Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2020-12-22

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Dec 22
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
84 head
6 vs last sale 90 84 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
91 head
253 vs last sale 344 91 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 lower and slaughter heifers 3.00 lower with light receipts and low packer inquiry. Cows were 1.00 to 2.00 lower and bulls 1.00 lower this week also again with light receipts. Feeder steers were 3.00 to 11.00 lower with feeder heifers 1.00 to 5.00 lower and feeder bulls trending higher. This is the last sale this week due to the Holidays so everyone have a safe and Merry Christmas!!

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $110.13/cwt on 34 head.
Average price
$110.13
34 head · 634 lb average
Value per head Derived
$698
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$222
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$11.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.10
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1647111.1171931
Medium and Large 2497100.004973thin
One grade step is worth $11.11/cwt here — about $222 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 sale34 hd
110.13
IN average3 barns · 212 hd
106.03
+4.10
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
BullsAverage2,02770.651,4323thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,43057.6382414
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,29150.6065316
CowsLean 85-90%Average95234.113253thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,285102.611,31920
HeifersChoiceAverage1,264100.001,2645thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,306104.601,36635
SteersChoiceAverage1,50899.501,5002thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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
Bulls2,00573.48/cwt72.50–74.501,4732
Bulls2,07065.00/cwt65.00–65.001,3461
HeifersChoice1,264100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,2645
SteersChoice1,50899.50/cwt99.50–99.501,5002
HeifersChoice and Prime1,285102.61/cwt102.50–103.001,31920
SteersChoice and Prime1,306104.60/cwt103.00–106.001,36635
HeifersMedium and Large 197085.00/cwt85.00–85.008251
SteersMedium and Large 1665110.00/cwt110.00–110.007322
SteersMedium and Large 1414123.00/cwt123.00–123.005094
HeifersMedium and Large 11,12385.00/cwt85.00–85.009552
HeifersMedium and Large 11,09084.00/cwt84.00–84.009163
HeifersMedium and Large 1549117.50/cwt117.50–117.506457
HeifersMedium and Large 1657116.50/cwt116.50–116.5076510
HeifersMedium and Large 1448115.00/cwt115.00–115.005152
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added592135.00/cwt135.00–135.0079919
HeifersMedium and Large 2555100.00/cwt100.00–100.005551
HeifersMedium and Large 2468100.00/cwt100.00–100.004682
SteersMedium and Large 287193.36/cwt90.00–100.008133
BullsMedium and Large 1298120.00/cwt120.00–120.003582
BullsMedium and Large 1559122.00/cwt122.00–122.006829
HeifersMedium and Large 1395115.00/cwt115.00–115.004541
HeifersMedium and Large 1495115.00/cwt115.00–115.005691
HeifersMedium and Large 1570115.00/cwt115.00–115.006561
HeifersMedium and Large 1265125.00/cwt125.00–125.003313
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33152.73/cwt50.50–54.5070210
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22347.05/cwt44.50–49.505756
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,73362.50/cwt62.50–62.501,0832
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37956.82/cwt55.00–60.0078412
CowsLean 85-90%95234.11/cwt32.00–35.003253
SteersMedium 1435120.00/cwt120.00–120.005222

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.