Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2020-12-01

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Dec 1
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
131 head
38 vs last sale 93 82 vs year ago 49 · +167.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
329 head
117 vs last sale 212 67 vs year ago 396 · 16.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 1.00 to 2.00 higher and slaughter heifers were 1.00 higher with a active market a good groups of high quality steers and heifers. Holstein slaughter steers were 7.00 lower today. Cows were 1.00 to 4.00 lower with a good offering of cows and bulls 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder steers were 4.00 higher with feeder heifers sharply higher and feeder bulls trending higher with some good groups of feeders.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.53/cwt on 60 head.
Average price
$121.53
60 head · 507 lb average
Value per head Derived
$616
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+9.75
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1507121.5361660
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale60 hd
121.53
IN average1 barns · 150 hd
111.78
+9.75
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
BullsAverage1,69772.621,2329thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46461.1889620
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,86552.509792thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,36251.6170328
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,16940.934789thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,29878.181,0152thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,21380.2597315
HeifersPrimeAverage1,303110.331,43844
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,253106.911,34023
HeifersChoiceAverage1,229101.311,24513
HeifersSelectAverage1,24290.321,1226thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,10375.718354thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,372111.421,52947
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,414107.421,51952
SteersChoiceAverage1,376102.601,41130
SteersSelectAverage1,15093.001,0701thin

Every lot, as filed

50 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
Bulls1,49175.99/cwt73.00–79.001,1335
Bulls1,54563.52/cwt62.00–65.009812
HeifersChoice and Prime1,253106.91/cwt106.00–107.751,34023
SteersChoice and Prime1,414107.42/cwt105.00–108.001,51952
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,619104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,6845
HeifersStandard1,10375.71/cwt72.00–80.008354
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy315147.00/cwt147.00–147.004631
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy655132.50/cwt132.50–132.5086810
HeifersMedium and Large 1324122.73/cwt121.00–125.003989
SteersMedium and Large 1528136.00/cwt136.00–136.007183
HeifersMedium and Large 1350121.00/cwt121.00–121.004242
HeifersMedium and Large 186594.49/cwt94.00–95.008172
SteersMedium and Large 1672115.56/cwt115.00–116.007777
SteersMedium and Large 1583129.80/cwt121.00–131.007578
SteersMedium and Large 1340139.00/cwt139.00–139.004731
SteersMedium and Large 1460126.00/cwt126.00–126.005801
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy422131.00/cwt131.00–131.005537
BullsMedium and Large 1370122.00/cwt122.00–122.004511
BullsMedium and Large 11,04084.00/cwt84.00–84.008741
BullsMedium and Large 1525133.00/cwt133.00–133.0069811
BullsMedium and Large 1435121.00/cwt121.00–121.005261
BullsMedium and Large 186591.00/cwt91.00–91.007871
HeifersMedium and Large 1485124.63/cwt120.00–125.0060413
HeifersMedium and Large 1552122.86/cwt115.00–125.0067814
SteersMedium and Large 1398136.00/cwt136.00–136.005412
Dairy HeifersChoice1,29878.18/cwt74.00–82.001,0152
SteersSelect1,15093.00/cwt93.00–93.001,0701
Dairy SteersChoice1,21380.25/cwt80.25–80.2597315
SteersPrime1,372111.42/cwt110.00–113.501,52947
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36250.57/cwt46.50–52.5068919
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36253.82/cwt53.00–55.507339
SteersChoice1,327102.32/cwt95.00–104.751,35825
HeifersChoice1,229101.31/cwt97.50–104.501,24513
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy450140.00/cwt140.00–140.0063013
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy350143.00/cwt143.00–143.005012
CowsLean 85-90%96835.77/cwt35.50–36.003462
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49059.91/cwt56.00–64.0089316
HeifersSelect1,24290.32/cwt88.00–93.001,1226
BullsHeavy Weight2,36373.28/cwt72.00–74.501,7322
HeifersMedium and Large 196096.00/cwt96.00–96.009221
HeifersMedium and Large 1503123.00/cwt123.00–123.006194
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,86552.50/cwt52.00–53.009792
CowsLean 85-90%1,22642.41/cwt40.00–45.005207
HeifersMedium and Large 1615111.97/cwt110.00–116.006893
BullsMedium and Large 1305135.00/cwt135.00–135.004122
BullsMedium and Large 1575125.00/cwt125.00–125.007194
BullsMedium and Large 1710110.00/cwt110.00–110.007813
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36066.27/cwt65.00–68.509014
HeifersPrime1,303110.33/cwt100.00–111.751,43844
HeifersMedium and Large 1654115.00/cwt115.00–115.007525

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.