Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2020-08-04

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Aug 4
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
38 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 12▼ 8 vs year ago 46 · −17.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
367 head
▲ 182 vs last sale 185▲ 129 vs year ago 238 · +54.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers were 1.00 to 3.00 lower but, a good offering of higher quality steers and heifers this week. A good offering of Holstein slaughter steers that were trading 2.00 higher today. Cows were 2.00 higher with bulls 5.00 higher on high dressing bulls. Feeder steers too few to compare but feeder heifers were 6.00 higher with feeder bulls mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.60/cwt on 25 head.
Average price
$112.60
25 head · 606 lb average
Value per head Derived
$682
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$49
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$28.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.82
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555125.2969614thin
Medium and Large 267196.4564711thin
One grade step is worth $28.83/cwt here — about $49 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 sale25 hd
112.60
—
IN average5 barns · 391 hd
101.78
+10.82
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
Bulls—High1,940103.562,0094thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,42572.271,03041
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,22555.656829thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04335.003652thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,29083.911,0823thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,14075.008552thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,41891.441,29756
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,28985.711,10522
HeifersPrimeAverage1,130108.501,2261thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,199102.921,23488
HeifersChoiceAverage1,19895.911,14939
HeifersStandardAverage1,29887.001,1292thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,411107.001,5105thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,278102.901,31569
SteersChoiceAverage1,36494.671,29110

Every lot, as filed

32 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 1—648120.00/cwt120.00–120.007785
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425130.00/cwt130.00–130.005532
HeifersStandard—1,29887.00/cwt87.00–87.001,1292
HeifersMedium and Large 1—485114.00/cwt114.00–114.005531
HeifersMedium and Large 2—620105.00/cwt105.00–105.006516
HeifersPrime—1,130108.50/cwt108.50–108.501,2261
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—533130.00/cwt130.00–130.006936
HeifersMedium and Large 2—89390.00/cwt90.00–90.008042
HeifersChoice and Prime—1,199102.92/cwt100.50–106.251,23488
HeifersMedium and Large 2—78085.00/cwt85.00–85.006632
HeifersChoice—1,19295.86/cwt90.00–98.001,14338
Dairy HeifersSelect—1,14075.00/cwt75.00–75.008552
Dairy HeifersChoice—1,29083.91/cwt80.00–86.001,0823
Bulls——1,940103.56/cwt102.50–104.502,0094
BullsMedium and Large 2—728110.00/cwt110.00–110.008013
BullsMedium and Large 1—380124.00/cwt124.00–124.004712
HeifersMedium and Large 2—31081.00/cwt81.00–81.002511
HeifersChoice—1,43598.00/cwt98.00–98.001,4061
CowsLean 85-90%—1,10030.00/cwt30.00–30.003301
CowsLean 85-90%—98540.00/cwt40.00–40.003941
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,48274.83/cwt70.00–81.501,10929
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,28666.07/cwt60.00–69.5085012
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,26956.63/cwt55.00–59.007197
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,07352.22/cwt51.00–53.005602
Dairy SteersChoice—1,28985.71/cwt79.00–88.501,10522
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime—1,41891.44/cwt90.00–94.501,29756
SteersChoice—1,29494.35/cwt93.75–97.001,2218
SteersMedium and Large 1—641130.00/cwt130.00–130.008338
SteersPrime—1,411107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,5105
SteersChoice and Prime—1,238103.18/cwt100.00–106.001,27760
SteersChoice and Prime—1,544101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,5599
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight—1,64395.97/cwt94.00–98.001,5772

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.