Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2020-10-20

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Oct 20
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
55 head
13 vs last sale 42 15 vs year ago 40 · +37.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
271 head
101 vs last sale 170 175 vs year ago 446 · 39.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 2.00 lower with slaughter heifers instances of higher/lower and lower packer bids this week. No comparison on Holstein slaughter steers. Cows were 1.00 to 4.00 higher and bulls 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder steers were too few to trend with feeder 1.00 to 4.00 higher and feeder bulls 3.00 to 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.21/cwt on 24 head.
Average price
$114.21
24 head · 510 lb average
Value per head Derived
$583
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$74
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$12.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.23
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1512116.9059819thin
Medium and Large 2504104.005245thin
One grade step is worth $12.90/cwt here — about $74 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 sale24 hd
114.21
IN average2 barns · 75 hd
104.98
+9.23
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
BullsAverage1,56976.121,19414
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,30361.9980817
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22752.6764630
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13141.334675thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,07878.008416thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,267106.721,35221
HeifersChoiceAverage1,22998.651,21215
HeifersSelectAverage1,10090.971,0014thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,36984.181,1524thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,500109.001,6351thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,346106.471,43364
SteersChoiceAverage1,38097.741,34852
SteersSelectAverage1,24392.071,14413

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 1600120.00/cwt120.00–120.007203
HeifersMedium and Large 1385121.00/cwt121.00–121.004661
BullsMedium and Large 1290159.00/cwt159.00–159.004611
BullsMedium and Large 1350153.00/cwt153.00–153.005362
HeifersMedium and Large 2700100.00/cwt100.00–100.007001
BullsMedium and Large 1470138.21/cwt135.00–140.5065013
BullsMedium and Large 2719105.00/cwt105.00–105.007554
HeifersChoice and Prime1,267106.72/cwt106.50–106.751,35221
HeifersMedium and Large 1265115.00/cwt115.00–115.003051
HeifersMedium and Large 1665110.00/cwt110.00–110.007323
HeifersMedium and Large 2413105.00/cwt105.00–105.004343
HeifersMedium and Large 1556116.88/cwt115.00–120.006508
BullsMedium and Large 2520110.00/cwt110.00–110.005721
HeifersStandard1,36984.18/cwt80.00–87.001,1524
HeifersMedium and Large 2580105.00/cwt105.00–105.006091
SteersMedium and Large 2590110.00/cwt110.00–110.006491
HeifersMedium and Large 1439120.00/cwt120.00–120.005276
SteersMedium and Large 1650125.50/cwt125.50–125.508166
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24551.04/cwt47.00–53.0063518
Bulls1,59279.53/cwt76.50–83.001,2666
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,68895.76/cwt94.50–97.001,6162
CowsLean 85-90%83530.00/cwt30.00–30.002511
SteersPrime1,500109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,6351
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,68495.75/cwt95.75–95.751,6125
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,29860.48/cwt57.00–66.0078514
Bulls1,64887.02/cwt86.50–87.501,4342
SteersSelect1,24392.07/cwt90.00–93.001,14413
SteersChoice1,33298.05/cwt95.00–103.001,30645
HeifersChoice1,22998.65/cwt95.00–103.501,21215
HeifersSelect1,10090.97/cwt90.00–92.001,0014
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,07878.00/cwt78.00–78.008416
Bulls1,33069.89/cwt65.00–71.509305
BullsHeavy Weight2,46565.00/cwt65.00–65.001,6021
SteersChoice and Prime1,346106.47/cwt104.00–107.751,43364
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,32769.03/cwt68.00–70.009163
CowsLean 85-90%1,20544.16/cwt40.00–46.005324
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20155.11/cwt54.00–56.5066212

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.