Name: Indianapolis Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-10-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 1.00 to 2.00 lower with slaughter heifers down 2.00 to 3.00 with lower packer inquiry this week. No Holstein slaughter this week. Cows were 1.00 higher with bulls 2.00 lower. Feeder steers were 6.00 lower with feeder heifers instances of higher/lower and feeder bulls 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.71/cwt on 17 head.

Average price

$116.71

17 head · 599 lb average

Value per head Derived

$699

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$220

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$41.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.02

vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	595	121.60	724	15thin
Medium 1	630	80.00	504	2thin

One grade step is worth $41.60/cwt here — about $220 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 sale17 hd

116.71

—

IN average4 barns · 236 hd

107.69

+9.02

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bullocks	—	Average	1,210	90.00	1,089	1thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,648	76.14	1,255	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,458	59.86	873	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,293	51.81	670	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	985	43.05	424	2thin
Heifers	Prime	Average	1,249	109.00	1,361	15
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,360	105.20	1,431	26
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,211	100.91	1,222	6thin
Steers	Prime	Average	1,302	109.00	1,419	15
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,278	105.93	1,354	60
Steers	Choice	Average	1,369	100.49	1,376	8thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,240	90.00	1,116	1thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	—	848	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	509	2
Heifers	Medium 1	—	630	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	504	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,445	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	11,560	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	450	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	680	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	723	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	788	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	612	118.70/cwt	115.00–121.00	726	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	929	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	771	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	885	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	490	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	686	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	490	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	681	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	701	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,075	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	882	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	432	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	691	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	732	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	573	2
Steers	Prime	—	1,302	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,419	15
Heifers	Choice	—	1,251	101.37/cwt	100.00–102.50	1,268	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,130	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,130	2
Heifers	Prime	—	1,249	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,361	15
Steers	Choice	—	1,369	100.49/cwt	95.50–102.00	1,376	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	653	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	751	5
Steers	Select	—	1,240	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,116	1
Bulls	—	—	2,046	84.51/cwt	83.50–85.50	1,729	4
Bullocks	—	—	1,210	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,089	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,453	59.34/cwt	58.50–63.00	862	9
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,278	105.93/cwt	103.00–108.75	1,354	60
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,327	50.87/cwt	48.00–52.50	675	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,120	56.50/cwt	56.50–56.50	633	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	43.05/cwt	42.00–44.00	424	2
Bulls	—	—	2,300	90.50/cwt	90.50–90.50	2,082	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	64.50/cwt	64.50–64.50	968	1
Bulls	—	—	1,086	64.19/cwt	60.50–68.00	697	4
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,360	105.20/cwt	103.00–106.50	1,431	26

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.

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