Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2020-11-24

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Nov 24
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
93 head
25 vs last sale 68 19 vs year ago 74 · +25.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
212 head
207 vs last sale 419 72 vs year ago 140 · +51.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 1.00 to 2.00 lower and slaughter heifers were 1.00 lower with lower packer bids this week. Holstein slaughter steers were 1.00 higher this week. Cows had instances of higher/lower with bulls 3.00 lower. Feeder steers were mostly steady with feeder heifers 3.00 lower and feeder bulls trending higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.54/cwt on 37 head.
Average price
$115.54
37 head · 493 lb average
Value per head Derived
$570
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$6
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$36.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.44
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1465120.4756032
Medium and Large 267484.005665thin
One grade step is worth $36.47/cwt here — about −$6 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 sale37 hd
115.54
IN average3 barns · 362 hd
105.10
+10.44
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
BullsAverage1,76575.121,32614
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,44864.1392927
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,57556.508901thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,46451.2775114
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,21038.864708thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,35291.331,2353thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,65887.631,4524thin
Dairy SteersSelectLow1,15068.507881thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,288106.441,37156
HeifersChoiceAverage1,163100.091,16430
HeifersSelectAverage1,46092.001,3431thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,32081.981,0823thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,390110.001,5296thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,366105.311,43923
SteersChoiceAverage1,464101.511,4864thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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
Bulls1,80479.78/cwt78.00–83.001,4395
Bulls1,52869.95/cwt64.00–74.001,0696
HeifersSelect1,46092.00/cwt92.00–92.001,3431
Dairy SteersSelect1,15068.50/cwt68.50–68.507881
SteersChoice1,464101.51/cwt100.00–102.001,4864
Dairy SteersChoice1,55088.00/cwt88.00–88.001,3642
BullsMedium and Large 271585.10/cwt80.00–90.006082
BullsMedium and Large 2606100.00/cwt100.00–100.006064
HeifersMedium and Large 1361120.00/cwt120.00–120.004334
HeifersMedium and Large 1561105.00/cwt105.00–105.005894
HeifersMedium and Large 1509125.00/cwt125.00–125.0063611
SteersMedium and Large 1645116.00/cwt116.00–116.007481
HeifersMedium and Large 263395.00/cwt95.00–95.006012
HeifersMedium and Large 277875.00/cwt75.00–75.005842
BullsMedium and Large 1300151.00/cwt151.00–151.004531
BullsMedium and Large 1995100.00/cwt100.00–100.009952
HeifersMedium and Large 255080.00/cwt80.00–80.004401
SteersMedium and Large 2670105.00/cwt105.00–105.007041
BullsMedium and Large 1363125.00/cwt125.00–125.004546
BullsMedium and Large 1519127.81/cwt126.00–128.0066320
SteersMedium and Large 272585.00/cwt85.00–85.006162
SteersMedium and Large 2445100.00/cwt100.00–100.004451
HeifersMedium and Large 1416122.43/cwt118.00–126.005097
CowsLean 85-90%1,01327.90/cwt27.00–28.502832
CowsLean 85-90%1,28143.11/cwt40.50–45.005525
SteersPrime1,390110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,5296
HeifersChoice1,163100.09/cwt95.00–102.001,16430
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45370.67/cwt68.00–74.001,0276
CowsBoner 80-85%1,49554.35/cwt53.00–55.508137
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43348.18/cwt46.50–50.506907
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,35291.33/cwt90.00–92.001,2353
BullsHeavy Weight2,17585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,8491
BullsHeavy Weight2,17574.07/cwt73.00–75.001,6112
SteersChoice and Prime1,366105.31/cwt103.00–107.001,43923
HeifersStandard1,32081.98/cwt80.00–85.001,0823
HeifersMedium and Large 1263135.00/cwt135.00–135.003552
HeifersMedium and Large 1865100.00/cwt100.00–100.008651
HeifersChoice and Prime1,288106.44/cwt104.00–108.001,37156
Dairy SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,76587.25/cwt87.25–87.251,5402
CowsLean 85-90%1,24539.50/cwt39.50–39.504921
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47061.82/cwt56.00–66.5090920
HeifersMedium and Large 1480116.02/cwt115.00–117.005572
SteersMedium and Large 1526131.75/cwt126.00–133.0069316
CowsBreaker 75-80%Return to Feed98071.00/cwt71.00–71.006961
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,57556.50/cwt56.50–56.508901
HeifersMedium and Large 1335121.00/cwt121.00–121.004051

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.