Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2020-08-18

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Aug 18
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
35 head
145 vs last sale 180 29 vs year ago 6 · +483.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
221 head
100 vs last sale 321 34 vs year ago 187 · +18.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 2.00 higher with slaughter heifers 1.00 to 5.00 higher with better packer bids this week. Holstein slaughter steers were trading 4.00 lower this week. Cows were 3.00 higher with bulls 7.00 higher. Feeder steers were mostly steady and feeder heifers sharply lower with feeder bulls significantly lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.35/cwt on 17 head.
Average price
$114.35
17 head · 666 lb average
Value per head Derived
$762
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$3
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$27.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.93
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1632119.2175414thin
Medium and Large 282591.677573thin
One grade step is worth $27.55/cwt here — about −$3 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
114.35
IN average5 barns · 250 hd
107.42
+6.93
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
BullsAverage1,60592.971,49210
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,35069.4493712
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,40061.008541thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,17460.787146thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,52540.506181thin
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,33587.501,1681thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,25074.509312thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,51697.001,4716thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,10083.009135thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,193108.591,29557
HeifersChoiceAverage1,110101.001,1218thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,20090.001,0801thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,43088.501,2661thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,323108.431,43566
SteersChoiceAverage1,301102.171,32930
SteersSelectAverage1,13093.001,0511thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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 1565118.00/cwt118.00–118.006671
HeifersMedium and Large 266085.00/cwt85.00–85.005611
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy645129.00/cwt129.00–129.008321
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added508135.00/cwt135.00–135.006863
HeifersMedium and Large 1660110.00/cwt110.00–110.007264
HeifersStandard1,43088.50/cwt88.50–88.501,2661
HeifersMedium and Large 1850120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0202
HeifersSelect1,20090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,0801
HeifersMedium and Large 1535113.00/cwt113.00–113.006052
HeifersChoice and Prime1,193108.59/cwt105.00–110.501,29557
HeifersMedium and Large 1710111.00/cwt111.00–111.007881
HeifersMedium and Large 290895.00/cwt95.00–95.008632
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,33587.50/cwt87.50–87.501,1681
Dairy HeifersChoice1,25074.50/cwt74.50–74.509312
BullsMedium and Large 295086.67/cwt85.00–90.008233
BullsMedium and Large 2638107.99/cwt106.00–110.006892
BullsMedium and Large 1720120.86/cwt116.00–122.508708
BullsMedium and Large 1638122.00/cwt122.00–122.007783
Bulls1,60592.97/cwt90.00–96.501,49210
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,40061.00/cwt61.00–61.008541
CowsLean 85-90%1,52540.50/cwt40.50–40.506181
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42166.03/cwt61.50–68.509388
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,20876.25/cwt71.00–82.009214
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17460.78/cwt58.50–63.007146
Dairy SteersChoice1,10083.00/cwt83.00–83.009135
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,51697.00/cwt97.00–97.001,4716
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added540140.00/cwt140.00–140.007561
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,67098.00/cwt98.00–98.001,6371
SteersMedium and Large 1525125.00/cwt125.00–125.006562
SteersChoice1,288102.31/cwt97.00–104.501,31829
SteersMedium and Large 11,050105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,1031
SteersMedium and Large 1900110.00/cwt110.00–110.009901
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy748134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,0022
SteersSelect1,13093.00/cwt93.00–93.001,0511
SteersChoice and Prime1,323108.43/cwt107.25–109.501,43566
HeifersChoice1,110101.00/cwt97.00–102.501,1218

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.