Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2020-07-28

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Jul 28
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
12 head
16 vs last sale 28 29 vs year ago 41 · 70.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
185 head
32 vs last sale 217 134 vs year ago 319 · 42.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 2.00 higher with slaughter heifers were 1.00 to 3.00 higher with a good offering of higher quality steers and heifers. Holstein slaughter steers were 2.00 higher today. Cows were 2.00 to 3.00 lower with bulls 5.00 lower. Feeder cattle were too few to compare but trending lower this week.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $113.64/cwt on 11 head.
Average price
$113.64
11 head · 602 lb average
Value per head Derived
$684
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$11
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.10
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1574118.136788thin
Medium and Large 2677101.676883thin
One grade step is worth $16.46/cwt here — about −$11 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 sale11 hd
113.64
IN average5 barns · 87 hd
110.54
+3.10
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
BullsHigh1,47187.741,2914thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,32166.0487218
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21954.446636thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,42090.001,2785thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,45888.251,28714
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,251103.001,28915
HeifersChoiceAverage1,11896.091,0746thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,255103.701,30186
SteersChoiceAverage1,32697.601,29412

Every lot, as filed

20 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 2708100.00/cwt100.00–100.007082
BullsMedium and Large 2615105.00/cwt105.00–105.006461
BullsMedium and Large 1640115.00/cwt115.00–115.007366
Bulls1,96598.48/cwt96.50–100.001,9352
BullsMedium and Large 1435120.00/cwt120.00–120.005221
Bulls1,00080.00/cwt80.00–80.008001
BullsMedium and Large 1315135.00/cwt135.00–135.004251
Bulls95574.00/cwt74.00–74.007071
SteersChoice and Prime1,255103.70/cwt100.00–105.001,30186
SteersChoice1,32697.60/cwt90.00–98.751,29412
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36370.56/cwt69.00–72.009626
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20955.41/cwt54.00–57.506704
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23852.51/cwt51.50–53.506502
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,30063.78/cwt59.50–67.5082912
Dairy SteersChoice1,45888.25/cwt88.25–88.251,28714
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,42090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,2785
HeifersMedium and Large 1640114.00/cwt114.00–114.007301
HeifersChoice and Prime1,251103.00/cwt102.25–103.501,28915
HeifersChoice1,11195.91/cwt95.00–98.001,0665
HeifersChoice1,15097.00/cwt97.00–97.001,1161

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.