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
Bullocks—Average1,300100.001,3001thin
Bulls—Average1,30383.221,08410
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
HeifersSelect—980101.00/cwt101.00–101.009902
SteersSelect—940101.00/cwt101.00–101.009494
HeifersChoice—1,191108.68/cwt107.50–110.001,2947
Dairy SteersChoice—1,52085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,2922
Bulls——1,34185.02/cwt80.00–90.501,1408
Bulls——1,15076.00/cwt76.00–76.008742
BullsMedium and Large 1—600120.00/cwt120.00–120.007202
HeifersMedium and Large 2—53595.00/cwt95.00–95.005081
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—470134.00/cwt134.00–134.006301
SteersMedium and Large 2—725111.00/cwt111.00–111.008051
HeifersMedium and Large 1—635112.00/cwt112.00–112.007111
HeifersMedium and Large 1—512125.66/cwt124.00–128.006435
BullsMedium and Large 2—440105.99/cwt105.00–107.004662
HeifersMedium and Large 2—1,00584.00/cwt84.00–84.008441
Dairy SteersLarge 2—81070.00/cwt70.00–70.005671
BullsMedium and Large 1—565130.00/cwt130.00–130.007353
HeifersMedium and Large 1—455128.00/cwt128.00–128.005821
HeifersMedium and Large 1—660115.00/cwt115.00–115.007592
SteersMedium and Large 1—943105.00/cwt105.00–105.009904
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—495141.00/cwt141.00–141.006981
HeifersPrime—1,247117.60/cwt117.00–118.001,46617
HeifersStandard—1,00086.41/cwt85.00–88.008642
HeifersMedium and Large 1—888104.39/cwt100.00–105.009278
SteersMedium and Large 1—733120.00/cwt120.00–120.008803
SteersPrime—1,368118.82/cwt117.00–119.751,62560
Dairy SteersLarge 2—88571.00/cwt71.00–71.006281
CowsLean 85-90%—1,31643.51/cwt42.00–45.005732
SteersPrime—1,281120.25/cwt120.00–120.501,54040
BullsMedium and Large 1—848100.00/cwt100.00–100.008485
HeifersMedium and Large 1—841109.03/cwt105.00–110.009175
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,68471.72/cwt70.00–76.001,20811
SteersChoice and Prime—1,316114.80/cwt112.00–116.751,51129
Bullocks——1,300100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,3001
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,28555.58/cwt53.00–58.007147
SteersChoice—1,200110.29/cwt109.00–111.501,3232
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,39350.63/cwt48.00–52.007055
HeifersChoice and Prime—1,251114.57/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.