Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2020-02-18

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Feb 18
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
36 head
4 vs last sale 32 36 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
251 head
6 vs last sale 245 251 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 trading 1.00 to 2.00 lower but some good groups of higher quality slaughter steers. Holstein slaughter steers were 1.00 higher with Holstein heifers 3.00 higher this week. Cows and bulls were 1.00 to 3.00 higher with some good fed cows offered today. Feeder cattle were too few to compare, but all classes of feeders were trending lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.76/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$120.76
21 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$677
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$61
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$34.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.46
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553122.4067720
Medium and Large 270088.006161thin
One grade step is worth $34.40/cwt here — about $61 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 sale21 hd
120.76
IN average2 barns · 208 hd
117.30
+3.46
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
BullocksAverage1,83596.001,7621thin
BullsLow1,61668.221,1025thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,36162.1784630
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,34046.986298thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,11135.713974thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,14374.008463thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,53391.251,3993thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,24386.771,0798thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,47974.751,1067thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,219120.571,47040
HeifersChoiceAverage1,300115.111,49620
HeifersSelectAverage1,005104.001,0452thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,46374.771,09414
SteersPrimeAverage1,320124.751,64717
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,319121.251,59932
SteersChoiceAverage1,374114.771,57728
SteersSelectAverage1,31599.171,3043thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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 1900101.00/cwt101.00–101.009091
HeifersMedium and Large 270088.00/cwt88.00–88.006161
HeifersChoice1,300115.11/cwt113.50–116.001,49620
HeifersStandard1,46374.77/cwt71.00–83.001,09414
HeifersMedium and Large 1255121.00/cwt121.00–121.003091
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added596125.00/cwt125.00–125.0074515
HeifersSelect1,005104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,0452
HeifersMedium and Large 1235121.00/cwt121.00–121.002841
HeifersMedium and Large 1368115.00/cwt115.00–115.004232
HeifersChoice and Prime1,219120.57/cwt118.00–122.751,47040
Dairy HeifersChoice1,14374.00/cwt74.00–74.008463
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16841.43/cwt38.00–43.004843
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42865.13/cwt60.00–70.0093021
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,20455.27/cwt53.50–58.006659
CowsLean 85-90%1,04036.61/cwt35.00–37.503813
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44350.31/cwt50.00–50.507265
CowsLean 85-90%1,32533.00/cwt33.00–33.004371
SteersChoice1,374114.77/cwt110.00–117.001,57728
SteersSelect1,150103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,1852
SteersMedium and Large 2413101.00/cwt101.00–101.004173
SteersMedium and Large 1558110.00/cwt110.00–110.006144
SteersMedium and Large 1875105.00/cwt105.00–105.009191
BullsMedium and Large 1653106.00/cwt106.00–106.006924
BullsMedium and Large 1363131.00/cwt131.00–131.004762
Bulls1,56165.78/cwt60.00–69.001,0274
BullsMedium and Large 1285136.00/cwt136.00–136.003881
Bulls1,83578.00/cwt78.00–78.001,4311
Bullocks1,83596.00/cwt96.00–96.001,7621
SteersChoice and Prime1,319121.25/cwt118.00–123.251,59932
SteersSelectHeavy Weight1,64591.50/cwt91.50–91.501,5051
SteersPrime1,320124.75/cwt124.75–124.751,64717
Dairy SteersSelect1,47974.75/cwt74.75–74.751,1067
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,53391.25/cwt91.25–91.251,3993
Dairy SteersChoice1,24386.77/cwt86.25–88.251,0798

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.