Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2020-09-22

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Sep 22
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
44 head
17 vs last sale 61 35 vs year ago 79 · 44.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
252 head
42 vs last sale 294 124 vs year ago 376 · 33.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were mostly steady with instances of higher/lower and slaughter heifers were 3.00 higher. Holstein steers were 1.00 higher this week. Cows were 1.00 to 3.00 higher with bulls trending higher. Feeder steers and bulls were mostly steady and feeder heifers sharply lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.86/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$118.86
21 head · 583 lb average
Value per head Derived
$692
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$41
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$13.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.05
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1577120.8369818thin
Medium and Large 2613107.006563thin
One grade step is worth $13.83/cwt here — about $41 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
118.86
IN average4 barns · 391 hd
112.81
+6.05
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
BullocksAverage1,30690.001,1751thin
BullsAverage1,44287.851,26718
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,35669.2893921
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,34055.0473716
CowsLean 85-90%High1,24045.005581thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,25686.281,0848thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,263106.421,34481
HeifersChoiceAverage1,31899.091,30620
HeifersSelectAverage1,41590.001,2741thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,34088.071,1803thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,404109.751,54114
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,314106.021,39338
SteersChoiceAverage1,31397.501,2806thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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 1820115.00/cwt115.00–115.009431
HeifersMedium and Large 2770100.00/cwt100.00–100.007701
HeifersStandard1,34088.07/cwt84.00–92.001,1803
HeifersMedium and Large 1490121.00/cwt121.00–121.005931
HeifersMedium and Large 2550110.00/cwt110.00–110.006051
HeifersSelect1,41590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,2741
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy492135.00/cwt135.00–135.006646
HeifersMedium and Large 2520111.00/cwt111.00–111.005771
HeifersChoice and Prime1,263106.42/cwt104.75–107.251,34481
HeifersMedium and Large 1375121.00/cwt121.00–121.004544
HeifersChoice1,21698.48/cwt95.50–100.001,19812
HeifersMedium and Large 1867100.00/cwt100.00–100.008673
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,31665.61/cwt60.50–69.5086312
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40974.17/cwt70.00–79.001,0459
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35056.01/cwt54.00–59.5075612
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30852.13/cwt51.50–53.006824
CowsLean 85-90%1,24045.00/cwt45.00–45.005581
Dairy SteersChoice1,25686.28/cwt80.50–88.001,0848
BullsMedium and Large 2340100.00/cwt100.00–100.003401
BullsMedium and Large 1401130.00/cwt130.00–130.005217
BullsHeavy Weight2,50082.00/cwt82.00–82.002,0501
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy470140.00/cwt140.00–140.006582
Bulls1,41387.66/cwt82.50–90.501,2398
Bulls1,32492.54/cwt91.00–95.501,2257
Bulls1,44075.13/cwt71.50–78.501,0822
Bullocks1,30690.00/cwt90.00–90.001,1751
SteersMedium and Large 2577115.00/cwt115.00–115.006643
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added500141.00/cwt141.00–141.007052
SteersPrime1,404109.75/cwt109.75–109.751,54114
SteersMedium and Large 1914106.00/cwt106.00–106.009697
SteersChoice and Prime1,314106.02/cwt104.50–108.751,39338
SteersMedium and Large 1335131.00/cwt131.00–131.004391
SteersChoice1,31397.50/cwt95.00–100.001,2806
HeifersChoice1,471100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,4718
HeifersMedium and Large 1677115.00/cwt115.00–115.007793

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.