Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2020-12-08

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Dec 8
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
97 head
34 vs last sale 131 7 vs year ago 104 · 6.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
432 head
103 vs last sale 329 175 vs year ago 607 · 28.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 3.00 lower with slaughter heifers 1.00 to 2.00 lower with a good offering of steers and heifers today. Holstein slaughter steers were 7.00 higher this week. Cows were 1.00 to 2.00 lower with bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers were 2.00 lower and feeder heifers 4.00 to 7.00 lower with feeder bulls sharply lower today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $123.94/cwt on 36 head.
Average price
$123.94
36 head · 714 lb average
Value per head Derived
$885
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$231
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$29.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+16.80
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1715125.5989834
Medium and Large 269596.006672thin
One grade step is worth $29.59/cwt here — about $231 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 sale36 hd
123.94
IN average3 barns · 426 hd
107.14
+16.80
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
BullsLow1,60771.591,15021
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,48359.4088125
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,64654.719015thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,35850.1268124
CowsLean 85-90%High1,12239.3744217
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,19570.508421thin
Dairy HeifersSelectLow1,04566.006901thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,52687.751,3396thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,287105.401,356114
HeifersChoiceAverage1,213100.201,21533
HeifersSelectAverage1,21690.511,1019thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,23676.479457thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,274108.251,37918
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,359104.331,41897
SteersChoiceAverage1,49898.001,46825
SteersSelectAverage1,39690.171,2598thin

Every lot, as filed

54 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 and Large 2447100.00/cwt100.00–100.004473
HeifersMedium and Large 288385.00/cwt85.00–85.007512
HeifersMedium and Large 1450120.00/cwt120.00–120.005403
BullsMedium and Large 286880.00/cwt80.00–80.006942
HeifersMedium and Large 2625100.00/cwt100.00–100.006251
SteersMedium and Large 289590.00/cwt90.00–90.008061
SteersMedium and Large 2495102.00/cwt102.00–102.005051
BullsMedium and Large 21,03566.00/cwt66.00–66.006831
BullsMedium and Large 262591.01/cwt85.00–95.005695
BullsMedium and Large 2368103.00/cwt103.00–103.003794
BullsMedium and Large 2695101.00/cwt101.00–101.007021
BullsMedium and Large 249590.00/cwt90.00–90.004461
BullsMedium and Large 241990.00/cwt90.00–90.003771
SteersMedium and Large 1425120.00/cwt120.00–120.005101
HeifersMedium and Large 1568115.00/cwt115.00–115.006532
SteersMedium and Large 1619130.00/cwt130.00–130.0080510
HeifersMedium and Large 1415120.00/cwt120.00–120.004981
HeifersMedium and Large 1255120.00/cwt120.00–120.003061
HeifersMedium and Large 1525123.00/cwt123.00–123.006463
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added768125.00/cwt125.00–125.0096018
SteersMedium and Large 1777120.00/cwt120.00–120.009325
Dairy HeifersSelect1,04566.00/cwt66.00–66.006901
SteersSelect1,39690.17/cwt90.00–91.501,2598
HeifersSelect1,21690.51/cwt86.50–94.001,1019
Bulls1,52962.04/cwt55.00–67.009497
Bulls1,49581.24/cwt80.50–81.501,2156
Bulls1,75872.72/cwt69.00–78.501,2788
HeifersChoice and Prime1,287105.40/cwt102.00–107.751,356114
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,62190.74/cwt88.00–94.501,4714
Dairy SteersChoice1,52687.75/cwt87.75–87.751,3396
Dairy HeifersChoice1,19570.50/cwt70.50–70.508421
SteersChoice1,47599.38/cwt94.50–101.501,46621
HeifersChoice1,206100.27/cwt95.00–101.501,20932
CowsBoner 80-85%1,53452.96/cwt52.00–54.508129
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25348.42/cwt45.00–51.5060715
HeifersChoice1,43098.00/cwt98.00–98.001,4011
HeifersStandard1,23676.47/cwt72.00–83.009457
SteersPrime1,274108.25/cwt108.25–108.251,37918
SteersChoice and Prime1,359104.33/cwt102.00–106.501,41897
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,64654.71/cwt49.00–57.009015
CowsLean 85-90%1,21743.10/cwt41.00–44.005259
CowsLean 85-90%1,00136.71/cwt35.00–39.003677
CowsLean 85-90%1,12024.50/cwt24.50–24.502741
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,27365.73/cwt64.00–66.508373
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51258.54/cwt55.00–61.5088522
HeifersMedium and Large 1715106.59/cwt102.00–111.007622
BullsMedium and Large 1613110.38/cwt105.00–115.0067711
BullsMedium and Large 1454128.50/cwt128.50–128.505835
BullsMedium and Large 1503120.00/cwt120.00–120.006042
BullsMedium and Large 170095.00/cwt95.00–95.006651
Dairy SteersLarge 21,03064.50/cwt64.50–64.506641
HeifersMedium and Large 270080.00/cwt80.00–80.005604
HeifersMedium and Large 251095.00/cwt95.00–95.004851
HeifersMedium and Large 256590.00/cwt90.00–90.005093

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.