Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2021-01-05

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Jan 5
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
12 head
14 vs last sale 26 123 vs year ago 135 · 91.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
395 head
103 vs last sale 292 173 vs year ago 568 · 30.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers were 6.00 higher with good offerings of steers and heifers with higher packer inquiry today. Holstein slaughter were 7.00 higher this week. Cows were 1.00 to 2.00 higher with a lot offered and bulls 4.00 lower. Feeder cattle were too few to compare but were trending steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $117.00/cwt on 6 head.
Average price
$117.00
6 head · 594 lb average
Value per head Derived
$695
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$316
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$39.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.38
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1419130.005444thin
Medium and Large 294591.008602thin
One grade step is worth $39.00/cwt here — about −$316 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 sale6 hd
117.00
IN average2 barns · 232 hd
109.62
+7.38
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
BullocksAverage1,60095.001,5201thin
BullsHigh1,76168.451,2059thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,35364.3087044
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,74056.499832thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28251.8066414
CowsLean 85-90%High1,03436.323754thin
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,45095.001,3782thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,42081.801,1622thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,34787.951,18516
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,257112.331,41296
HeifersChoiceAverage1,254105.331,32127
HeifersSelectAverage1,01698.009964thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,44385.741,2377thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,364112.301,53286
SteersChoiceAverage1,575106.521,67841
SteersSelectAverage1,35295.001,2846thin
SteersStandardAverage1,41592.421,3082thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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
SteersMedium and Large 1350135.00/cwt135.00–135.004731
SteersMedium and Large 1450130.00/cwt130.00–130.005851
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20048.85/cwt46.00–50.005865
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,74056.49/cwt56.00–57.009832
CowsBoner 80-85%1,48050.00/cwt50.00–50.007401
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,25760.45/cwt56.00–65.0076026
Bulls1,46580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,1721
Bulls1,66858.40/cwt58.00–59.009742
Bulls1,84169.88/cwt65.00–74.501,2866
Bullocks1,60095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,5201
HeifersSelect1,01698.00/cwt98.00–98.009964
SteersSelect1,35295.00/cwt95.00–95.001,2846
SteersMedium and Large 1535125.00/cwt125.00–125.006691
BullsMedium and Large 269585.00/cwt85.00–85.005911
BullsMedium and Large 282090.00/cwt90.00–90.007381
BullsMedium and Large 294575.00/cwt75.00–75.007091
HeifersMedium and Large 256090.00/cwt90.00–90.005041
SteersMedium and Large 294591.00/cwt91.00–91.008602
CowsLean 85-90%95544.14/cwt43.00–45.004222
BullsMedium and Large 1460125.00/cwt125.00–125.005751
HeifersMedium and Large 1475110.00/cwt110.00–110.005231
SteersMedium and Large 1340130.00/cwt130.00–130.004421
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49269.87/cwt66.00–75.001,04218
CowsLean 85-90%1,23032.00/cwt32.00–32.003941
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,663108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,79616
CowsLean 85-90%99525.00/cwt25.00–25.002491
SteersChoice and Prime1,364112.30/cwt110.50–113.501,53286
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,45095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,3782
HeifersStandard1,44385.74/cwt80.00–88.001,2377
SteersStandard1,41592.42/cwt91.00–94.001,3082
HeifersChoice and Prime1,257112.33/cwt110.00–114.751,41296
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30853.87/cwt51.00–55.507058
SteersChoice1,519105.58/cwt100.00–108.001,60425
HeifersChoice1,254105.33/cwt100.00–109.001,32127
Dairy HeifersChoice1,42081.80/cwt79.00–84.501,1622
Dairy SteersChoice1,34787.95/cwt80.00–88.501,18516

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.