Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2021-03-09

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Mar 9
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
48 head
48 vs last sale 96 15 vs year ago 33 · +45.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
338 head
66 vs last sale 404 122 vs year ago 216 · +56.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers 3.00 to 4.00 higher with slaughter heifers were 2.00 higher with a good offering of high quality steers and heifers with active buyer participation today. Holstein slaughter steers were 1.00 lower. Cows were 1.00 to 3.00 lower with active bidding on cows and bulls 4.00 lower this week. Feeder steers were mostly steady with feeder heifers 4.00 higher and feeder bulls 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.66/cwt on 25 head.
Average price
$111.66
25 head · 732 lb average
Value per head Derived
$817
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$138
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$24.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.52
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1728113.5982723
Medium and Large 277089.506892thin
One grade step is worth $24.09/cwt here — about $138 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 sale25 hd
111.66
IN average3 barns · 290 hd
114.18
−2.52
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
BullocksAverage1,300100.001,3001thin
BullsAverage1,30383.221,08410
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45566.6596960
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,33053.5271212
CowsLean 85-90%High1,31643.515732thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,52085.001,2922thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,247117.601,46617
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,251114.571,43385
HeifersChoiceAverage1,191108.681,2947thin
HeifersSelectAverage980101.009902thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,00086.418642thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,333119.391,592100
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,316114.801,51129
SteersChoiceAverage1,200110.291,3232thin
SteersSelectAverage940101.009494thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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
HeifersSelect980101.00/cwt101.00–101.009902
SteersSelect940101.00/cwt101.00–101.009494
HeifersChoice1,191108.68/cwt107.50–110.001,2947
Dairy SteersChoice1,52085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,2922
Bulls1,34185.02/cwt80.00–90.501,1408
Bulls1,15076.00/cwt76.00–76.008742
BullsMedium and Large 1600120.00/cwt120.00–120.007202
HeifersMedium and Large 253595.00/cwt95.00–95.005081
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy470134.00/cwt134.00–134.006301
SteersMedium and Large 2725111.00/cwt111.00–111.008051
HeifersMedium and Large 1635112.00/cwt112.00–112.007111
HeifersMedium and Large 1512125.66/cwt124.00–128.006435
BullsMedium and Large 2440105.99/cwt105.00–107.004662
HeifersMedium and Large 21,00584.00/cwt84.00–84.008441
Dairy SteersLarge 281070.00/cwt70.00–70.005671
BullsMedium and Large 1565130.00/cwt130.00–130.007353
HeifersMedium and Large 1455128.00/cwt128.00–128.005821
HeifersMedium and Large 1660115.00/cwt115.00–115.007592
SteersMedium and Large 1943105.00/cwt105.00–105.009904
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy495141.00/cwt141.00–141.006981
HeifersPrime1,247117.60/cwt117.00–118.001,46617
HeifersStandard1,00086.41/cwt85.00–88.008642
HeifersMedium and Large 1888104.39/cwt100.00–105.009278
SteersMedium and Large 1733120.00/cwt120.00–120.008803
SteersPrime1,368118.82/cwt117.00–119.751,62560
Dairy SteersLarge 288571.00/cwt71.00–71.006281
CowsLean 85-90%1,31643.51/cwt42.00–45.005732
SteersPrime1,281120.25/cwt120.00–120.501,54040
BullsMedium and Large 1848100.00/cwt100.00–100.008485
HeifersMedium and Large 1841109.03/cwt105.00–110.009175
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,68471.72/cwt70.00–76.001,20811
SteersChoice and Prime1,316114.80/cwt112.00–116.751,51129
Bullocks1,300100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,3001
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28555.58/cwt53.00–58.007147
SteersChoice1,200110.29/cwt109.00–111.501,3232
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39350.63/cwt48.00–52.007055
HeifersChoice and Prime1,251114.57/cwt112.00–116.251,43385
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40365.51/cwt59.00–69.0091949

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.