Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2020-02-25

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Feb 25
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
10 head
26 vs last sale 36 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
293 head
42 vs last sale 251 293 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 lower with slaughter heifers were mostly steady with instances of higher/lower with lower packer inquiry this week. Holstein slaughter steers were 2.00 higher. Breaker and lean cows were 1.00 to 2.00 lower and boner cows 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Bulls were 6.00 to 10.00 higher with some high dressing bulls today. Feeder cattle were too few to compare today.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $92.86/cwt on 7 head.
Average price
$92.86
7 head · 589 lb average
Value per head Derived
$547
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$95
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$45.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
15.85
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1360125.004502thin
Medium and Large 268180.005455thin
One grade step is worth $45.00/cwt here — about −$95 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 sale7 hd
92.86
IN average4 barns · 72 hd
108.71
−15.85
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
BullocksAverage1,17591.001,0691thin
BullsLow1,75987.161,5334thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,34562.3283827
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18146.365478thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,16230.383534thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,26587.001,1011thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,02565.006664thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,44992.981,34711
HeifersPrimeAverage1,273123.501,57232
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,235120.681,49055
HeifersChoiceAverage1,207113.941,37515
HeifersStandardAverage1,33773.139786thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,319120.271,58686
SteersChoiceAverage1,346114.171,53626
SteersSelectAverage1,292103.951,3435thin
SteersStandardAverage1,13085.009612thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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
CowsLean 85-90%94528.00/cwt28.00–28.002651
SteersChoice and Prime1,319120.27/cwt117.50–121.751,58686
SteersChoice1,331115.00/cwt113.50–116.501,53125
SteersSelect1,292103.95/cwt100.00–105.001,3435
HeifersMedium and Large 1340115.00/cwt115.00–115.003911
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12742.44/cwt37.50–46.004785
CowsBreaker 75-80%Heavy Weight2,09566.00/cwt66.00–66.001,3831
CowsLean 85-90%1,27835.00/cwt35.00–35.004472
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27052.89/cwt48.00–55.506723
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33964.85/cwt60.00–69.0086819
CowsLean 85-90%1,14523.50/cwt23.50–23.502691
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,25554.93/cwt53.00–59.506897
HeifersPrime1,273123.50/cwt123.00–123.751,57232
HeifersChoice and Prime1,235120.68/cwt118.50–122.001,49055
HeifersMedium and Large 1605110.00/cwt110.00–110.006662
HeifersChoice1,207113.94/cwt108.00–116.001,37515
HeifersStandard1,33773.13/cwt70.00–77.009786
Dairy HeifersChoice1,26587.00/cwt87.00–87.001,1011
Dairy HeifersSelect1,02565.00/cwt65.00–65.006664
BullsMedium and Large 245085.00/cwt85.00–85.003831
Bulls1,94070.00/cwt70.00–70.001,3581
BullsMedium and Large 1455125.00/cwt125.00–125.005691
BullsMedium and Large 273075.00/cwt75.00–75.005483
Bulls1,74084.00/cwt84.00–84.001,4621
BullsMedium and Large 1265125.00/cwt125.00–125.003311
BullsMedium and Large 276590.00/cwt90.00–90.006891
Bulls1,67897.33/cwt91.00–101.001,6332
Bullocks1,17591.00/cwt91.00–91.001,0691
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,71093.50/cwt93.50–93.501,5991
SteersStandard1,13085.00/cwt85.00–85.009612
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,44992.98/cwt92.75–93.251,34711

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.