Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2021-03-16

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Mar 16
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
55 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 48▲ 32 vs year ago 23 · +139.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
164 head
▼ 174 vs last sale 338▲ 89 vs year ago 75 · +118.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were1.00 to 3.00 lower with slaughter heifers 1.00 to 2.00 higher with steady packer bids this week. Too few of Holstein steers to compare today. Cows were 1.00 to 2.00 lower but active buyer participation and bulls 5.00 higher. Feeder steers were mostly steady with feeder heifers and bulls trending lower this week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.89/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$124.89
28 head · 526 lb average
Value per head Derived
$657
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$0
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1
$24.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.32
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1522125.7865627
Medium 1650101.006571thin
One grade step is worth $24.78/cwt here — about −$0 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 sale28 hd
124.89
—
IN average3 barns · 330 hd
113.57
+11.32
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—Average1,77687.241,5498thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,28966.3285525
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,64556.009211thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,10055.526113thin
CowsLean 85-90%High94739.383733thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,10581.008951thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,303114.941,49833
HeifersChoiceAverage1,129110.881,2524thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,370101.001,3841thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,336113.281,51452
SteersChoiceAverage1,262106.951,3508thin
SteersSelectAverage1,000100.281,0034thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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
Bulls——1,68484.04/cwt78.50–86.001,4155
Bulls——1,92892.57/cwt90.50–94.501,7853
HeifersSelect—1,370101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,3841
SteersSelect—1,050100.56/cwt100.00–101.001,0562
SteersSelectReturn to Feed—950100.00/cwt100.00–100.009502
SteersChoice—1,262106.95/cwt105.00–110.001,3508
HeifersMedium and Large 1—550120.00/cwt120.00–120.006602
HeifersMedium and Large 1—378130.00/cwt130.00–130.004913
HeifersMedium and Large 1—527120.00/cwt120.00–120.006327
SteersMedium and Large 1—548140.00/cwt140.00–140.007674
HeifersMedium and Large 1—233140.00/cwt140.00–140.003262
SteersMedium and Large 1—667130.00/cwt130.00–130.008676
HeifersMedium 1—650101.00/cwt101.00–101.006571
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—648126.00/cwt126.00–126.0081611
BullsMedium and Large 1—200145.00/cwt145.00–145.002902
BullsMedium and Large 1—386147.50/cwt147.50–147.505695
BullsMedium and Large 1—662105.00/cwt105.00–105.006956
HeifersMedium and Large 1—283130.00/cwt130.00–130.003682
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,22970.02/cwt69.00–71.008619
CowsLean 85-90%—94844.07/cwt43.50–45.004182
CowsLean 85-90%—94530.00/cwt30.00–30.002841
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,64556.00/cwt56.00–56.009211
HeifersChoice—1,129110.88/cwt110.50–111.001,2524
Dairy HeifersLarge 2—1,04166.00/cwt66.00–66.006874
Dairy SteersChoice—1,10581.00/cwt81.00–81.008951
HeifersChoice and Prime—1,303114.94/cwt112.00–117.001,49833
SteersChoice and Prime—1,321113.47/cwt112.00–114.001,49950
SteersChoice and PrimeHeavy Weight—1,720108.50/cwt108.50–108.501,8662
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10055.52/cwt53.50–57.006113
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,32364.24/cwt59.00–68.0085016

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.