Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2020-10-06

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Oct 6
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
68 head
10 vs last sale 58 68 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
285 head
27 vs last sale 258 285 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 3.00 higher with slaughter heifers 4.00 higher with better packer inquiry this week. No test on Holstein slaughter steers today. Cows were 1.00 to 3.00 lower with bulls 2.00 higher. Feeder steers were 5.00 higher and feeder heifers sharply higher with feeder bulls 2.00 to 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $137.65/cwt on 27 head.
Average price
$137.65
27 head · 467 lb average
Value per head Derived
$643
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+19.83
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1467137.6564327
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale27 hd
137.65
IN average6 barns · 175 hd
117.82
+19.83
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
BullsAverage1,72886.471,4943thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,73562.001,0761thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51360.859213thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27651.8166126
CowsLean 85-90%Low96335.753444thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,241107.671,336112
HeifersChoiceAverage1,196104.071,24430
HeifersSelectAverage1,02090.009181thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,19585.001,0161thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,353106.551,44279
SteersChoiceAverage1,301101.961,32619

Every lot, as filed

37 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
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy489140.00/cwt140.00–140.006857
SteersMedium and Large 1825123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,0151
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy356145.00/cwt145.00–145.005167
HeifersMedium and Large 1380113.00/cwt113.00–113.004291
HeifersMedium and Large 11,11592.00/cwt92.00–92.001,0261
SteersMedium and Large 1715128.52/cwt125.00–131.009195
SteersMedium and Large 1627131.86/cwt131.00–134.008277
HeifersMedium and Large 1825121.00/cwt121.00–121.009983
HeifersMedium and Large 1723126.00/cwt126.00–126.009112
CowsLean 85-90%79029.00/cwt29.00–29.002291
Bulls1,72886.47/cwt85.00–89.001,4943
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26550.86/cwt47.00–53.0064317
SteersChoice and Prime1,353106.55/cwt105.00–108.751,44279
CowsLean 85-90%1,00540.00/cwt40.00–40.004021
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30655.79/cwt54.00–57.007297
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26346.00/cwt46.00–46.005812
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,73562.00/cwt62.00–62.001,0761
HeifersChoice1,192104.11/cwt102.00–104.501,24129
SteersChoice1,301101.96/cwt98.00–104.001,32619
HeifersChoice and Prime1,241107.67/cwt105.50–110.001,336112
HeifersSelect1,02090.00/cwt90.00–90.009181
HeifersStandard1,19585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,0161
BullsMedium and Large 1295135.00/cwt135.00–135.003981
BullsMedium and Large 1550125.00/cwt125.00–125.006881
BullsMedium and Large 1453121.00/cwt121.00–121.005482
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51360.85/cwt58.50–63.009213
HeifersChoice1,305103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,3441
CowsLean 85-90%1,02837.00/cwt37.00–37.003802
HeifersMedium and Large 1698125.00/cwt125.00–125.008736
SteersMedium and Large 1778127.00/cwt127.00–127.009882
HeifersMedium and Large 1555115.00/cwt115.00–115.006381
HeifersMedium and Large 1260120.00/cwt120.00–120.003121
SteersMedium and Large 2390116.00/cwt116.00–116.004521
HeifersMedium and Large 1544124.50/cwt124.50–124.506776
BullsMedium and Large 1549135.50/cwt135.50–135.507449
HeifersMedium and Large 1423122.18/cwt120.00–124.505172
HeifersMedium and Large 1613120.00/cwt120.00–120.007362

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.