Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2020-09-29

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Sep 29
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
58 head
14 vs last sale 44 12 vs year ago 70 · 17.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
258 head
6 vs last sale 252 43 vs year ago 301 · 14.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers were 1.00 to 2.00 higher with better packer inquiry this week and a good offering. No test on Holstein slaughter steers this week. Cows were 2.00 to 4.00 lower and bulls 3.00 lower. All classes of feeder cattle were trending higher today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.54/cwt on 26 head.
Average price
$127.54
26 head · 478 lb average
Value per head Derived
$609
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$33
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$29.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+20.08
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1463132.0561122
Medium and Large 2563102.755784thin
One grade step is worth $29.30/cwt here — about $33 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 sale26 hd
127.54
IN average5 barns · 387 hd
107.46
+20.08
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
BullsLow1,71782.461,4168thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47062.1491316
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,64356.489282thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,28451.9866728
CowsLean 85-90%High99043.094275thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,314110.561,45313
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,271107.121,36161
HeifersChoiceAverage1,23099.831,2283thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,290110.461,42516
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,267107.251,35977
SteersChoiceAverage1,24498.441,2258thin
SteersSelectAverage1,12595.001,0691thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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
SteersMedium and Large 1940100.00/cwt100.00–100.009401
SteersMedium and Large 11,050105.50/cwt105.50–105.501,1084
BullsMedium and Large 1390142.00/cwt142.00–142.005541
BullsMedium and Large 1635115.00/cwt115.00–115.007301
HeifersMedium and Large 2650105.00/cwt105.00–105.006832
BullsMedium and Large 1553127.00/cwt127.00–127.007025
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21355.68/cwt54.00–57.506756
Bulls1,90072.00/cwt72.00–72.001,3681
HeifersPrime1,314110.56/cwt110.25–110.751,45313
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,64356.48/cwt55.50–57.509282
SteersSelect1,12595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,0691
SteersChoice1,24498.44/cwt98.00–101.501,2258
HeifersChoice and Prime1,271107.12/cwt104.25–109.501,36161
CowsLean 85-90%99043.09/cwt40.00–45.004275
HeifersChoice1,23099.83/cwt97.00–102.001,2283
Bulls1,69183.96/cwt80.50–86.001,4207
SteersPrime1,290110.46/cwt110.00–110.751,42516
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30350.97/cwt48.00–53.5066422
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47062.14/cwt58.00–67.0091316
SteersChoice and Prime1,267107.25/cwt103.75–109.251,35977
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added433136.00/cwt136.00–136.005899
SteersMedium and Large 1610126.00/cwt126.00–126.007691
SteersMedium and Large 1530132.50/cwt132.50–132.507025
HeifersMedium and Large 1500127.00/cwt127.00–127.006353
HeifersMedium and Large 252090.00/cwt90.00–90.004681
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added450146.00/cwt146.00–146.006576
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy469144.00/cwt144.00–144.006756
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy429135.00/cwt135.00–135.005798
Dairy SteersLarge 21,10060.00/cwt60.00–60.006601
HeifersMedium and Large 2430111.00/cwt111.00–111.004771
SteersMedium and Large 296093.00/cwt93.00–93.008931
HeifersMedium and Large 1673110.00/cwt110.00–110.007402

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.