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,41580.001,1321thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,384121.541,68231
SteersChoiceAverage1,383114.781,58739
SteersSelectAverage1,45098.001,4211thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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 1Fancy622130.00/cwt130.00–130.0080933
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy653135.00/cwt135.00–135.0088220
BullsMedium and Large 1495115.00/cwt115.00–115.005691
BullsMedium and Large 1673115.00/cwt115.00–115.007744
BullsMedium and Large 254895.00/cwt95.00–95.005212
BullsMedium and Large 283080.00/cwt80.00–80.006642
CowsLean 85-90%1,03531.02/cwt29.00–32.503213
CowsLean 85-90%1,13735.19/cwt35.00–35.504003
SteersSelect1,45098.00/cwt98.00–98.001,4211
HeifersSelect1,01098.22/cwt97.00–101.009923
HeifersStandard1,41580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,1321
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,74299.00/cwt99.00–99.001,7253
SteersChoice1,353116.10/cwt109.00–118.001,57136
HeifersChoice1,269115.78/cwt110.00–118.001,46948
SteersChoice and Prime1,384121.54/cwt119.50–122.751,68231
HeifersChoice and Prime1,292122.26/cwt119.00–123.251,58063
CowsLean 85-90%1,32026.00/cwt26.00–26.003431
CowsBoner 80-85%1,42547.50/cwt47.50–47.506771
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33640.87/cwt37.00–45.5054611
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33262.45/cwt60.00–67.008323
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,57352.87/cwt48.00–57.0083215
Dairy SteersChoice1,60584.50/cwt80.00–89.001,3566
HeifersChoice1,453112.75/cwt110.00–114.001,6383
HeifersMedium and Large 1420115.00/cwt115.00–115.004831
SteersMedium and Large 1510130.00/cwt130.00–130.006632
HeifersMedium and Large 261790.00/cwt90.00–90.005553
Bulls1,52599.00/cwt99.00–99.001,5101
Bulls1,93581.85/cwt80.50–83.501,5843
Bulls1,85773.78/cwt70.00–77.501,3709
SteersMedium and Large 1411140.00/cwt140.00–140.005755
SteersMedium and Large 1463130.00/cwt130.00–130.006022
SteersLarge 2600115.00/cwt115.00–115.006902
HeifersMedium and Large 1620115.00/cwt115.00–115.007134
HeifersMedium and Large 1757110.00/cwt110.00–110.008336
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added446145.00/cwt145.00–145.006477
SteersMedium and Large 1665120.00/cwt120.00–120.007981
SteersMedium and Large 1338132.48/cwt130.00–135.004482
SteersMedium and Large 1368135.00/cwt135.00–135.004972
HeifersMedium and Large 274090.00/cwt90.00–90.006663
HeifersMedium and Large 1510116.00/cwt116.00–116.005921
HeifersMedium and Large 1498115.00/cwt115.00–115.005732

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.