Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2020-12-15

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Dec 15
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
90 head
7 vs last sale 97 29 vs year ago 61 · +47.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
344 head
88 vs last sale 432 4 vs year ago 340 · +1.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
5 vs last sale 0 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 1.00 higher with slaughter heifers 1.00 lower with active bidding and a good offering high quality steers and heifers. Holstein slaughter steers were 2.00 lower. Cows were 1.00 to 2.00 lower with bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher this week. Feeder steers and heifers were trending higher with some good groups of value added steers and heifers while feeder bulls were too few to compare.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.39/cwt on 49 head.
Average price
$118.39
49 head · 608 lb average
Value per head Derived
$720
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$132
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$21.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.94
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1608125.0076134
Medium and Large 2608103.4062815thin
One grade step is worth $21.60/cwt here — about $132 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 sale49 hd
118.39
IN average2 barns · 258 hd
106.45
+11.94
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
BullocksAverage1,40586.001,2081thin
BullsLow1,53770.071,07718
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,47758.7786822
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,89954.031,0265thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,29350.7365635
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14336.9142215
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,27385.411,0875thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,53689.851,38026
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,36486.051,1747thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,393108.751,5156thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,284105.391,35346
HeifersChoiceAverage1,28099.271,27123
HeifersSelectAverage1,02587.358952thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,43277.191,1055thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,342109.861,47432
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,357105.111,42679
SteersChoiceAverage1,375100.001,3754thin
SteersSelectAverage1,34891.001,2272thin

Every lot, as filed

47 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
Bulls1,41565.17/cwt62.00–68.009228
Bullocks1,40586.00/cwt86.00–86.001,2081
HeifersChoice1,28099.27/cwt95.00–100.251,27123
Dairy HeifersChoice1,27385.41/cwt85.25–86.001,0875
Dairy SteersChoice1,36486.05/cwt83.50–87.501,1747
HeifersPrime1,393108.75/cwt108.75–108.751,5156
BullsMedium and Large 2480100.00/cwt100.00–100.004801
HeifersMedium and Large 1523118.73/cwt115.00–120.006214
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added330150.00/cwt150.00–150.004952
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added558138.00/cwt138.00–138.007707
HeifersMedium and Large 291085.00/cwt85.00–85.007741
SteersMedium and Large 1680121.00/cwt121.00–121.008231
SteersMedium and Large 1487121.64/cwt120.00–125.005926
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added653130.00/cwt130.00–130.0084918
SteersMedium and Large 1360135.00/cwt135.00–135.004861
HeifersMedium and Large 255895.00/cwt95.00–95.005302
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added513133.00/cwt133.00–133.006828
BullsMedium and Large 2685100.00/cwt100.00–100.006851
HeifersMedium and Large 266591.00/cwt91.00–91.006051
HeifersMedium and Large 2612110.00/cwt110.00–110.006739
HeifersMedium and Large 2415105.00/cwt105.00–105.004361
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,8501,175.00/cwt1,175.00–1,175.0021,7381
SteersMedium and Large 2795100.00/cwt100.00–100.007952
SteersMedium and Large 1605110.00/cwt110.00–110.006661
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added675125.00/cwt125.00–125.0084416
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added808117.00/cwt117.00–117.009453
HeifersMedium and Large 250090.00/cwt90.00–90.004501
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37653.43/cwt52.00–54.0073516
SteersMedium and Large 2730100.00/cwt100.00–100.007301
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,53689.85/cwt89.75–92.501,38026
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,78152.91/cwt51.00–56.509424
SteersPrime1,342109.86/cwt109.75–110.001,47432
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4481,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0015,9284
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46964.55/cwt62.50–66.009484
HeifersMedium and Large 1422120.00/cwt120.00–120.005063
SteersSelect1,34891.00/cwt91.00–91.001,2272
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47957.48/cwt55.00–61.0085018
CowsLean 85-90%1,12034.17/cwt30.00–39.003839
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22348.46/cwt44.50–52.0059319
SteersChoice1,375100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,3754
CowsLean 85-90%1,17841.03/cwt40.00–43.004836
HeifersChoice and Prime1,284105.39/cwt102.00–107.751,35346
HeifersStandard1,43277.19/cwt71.00–85.001,1055
Bulls1,63573.99/cwt70.50–77.001,21010
HeifersSelect1,02587.35/cwt85.00–90.008952
CowsPremium White 65-75%Heavy Weight2,37058.50/cwt58.50–58.501,3861
SteersChoice and Prime1,357105.11/cwt102.00–107.001,42679

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.