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
Bullocks—Average1,30690.001,1751thin
Bulls—Average1,44287.851,26718
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 1—820115.00/cwt115.00–115.009431
HeifersMedium and Large 2—770100.00/cwt100.00–100.007701
HeifersStandard—1,34088.07/cwt84.00–92.001,1803
HeifersMedium and Large 1—490121.00/cwt121.00–121.005931
HeifersMedium and Large 2—550110.00/cwt110.00–110.006051
HeifersSelect—1,41590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,2741
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—492135.00/cwt135.00–135.006646
HeifersMedium and Large 2—520111.00/cwt111.00–111.005771
HeifersChoice and Prime—1,263106.42/cwt104.75–107.251,34481
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375121.00/cwt121.00–121.004544
HeifersChoice—1,21698.48/cwt95.50–100.001,19812
HeifersMedium and Large 1—867100.00/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 SteersChoice—1,25686.28/cwt80.50–88.001,0848
BullsMedium and Large 2—340100.00/cwt100.00–100.003401
BullsMedium and Large 1—401130.00/cwt130.00–130.005217
Bulls—Heavy Weight—2,50082.00/cwt82.00–82.002,0501
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy—470140.00/cwt140.00–140.006582
Bulls——1,41387.66/cwt82.50–90.501,2398
Bulls——1,32492.54/cwt91.00–95.501,2257
Bulls——1,44075.13/cwt71.50–78.501,0822
Bullocks——1,30690.00/cwt90.00–90.001,1751
SteersMedium and Large 2—577115.00/cwt115.00–115.006643
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—500141.00/cwt141.00–141.007052
SteersPrime—1,404109.75/cwt109.75–109.751,54114
SteersMedium and Large 1—914106.00/cwt106.00–106.009697
SteersChoice and Prime—1,314106.02/cwt104.50–108.751,39338
SteersMedium and Large 1—335131.00/cwt131.00–131.004391
SteersChoice—1,31397.50/cwt95.00–100.001,2806
HeifersChoice—1,471100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,4718
HeifersMedium and Large 1—677115.00/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.