Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2021-01-19

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Jan 19
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
97 head
6 vs last sale 91 16 vs year ago 81 · +19.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
309 head
21 vs last sale 330 171 vs year ago 138 · +123.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 2.00 to 4.00 lower with slaughter heifers 2.00 to 5.00 lower with a good offering of steers and heifers but lower packer bids again this week. No Holstein steer comparison this week. Cows were 1.00 to 2.00 higher with active bidding and bulls 4.00 higher today. Feeder steers were 2.00 higher with feeder heifers and bulls sharply lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.37/cwt on 43 head.
Average price
$112.37
43 head · 606 lb average
Value per head Derived
$681
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$355
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$47.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.97
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1622117.2072836
Medium and Large 252694.604985thin
Medium and Large 353370.003732thin
One grade step is worth $47.20/cwt here — about $355 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 sale43 hd
112.37
IN average3 barns · 354 hd
106.40
+5.97
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
BullsAverage1,56778.761,23413
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37865.1389835
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,54861.429514thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,22648.7759813
CowsLean 85-90%High1,22040.604953thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,34582.501,1101thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,00766.6767110
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,76085.001,4961thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,340110.861,48638
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,287106.471,37023
HeifersChoiceAverage1,21098.571,19316
HeifersSelectAverage1,37091.001,2471thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,39676.211,0645thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,360112.751,53311
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,412106.641,506100
SteersChoiceAverage1,346100.181,34823
SteersSelectAverage1,25587.001,0921thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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
Bulls1,55780.71/cwt75.00–84.001,2576
Bulls1,42388.40/cwt87.50–90.001,2583
Bulls1,50067.14/cwt62.50–70.001,0073
Dairy HeifersSelect1,00766.67/cwt66.25–68.0067110
SteersChoice1,346100.18/cwt95.50–103.001,34823
Dairy SteersChoice1,76085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,4961
HeifersMedium and Large 2495105.00/cwt105.00–105.005201
HeifersMedium and Large 2373101.00/cwt101.00–101.003772
HeifersMedium and Large 353370.00/cwt70.00–70.003732
HeifersMedium and Large 1639120.00/cwt120.00–120.0076723
HeifersMedium and Large 1530114.42/cwt112.00–115.006065
BullsMedium and Large 245086.00/cwt86.00–86.003872
BullsMedium and Large 265881.20/cwt80.00–86.0053410
HeifersMedium and Large 267086.00/cwt86.00–86.005761
HeifersMedium and Large 272080.00/cwt80.00–80.005761
BullsLarge 281867.00/cwt67.00–67.005482
SteersMedium and Large 1730130.00/cwt130.00–130.0094924
SteersMedium and Large 187595.00/cwt95.00–95.008312
BullsMedium and Large 183585.00/cwt85.00–85.007101
BullsMedium and Large 1587111.00/cwt111.00–111.006523
HeifersMedium and Large 1735100.00/cwt100.00–100.007351
SteersChoice and Prime1,412106.64/cwt105.00–108.501,506100
HeifersChoice1,20093.50/cwt93.50–93.501,1221
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37852.78/cwt52.50–53.007272
HeifersMedium and Large 11,02090.00/cwt90.00–90.009181
SteersMedium and Large 1528127.00/cwt127.00–127.006714
HeifersMedium and Large 1469121.00/cwt121.00–121.005675
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17348.15/cwt45.00–51.5056510
CowsLean 85-90%1,22040.60/cwt40.00–41.004953
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,54861.42/cwt54.50–64.509514
SteersMedium and Large 1498120.00/cwt120.00–120.005983
HeifersMedium and Large 193092.00/cwt92.00–92.008561
SteersMedium and Large 11,14094.00/cwt94.00–94.001,0723
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37462.61/cwt58.50–64.5086023
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38769.97/cwt65.00–74.0097012
CowsBoner 80-85%1,45047.00/cwt47.00–47.006821
HeifersChoice and Prime1,287106.47/cwt104.00–107.501,37023
SteersPrime1,360112.75/cwt112.75–112.751,53311
HeifersPrime1,340110.86/cwt109.75–111.501,48638
Dairy HeifersChoice1,34582.50/cwt82.50–82.501,1101
HeifersChoice1,21198.91/cwt98.00–103.001,19815
HeifersStandard1,39676.21/cwt74.50–79.501,0645
BullsHeavy Weight2,25573.00/cwt73.00–73.001,6461
HeifersSelect1,37091.00/cwt91.00–91.001,2471
SteersSelect1,25587.00/cwt87.00–87.001,0921

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.