Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2020-09-01

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Sep 1
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
45 head
20 vs last sale 25 11 vs year ago 56 · 19.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
278 head
13 vs last sale 265 70 vs year ago 208 · +33.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 1.00 to 4.00 lower with slaughter heifers were 2.00 lower with lower packer inquiry this week. Holstein slaughter steers were 2.00 higher today. Cows were 1.00 to 2.00 lower and bulls 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder steers were mostly steady with feeder heifers 4.00 higher and feeder bulls steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.83/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$118.83
21 head · 627 lb average
Value per head Derived
$745
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$119
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.53
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1629120.2975719thin
Medium and Large 1-2608105.006382thin
One grade step is worth $15.29/cwt here — about $119 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 sale21 hd
118.83
IN average3 barns · 304 hd
109.31
+9.53
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
BullsHigh1,56988.821,39413
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43462.8390114
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23855.6868933
CowsLean 85-90%Average94838.003602thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,16578.949202thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,37793.321,28527
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,22982.081,0096thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,21570.008511thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,218106.231,29448
HeifersChoiceAverage1,256102.161,28329
HeifersStandardAverage1,36090.001,2241thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,254111.951,4049thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,319106.891,41056
SteersChoiceAverage1,23297.701,20435
SteersSelectAverage1,02590.009231thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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
SteersChoice1,23297.70/cwt95.00–104.501,20435
SteersChoice and Prime1,319106.89/cwt105.00–109.751,41056
SteersMedium and Large 1582135.00/cwt135.00–135.007863
SteersPrime1,254111.95/cwt111.00–112.251,4049
SteersMedium and Large 1652132.00/cwt132.00–132.008613
SteersSelect1,02590.00/cwt90.00–90.009231
SteersMedium and Large 1640132.00/cwt132.00–132.008455
SteersMedium and Large 2250105.00/cwt105.00–105.002631
SteersMedium and Large 288098.00/cwt98.00–98.008621
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2608105.00/cwt105.00–105.006382
HeifersChoice1,465104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,5241
HeifersMedium and Large 1480120.00/cwt120.00–120.005761
HeifersChoice1,200103.29/cwt95.50–104.501,23926
HeifersMedium and Large 1375125.00/cwt125.00–125.004692
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight1,88586.50/cwt86.50–86.501,6312
HeifersMedium and Large 1443125.00/cwt125.00–125.005543
HeifersChoice and Prime1,218106.23/cwt105.50–107.751,29448
HeifersMedium and Large 11,07397.00/cwt97.00–97.001,0413
HeifersStandard1,36090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,2241
HeifersMedium and Large 1618124.95/cwt120.00–127.0077210
Bulls1,59497.36/cwt95.00–100.001,5524
BullsMedium and Large 262598.17/cwt91.00–105.006142
BullsMedium and Large 1510125.00/cwt125.00–125.006381
Bulls1,55885.03/cwt80.00–90.001,3259
BullsMedium and Large 1840100.00/cwt100.00–100.008401
BullsMedium and Large 1615114.00/cwt114.00–114.007012
BullsMedium and Large 1460130.00/cwt130.00–130.005983
BullsMedium and Large 241591.00/cwt91.00–91.003781
BullsMedium and Large 2455110.00/cwt110.00–110.005012
Dairy SteersSelect1,21570.00/cwt70.00–70.008511
Dairy SteersChoice1,22982.08/cwt80.00–85.001,0096
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,37793.32/cwt92.25–93.751,28527
CowsLean 85-90%99530.00/cwt30.00–30.002991
CowsLean 85-90%90046.00/cwt46.00–46.004141
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09051.99/cwt50.00–53.505678
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28556.86/cwt54.00–59.5073125
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43462.83/cwt61.00–65.0090114
Dairy HeifersChoice1,16578.94/cwt78.00–80.009202

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.