Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2021-03-30

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Mar 30
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
90 head
40 vs last sale 50 90 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
263 head
63 vs last sale 200 263 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 1.00 to 2.00 higher with slaughter heifers were 2.00 to 7.00 higher with a good offering of higher quality steers and heifers and higher packer bids. Cows were 1.00 to 3.00 lower with bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher and some higher dressing bulls this week. Feeder heifers were sharply lower with feeder bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower and feeder steers too few to compare.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.16/cwt on 51 head.
Average price
$120.16
51 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$643
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$174
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$21.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.89
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538121.4265348
Medium and Large 248099.974803thin
One grade step is worth $21.45/cwt here — about $174 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 sale51 hd
120.16
IN average2 barns · 298 hd
119.27
+0.89
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
BullsAverage1,80688.411,59714
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,47965.9697547
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,22852.136407thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,02642.794396thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,37284.501,1593thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,240117.861,46163
HeifersChoiceAverage1,158114.091,32114
HeifersSelectAverage1,19592.001,0991thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,49581.001,2111thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,387118.361,64267
SteersChoiceAverage1,404111.141,56013

Every lot, as filed

40 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
Bulls1,60986.76/cwt83.50–88.001,3967
Bulls1,84092.02/cwt90.00–97.501,6935
HeifersChoice1,145114.25/cwt107.50–115.751,30813
Dairy SteersChoice1,37284.50/cwt84.50–84.501,1593
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,647105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,7293
SteersChoice and Prime1,387118.36/cwt116.00–120.001,64267
BullsMedium and Large 1735110.00/cwt110.00–110.008091
HeifersMedium and Large 1528123.50/cwt123.00–124.006522
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added731118.00/cwt118.00–118.008635
SteersMedium and Large 1920106.00/cwt106.00–106.009751
HeifersMedium and Large 1655103.00/cwt103.00–103.0067512
HeifersMedium and Large 1391136.64/cwt130.00–138.0053418
HeifersMedium and Large 1483118.90/cwt115.00–123.005742
HeifersMedium and Large 2415101.45/cwt100.00–103.004212
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy490144.50/cwt144.50–144.5070810
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy470131.64/cwt131.00–133.006193
HeifersMedium and Large 1775110.00/cwt110.00–110.008532
HeifersMedium and Large 1910100.48/cwt99.00–102.009142
Dairy HeifersLarge 292574.50/cwt74.50–74.506894
BullsMedium and Large 1200136.00/cwt136.00–136.002721
BullsMedium and Large 2613101.00/cwt101.00–101.006196
HeifersMedium and Large 261097.00/cwt97.00–97.005921
BullsMedium and Large 1670111.00/cwt111.00–111.007441
HeifersMedium and Large 1238121.00/cwt121.00–121.002882
CowsLean 85-90%99843.55/cwt40.00–46.004355
CowsLean 85-90%1,16539.00/cwt39.00–39.004541
BullsMedium and Large 1340154.00/cwt154.00–154.005245
BullsMedium and Large 1456135.62/cwt135.00–140.006188
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43556.23/cwt55.00–57.008073
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54470.01/cwt68.00–77.501,08118
BullsHeavy Weight2,41385.13/cwt82.00–88.502,0542
HeifersSelect1,19592.00/cwt92.00–92.001,0991
BullsMedium and Large 1395117.00/cwt117.00–117.004621
BullsMedium and Large 1585128.00/cwt128.00–128.007491
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43863.44/cwt58.00–67.5091229
CowsBoner 80-85%1,07349.05/cwt47.00–50.505264
SteersChoice1,331112.98/cwt107.00–114.001,50410
HeifersChoice1,320112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,4781
HeifersChoice and Prime1,240117.86/cwt116.00–119.751,46163
HeifersStandard1,49581.00/cwt81.00–81.001,2111

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.