Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2020-03-17

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Mar 17
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
23 head
10 vs last sale 33 23 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
141 vs last sale 216 75 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 5.00 to 6.00 lower with a light offering this week and lower packer inquiry. Cows were 1.00 to 2.00 higher with bulls 1.00 lower. No Holstein slaughter steers today. Feeder cattle were too few to compare but feeder heifers and bulls were trending higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.59/cwt on 17 head.
Average price
$115.59
17 head · 430 lb average
Value per head Derived
$498
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$50
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$48.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.96
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1418118.4449516thin
Medium and Large 263570.004451thin
One grade step is worth $48.44/cwt here — about $50 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 sale17 hd
115.59
IN average5 barns · 246 hd
109.63
+5.96
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
BullsAverage1,67381.201,3584thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,29159.6177021
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,72852.389053thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19649.6559415
CowsLean 85-90%Low66021.001391thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,23082.001,0091thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,296107.401,39213
HeifersChoiceAverage1,237102.361,2667thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,12482.029214thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,333100.181,3353thin
SteersSelectAverage1,20090.001,0801thin
SteersStandardAverage1,31580.001,0521thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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
BullsMedium and Large 1445135.00/cwt135.00–135.006013
Bulls1,71086.43/cwt85.25–89.501,4783
BullsMedium and Large 1458133.00/cwt133.00–133.006092
Bulls1,56065.50/cwt65.50–65.501,0221
BullsMedium and Large 1535125.00/cwt125.00–125.006691
HeifersMedium and Large 1352116.00/cwt116.00–116.004087
HeifersStandard90080.00/cwt80.00–80.007201
HeifersMedium and Large 1489116.00/cwt116.00–116.005676
HeifersChoice and Prime1,296107.40/cwt106.75–108.251,39213
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy428129.00/cwt129.00–129.005523
HeifersMedium and Large 263570.00/cwt70.00–70.004451
HeifersChoice1,237102.36/cwt95.00–104.001,2667
HeifersStandard1,19882.69/cwt80.00–85.009913
Dairy HeifersChoice1,23082.00/cwt82.00–82.001,0091
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42563.36/cwt60.25–67.509038
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,72852.38/cwt48.50–55.509053
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18251.22/cwt50.50–52.506059
CowsLean 85-90%66021.00/cwt21.00–21.001391
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21647.29/cwt42.50–48.505756
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,20957.31/cwt53.25–59.5069313
SteersStandard1,31580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,0521
SteersChoice1,333100.18/cwt100.00–100.501,3353
SteersSelect1,20090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,0801

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.