Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2021-01-12

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Jan 12
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
91 head
▲ 79 vs last sale 12▼ 3 vs year ago 94 · −3.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
330 head
▼ 65 vs last sale 395▼ 157 vs year ago 487 · −32.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 1.00 to 3.00 lower with slaughter heifers 1.00 to 4.00 lower with a good offering of steers and heifers but much lower packer inquiry this week, Holstein slaughter steers were 1.00 higher today. Cows were 1.00 to 3.00 lower with bulls 4.00 higher. Feeder steers and feeder heifers were mostly steady with some good groups of steers and heifers and feeder bulls 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $110.80/cwt on 37 head.
Average price
$110.80
37 head · 567 lb average
Value per head Derived
$628
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$143
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$27.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.96
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1564115.3265031
Medium and Large 258187.425086thin
One grade step is worth $27.91/cwt here — about $143 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 sale37 hd
110.80
—
IN average3 barns · 443 hd
107.84
+2.96
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
Bulls—Average1,38371.7299210
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46962.9892536
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,28949.2363513
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07737.314023thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,53389.501,3724thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,332111.171,48125
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,259108.331,36437
HeifersChoiceAverage1,211103.491,25437
HeifersSelectAverage1,14389.461,0232thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,21284.151,0205thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,363112.671,53638
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,396108.421,51431
SteersChoiceAverage1,344103.231,38860
SteersSelectAverage1,24095.331,18215

Every lot, as filed

48 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 2—45080.00/cwt80.00–80.003602
HeifersMedium and Large 2—70085.00/cwt85.00–85.005951
HeifersMedium and Large 2—62590.00/cwt90.00–90.005631
HeifersMedium and Large 2—365100.00/cwt100.00–100.003651
HeifersMedium and Large 2—89589.50/cwt89.50–89.508011
HeifersMedium and Large 1—430115.00/cwt115.00–115.004951
BullsMedium and Large 2—66095.00/cwt85.00–100.006273
BullsMedium and Large 2—250125.00/cwt125.00–125.003132
BullsMedium and Large 2—490100.00/cwt100.00–100.004901
SteersMedium and Large 1—685120.00/cwt120.00–120.008224
SteersMedium and Large 1—500125.00/cwt125.00–125.006252
HeifersMedium and Large 1—635120.00/cwt120.00–120.007626
HeifersMedium and Large 1—344120.00/cwt120.00–120.004136
HeifersMedium and Large 1—730115.00/cwt115.00–115.008401
HeifersMedium and Large 1—670105.00/cwt105.00–105.007041
HeifersMedium and Large 1—265120.00/cwt120.00–120.003181
SteersMedium and Large 1—632120.00/cwt120.00–120.0075814
SteersMedium and Large 1—557125.00/cwt125.00–125.0069612
HeifersChoice—1,204103.64/cwt100.00–106.501,24836
SteersSelect—1,24095.33/cwt89.00–99.001,18215
HeifersSelect—1,14389.46/cwt89.00–90.001,0232
Bulls——1,31576.44/cwt71.00–81.001,0052
Bulls——1,18862.52/cwt61.00–70.007435
Bulls——1,75283.92/cwt83.00–85.001,4703
HeifersStandard—1,21284.15/cwt83.00–85.501,0205
HeifersPrime—1,332111.17/cwt111.00–111.501,48125
SteersChoice and Prime—1,396108.42/cwt107.00–109.501,51431
HeifersChoice and Prime—1,259108.33/cwt107.50–109.001,36437
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight—1,59993.52/cwt92.00–95.001,4954
Dairy SteersChoice—1,53389.50/cwt89.50–89.501,3724
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,35459.86/cwt55.00–63.5081124
SteersChoice—1,326103.92/cwt100.00–106.501,37856
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,57869.69/cwt64.00–75.001,1009
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,43352.12/cwt51.00–53.007475
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19947.43/cwt44.00–50.505698
HeifersChoice—1,47598.00/cwt98.00–98.001,4461
Dairy SteersLarge 2—68565.00/cwt65.00–65.004452
SteersPrime—1,363112.67/cwt112.00–113.751,53638
CowsLean 85-90%—91530.00/cwt30.00–30.002751
CowsLean 85-90%—1,15840.96/cwt40.00–42.004742
CowsBreaker 75-80%Heavy Weight—1,96567.38/cwt64.00–71.001,3242
CowsBreaker 75-80%Heavy Weight—2,24068.50/cwt68.50–68.501,5341
HeifersMedium and Large 1—755115.00/cwt115.00–115.008686
HeifersMedium and Large 1—554110.00/cwt110.00–110.006099
BullsMedium and Large 1—461120.36/cwt120.00–120.505557
BullsMedium and Large 1—80595.00/cwt95.00–95.007653
BullsMedium and Large 1—600115.00/cwt115.00–115.006902
Dairy SteersLarge 2—72566.00/cwt66.00–66.004792

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.