Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2020-02-11

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Feb 11
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
32 head
74 vs last sale 106 32 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
245 head
12 vs last sale 257 245 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 higher with a good offering and slaughter heifers were 1.00 lower this week and lower packer inquiry this week. Holstein slaughter steers were 1.00 higher today. Cows were 1.00 to 2.00 higher with bulls trading 1.00 higher. Feeder steers were mostly steady with feeder heifers 5.00 higher and feeder bulls too few to compare.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.33/cwt on 18 head.
Average price
$112.33
18 head · 695 lb average
Value per head Derived
$781
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$139
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$24.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.81
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1692115.0079616thin
Medium and Large 272291.006572thin
One grade step is worth $24.00/cwt here — about $139 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 sale18 hd
112.33
IN average5 barns · 527 hd
122.14
−9.81
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
BullocksAverage1,44098.501,4181thin
BullsAverage1,48371.561,0618thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,49161.2891448
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,74350.358782thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,38344.7962014
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10133.2436610
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,73571.001,2322thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,52099.001,5051thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,42886.001,2282thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,214124.001,5057thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,422121.941,73414
HeifersChoiceAverage1,267113.741,44117
HeifersSelectAverage1,23099.931,2292thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,26583.751,0593thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,320124.751,6475thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,384121.691,68470
SteersChoiceAverage1,460112.091,63619

Every lot, as filed

37 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44254.09/cwt51.50–58.507808
CowsLean 85-90%1,17831.56/cwt30.00–33.003724
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38742.75/cwt38.00–46.505939
CowsLean 85-90%97525.00/cwt25.00–25.002441
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,74350.35/cwt49.50–51.008782
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37648.47/cwt47.50–50.506675
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50162.72/cwt60.00–68.0094140
CowsLean 85-90%1,06436.23/cwt35.00–37.003855
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,681103.38/cwt100.00–106.001,7387
SteersChoice and Prime1,384121.69/cwt119.50–123.751,68470
SteersChoice1,331117.17/cwt112.00–118.001,56012
HeifersMedium and Large 1830101.00/cwt101.00–101.008382
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added817121.00/cwt121.00–121.009895
HeifersChoice1,333106.80/cwt104.50–111.501,4244
HeifersPrime1,214124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,5057
HeifersMedium and Large 1345115.00/cwt115.00–115.003972
HeifersMedium and Large 1526121.00/cwt121.00–121.006365
HeifersChoice and Prime1,422121.94/cwt119.50–122.251,73414
HeifersStandard1,26583.75/cwt79.00–88.001,0593
HeifersMedium and Large 11,00399.00/cwt99.00–99.009932
HeifersMedium and Large 272291.00/cwt91.00–91.006572
HeifersChoice1,247115.88/cwt112.00–118.251,44513
Bulls1,73174.57/cwt71.50–77.501,2914
Bulls1,21364.73/cwt63.00–67.507853
BullsMedium and Large 1475130.00/cwt130.00–130.006181
Bulls1,30080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,0401
Bullocks1,44098.50/cwt98.50–98.501,4181
HeifersSelect1,23099.93/cwt99.00–101.001,2292
Dairy HeifersChoice1,73571.00/cwt71.00–71.001,2322
SteersPrime1,320124.75/cwt124.75–124.751,6475
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy958121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,1592
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added609133.00/cwt133.00–133.008104
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy930121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,1251
SteersMedium and Large 1589125.00/cwt125.00–125.007364
SteersMedium and Large 1430135.00/cwt135.00–135.005812
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,52099.00/cwt99.00–99.001,5051
Dairy SteersChoice1,42886.00/cwt86.00–86.001,2282

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.