Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2020-09-15

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Sep 15
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
61 head
47 vs last sale 14 38 vs year ago 23 · +165.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
294 head
59 vs last sale 235 65 vs year ago 229 · +28.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 1.00 to 2.00 higher with slaughter heifers were 1.00 to 3.00 higher with a good offering of slaughter steers and heifers this week. Cows were 1.00 to 4.00 lower with bulls too few but trending higher. Feeder steers and bulls had a higher undertone today with feeder heifers 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.31/cwt on 27 head.
Average price
$111.31
27 head · 619 lb average
Value per head Derived
$689
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$292
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.07
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1695113.6179018thin
Medium and Large 2466106.704979thin
One grade step is worth $6.91/cwt here — about $292 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 sale27 hd
111.31
IN average5 barns · 562 hd
117.38
−6.07
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
BullsLow1,42775.501,0773thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40564.2490330
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,78259.191,0553thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25354.1167820
CowsLean 85-90%High1,06543.954682thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,36585.001,1601thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,275110.781,41230
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,259107.261,35052
HeifersChoiceAverage1,22695.241,1688thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,15887.901,0182thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,320110.981,46535
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,334106.061,41572
SteersChoiceAverage1,34695.061,27912
SteersSelectAverage1,35487.341,1838thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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 1682122.00/cwt122.00–122.008323
HeifersMedium and Large 1392135.00/cwt135.00–135.005293
HeifersSelect1,15887.90/cwt85.00–90.001,0182
HeifersMedium and Large 1843106.00/cwt106.00–106.008942
HeifersMedium and Large 2582103.07/cwt100.00–106.006004
HeifersPrime1,275110.78/cwt110.50–111.251,41230
HeifersMedium and Large 1608114.00/cwt114.00–114.006932
HeifersMedium and Large 2392110.76/cwt110.00–111.004344
HeifersChoice and Prime1,259107.26/cwt102.50–108.751,35052
HeifersMedium and Large 1555112.00/cwt112.00–112.006221
HeifersMedium and Large 2300105.00/cwt105.00–105.003151
HeifersChoice1,22494.56/cwt93.50–100.001,1577
BullsMedium and Large 273393.49/cwt90.00–97.006852
Bulls1,09365.00/cwt65.00–65.007102
BullsMedium and Large 2530111.00/cwt111.00–111.005881
Bulls2,09596.50/cwt96.50–96.502,0221
BullsMedium and Large 1487137.41/cwt131.00–139.006695
BullsMedium and Large 1533121.00/cwt121.00–121.006454
BullsMedium and Large 1613119.01/cwt117.00–120.007303
BullsMedium and Large 1578116.00/cwt116.00–116.006702
SteersMedium and Large 1695135.00/cwt135.00–135.009381
SteersChoice1,28995.97/cwt92.00–97.501,23710
SteersMedium and Large 1475121.00/cwt121.00–121.005751
SteersMedium and Large 1881105.00/cwt105.00–105.009258
SteersSelect1,35487.34/cwt87.00–90.001,1838
SteersMedium and Large 1557139.00/cwt139.00–139.007743
SteersPrime1,320110.98/cwt109.75–112.001,46535
SteersMedium and Large 1500135.00/cwt135.00–135.006753
SteersChoice and Prime1,334106.06/cwt102.50–108.001,41572
SteersMedium and Large 1810115.00/cwt115.00–115.009321
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,62890.50/cwt90.00–91.001,4732
HeifersMedium and Large 1510122.00/cwt122.00–122.006221
HeifersMedium and Large 1887100.00/cwt100.00–100.008876
HeifersChoice1,240100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,2401
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42063.21/cwt59.00–69.0089826
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,30970.93/cwt70.00–72.009284
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31657.30/cwt56.50–58.5075410
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18950.91/cwt49.00–53.5060510
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,78259.19/cwt59.00–59.501,0553
CowsLean 85-90%1,06543.95/cwt43.00–45.004682
Dairy SteersChoice1,36585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,1601

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.