Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2020-11-03

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Nov 3
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
49 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 9▼ 30 vs year ago 79 · −38.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
298 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 332▲ 113 vs year ago 185 · +61.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 3.00 higher with slaughter heifers 2.00 to 4.00 higher with slighter better packer inquiry this week and a good offering of high quality heifers. Holstein slaughter steers were sharply lower today. Cows were 1.00 to 4.00 lower with bulls 5.00 lower. All classes of feeder cattle were trending higher this week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $124.91/cwt on 23 head.
Average price
$124.91
23 head · 414 lb average
Value per head Derived
$517
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$138
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$21.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.76
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1431134.3057913thin
Medium and Large 2391112.7044110thin
One grade step is worth $21.60/cwt here — about $138 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 sale23 hd
124.91
—
IN average4 barns · 369 hd
107.15
+17.76
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—Average1,55583.501,2981thin
Bulls—Average1,68874.211,2538thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45560.6088224
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,93056.001,0811thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25753.1666818
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07638.514159thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,12575.508491thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,34679.861,07510
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,14261.507023thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,378109.121,50440
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,283103.541,32850
HeifersChoiceAverage1,27199.571,26615
HeifersStandardAverage89785.007623thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,328105.361,39963
SteersChoiceAverage1,39396.511,34414
SteersSelectAverage1,10093.501,0291thin
SteersStandardAverage1,49486.401,29115

Every lot, as filed

38 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 1—568125.40/cwt121.00–130.007122
HeifersMedium and Large 1—423121.79/cwt118.00–126.005154
SteersMedium and Large 1—242155.00/cwt155.00–155.003753
HeifersMedium and Large 1—639115.00/cwt115.00–115.007356
SteersMedium and Large 2—257119.00/cwt119.00–119.003063
BullsMedium and Large 1—543134.50/cwt134.50–134.507307
SteersMedium and Large 1—383141.50/cwt141.00–142.005422
SteersMedium and Large 1—465137.00/cwt137.00–137.006371
CowsLean 85-90%—98030.00/cwt30.00–30.002942
Dairy SteersChoice—1,34679.86/cwt78.50–83.001,07510
SteersMedium and Large 2—449110.00/cwt110.00–110.004947
HeifersMedium and Large 2—385100.00/cwt100.00–100.003851
SteersMedium and Large 1—505123.32/cwt120.00–124.006236
SteersMedium and Large 1—620121.00/cwt121.00–121.007501
HeifersStandard—89785.00/cwt85.00–85.007623
SteersChoice and Prime—1,328105.36/cwt101.25–107.001,39963
HeifersMedium and Large 1—450129.00/cwt129.00–129.005811
HeifersMedium and Large 1—570116.00/cwt116.00–116.006612
HeifersMedium and Large 1—378131.00/cwt131.00–131.004953
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,93056.00/cwt56.00–56.001,0811
Bullocks——1,55583.50/cwt83.50–83.501,2981
SteersStandard—1,37588.00/cwt88.00–88.001,2107
HeifersChoice and Prime—1,283103.54/cwt102.00–105.751,32850
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,46260.23/cwt56.00–65.0088123
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight—1,66392.95/cwt91.00–95.001,5462
HeifersPrime—1,378109.12/cwt109.00–109.251,50440
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,29069.00/cwt69.00–69.008901
CowsLean 85-90%—1,10440.94/cwt38.00–45.004527
Dairy SteersSelect—1,14261.50/cwt61.50–61.507023
SteersChoice—1,34897.10/cwt95.00–100.501,30912
Bulls——1,76976.50/cwt74.50–79.001,3535
HeifersChoice—1,27199.57/cwt97.00–100.501,26615
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,30054.93/cwt53.00–57.0071411
Bulls——1,55370.40/cwt69.00–71.501,0933
SteersStandardHeavy Weight—1,59885.00/cwt85.00–85.001,3588
SteersSelect—1,10093.50/cwt93.50–93.501,0291
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18950.37/cwt48.50–52.005997
Dairy HeifersChoice—1,12575.50/cwt75.50–75.508491

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.