Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2020-11-10

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Nov 10
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
15 head
34 vs last sale 49 10 vs year ago 25 · 40.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
311 head
13 vs last sale 298 10 vs year ago 301 · +3.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 1.00 to 4.00 higher and slaughter heifers were 3.00 to 4.00 higher with much better packer inquiry today. Holstein slaughter steers were selling 1.00 higher. Cows were 1.00 lower with bulls 3.00 to 5.00 higher, Feeder cattle were too few to compare but were trending lower this week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.67/cwt on 12 head.
Average price
$112.67
12 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$636
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$204
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1
$28.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.66
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554118.006549thin
Medium and Large 2640100.006402thin
Medium 150090.004501thin
One grade step is worth $28.00/cwt here — about $204 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 sale12 hd
112.67
IN average3 barns · 200 hd
111.01
+1.66
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
BullsAverage1,57587.621,37912
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,34861.3182636
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,58855.278782thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22652.6164515
CowsLean 85-90%Average99240.674044thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,66577.501,2901thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,55880.031,2475thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,398112.251,56912
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,316107.591,41623
HeifersChoiceAverage1,29896.591,2534thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,32390.771,2015thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,40981.101,1424thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,273111.001,4138thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,271107.151,36240
SteersChoiceAverage1,194100.261,19721
SteersSelectAverage1,06397.501,0363thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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
HeifersMedium 150090.00/cwt90.00–90.004501
SteersMedium and Large 1540130.00/cwt130.00–130.007021
HeifersMedium and Large 1485115.00/cwt115.00–115.005582
HeifersMedium and Large 1532116.00/cwt116.00–116.006173
HeifersMedium and Large 1606121.00/cwt121.00–121.007334
SteersMedium and Large 1320127.00/cwt127.00–127.004061
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight1,76588.50/cwt88.50–88.501,5621
CowsLean 85-90%87030.00/cwt30.00–30.002611
SteersChoice1,135101.39/cwt98.00–103.501,15119
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,75089.50/cwt89.50–89.501,5662
HeifersStandard1,50082.50/cwt82.50–82.501,2381
HeifersSelect1,32390.77/cwt90.00–95.001,2015
HeifersMedium and Large 2640100.00/cwt100.00–100.006402
BullsMedium and Large 1600114.00/cwt114.00–114.006841
SteersChoice and Prime1,390105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,4601
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21550.11/cwt47.50–52.506096
HeifersPrime1,398112.25/cwt112.25–112.251,56912
Dairy HeifersChoice1,66577.50/cwt77.50–77.501,2901
HeifersChoice and Prime1,316107.59/cwt105.00–110.751,41623
SteersChoice and Prime1,268107.21/cwt104.00–109.501,35939
SteersSelect1,06397.50/cwt97.50–97.501,0363
Dairy SteersChoice1,55880.03/cwt76.00–82.001,2475
CowsLean 85-90%1,03344.23/cwt43.50–45.004573
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,72068.51/cwt68.00–69.001,1782
HeifersStandard1,37880.63/cwt79.00–83.001,1113
Bulls1,74881.53/cwt78.00–84.001,4252
SteersPrime1,273111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,4138
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23354.27/cwt53.00–55.506699
Bulls1,58790.48/cwt90.00–91.751,4369
Bulls1,11574.00/cwt74.00–74.008251
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,58855.27/cwt54.50–56.008782
HeifersChoice1,14299.28/cwt98.00–100.001,1343
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,32660.89/cwt56.00–66.0080734

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.