Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2020-07-21

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Jul 21
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
28 head
24 vs last sale 4 16 vs year ago 44 · 36.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
217 head
86 vs last sale 303 116 vs year ago 333 · 34.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 2.00 lower with slaughter heifers 2.00 to 4.00 lower with lower packer inquiry this week. Cows were 1.00 to 3.00 higher with a good offering of high dressing cows and bulls 1.00 higher today. Feeder cattle were too few from last week to compare but all classes of feeders were trending lower today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $103.35/cwt on 12 head.
Average price
$103.35
12 head · 671 lb average
Value per head Derived
$694
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$65
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.27
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1626107.366729thin
Medium and Large 280791.337373thin
One grade step is worth $16.03/cwt here — about −$65 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 sale12 hd
103.35
IN average5 barns · 238 hd
97.09
+6.27
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
BullsAverage1,71885.521,4693thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41767.5295648
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19254.9265411
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,52030.004561thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,42585.701,2215thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,18699.931,18524
HeifersChoiceAverage1,23594.171,16327
HeifersStandardAverage1,25583.001,0421thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,321100.931,33328
SteersChoiceAverage1,31995.041,25451
SteersSelectAverage1,15886.019963thin
SteersStandardAverage1,63080.001,3041thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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
Bulls1,71885.52/cwt82.00–89.001,4693
BullsMedium and Large 276595.00/cwt95.00–95.007273
BullsMedium and Large 1554118.00/cwt118.00–118.006548
SteersStandard1,63080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,3041
SteersSelect1,15886.01/cwt85.00–88.009963
SteersMedium and Large 1576120.00/cwt120.00–120.006914
SteersChoice and Prime1,321100.93/cwt99.00–104.501,33328
SteersMedium and Large 1490120.00/cwt120.00–120.005881
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,64085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,3941
SteersChoice1,31395.24/cwt90.00–98.751,25150
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02151.48/cwt46.50–53.505264
CowsLean 85-90%1,52030.00/cwt30.00–30.004561
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,32463.29/cwt59.00–67.0083828
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54673.43/cwt69.50–76.501,13520
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28956.88/cwt54.50–58.507337
Dairy SteersChoice1,42585.70/cwt80.00–88.001,2215
HeifersMedium and Large 1720105.00/cwt105.00–105.007565
HeifersChoice and Prime1,18699.93/cwt99.75–100.001,18524
HeifersMedium and Large 1518110.00/cwt110.00–110.005702
HeifersChoice1,23594.17/cwt90.00–98.751,16327
HeifersMedium and Large 1565111.25/cwt111.25–111.256291
HeifersMedium and Large 1435110.00/cwt110.00–110.004791
HeifersMedium and Large 289392.00/cwt92.00–92.008222
HeifersMedium and Large 263590.00/cwt90.00–90.005721
HeifersStandard1,25583.00/cwt83.00–83.001,0421

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.