Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2021-02-09

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Feb 9
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
25 head
15 vs last sale 10 7 vs year ago 32 · 21.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
159 head
68 vs last sale 227 86 vs year ago 245 · 35.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 1.00 to 4.00 higher with slaughter heifers 3.00 to 4.00 higher with higher packer inquiry again this week. No Holstein slaughter steers to compare. Cows were 1.00 to 6.00 higher with good valve on high dressing and bulls were 2.00 higher today. All feeder calves were too few to compare, but were trending higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.18/cwt on 11 head.
Average price
$123.18
11 head · 489 lb average
Value per head Derived
$602
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+9.61
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1489123.1860211thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale11 hd
123.18
IN average3 barns · 280 hd
113.58
+9.61
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
BullsLow1,66685.291,4219thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37169.8695815
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,07054.005781thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,08541.014453thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,34089.001,1931thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,354115.371,56239
HeifersChoiceAverage1,298110.221,4319thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,41684.871,2025thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,14880.609252thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,260118.001,48714
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,396115.741,61625
SteersChoiceAverage1,295109.621,42016
SteersSelectAverage1,200100.001,2001thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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
Bulls1,61565.00/cwt65.00–65.001,0501
Bulls1,57185.78/cwt83.00–88.501,3486
SteersSelect1,200100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,2001
Dairy SteersChoice1,34089.00/cwt89.00–89.001,1931
SteersPrime1,260118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,48714
HeifersChoice1,312112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,4698
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,14880.60/cwt78.00–83.009252
BullsMedium and Large 186090.00/cwt90.00–90.007746
HeifersMedium and Large 1340125.00/cwt125.00–125.004253
SteersChoice and Prime1,396115.74/cwt113.00–117.751,61625
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,22862.96/cwt60.00–66.007737
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49775.89/cwt71.00–80.001,1368
BullsMedium and Large 291580.00/cwt80.00–80.007321
BullsMedium and Large 1460128.00/cwt128.00–128.005891
BullsMedium and Large 1292131.00/cwt131.00–131.003833
HeifersChoice1,19096.00/cwt96.00–96.001,1421
HeifersChoice and Prime1,354115.37/cwt113.00–117.751,56239
SteersChoice1,245111.16/cwt110.00–112.001,38414
HeifersMedium and Large 1545122.50/cwt122.50–122.506688
SteersMedium and Large 1420141.00/cwt141.00–141.005921
SteersMedium and Large 1613128.00/cwt128.00–128.007852
CowsLean 85-90%1,23542.50/cwt42.50–42.505251
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,64598.84/cwt96.00–101.501,6262
Bulls1,97893.96/cwt92.00–95.501,8592
HeifersStandard1,41684.87/cwt79.00–89.001,2025
CowsBoner 80-85%1,07054.00/cwt54.00–54.005781
CowsLean 85-90%1,01040.27/cwt40.00–40.504072

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.