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Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Apr 13
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
63 head
7 vs last sale 56 63 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
279 head
4 vs last sale 283 279 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
2 vs last sale 5 7 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 3.00 higher with slaughter heifers 2.00 higher with higher packer inquiry again this week. Holstein slaughter steers were 3.00 higher today with some Holstein slaughter heifers at a good value. Cows were 1.00 to 6.00 higher with a good offering of high dressing cows and bulls 2.00 to 8.00 higher with some high dressing bulls also. Feeder steers and bulls were trending higher with feeder heifers sharply higher with some good groups of value added feeders.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $130.05/cwt on 37 head.
Average price
$130.05
37 head · 642 lb average
Value per head Derived
$835
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$107
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2
$33.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.60
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1607143.7387222
Large 2695110.0076515thin
One grade step is worth $33.73/cwt here — about $107 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 sale37 hd
130.05
IN average4 barns · 347 hd
125.45
+4.60
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
BullsAverage1,89899.891,89511
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,32773.1697052
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,68068.501,1511thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,13060.176804thin
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,17796.001,1306thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage94976.007214thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,510105.001,5867thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,50093.001,3951thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,30186.121,1203thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,220124.091,51445
HeifersChoiceAverage1,262117.781,48616
HeifersSelectAverage1,430109.001,5591thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,357103.671,4073thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,342124.401,66985
SteersChoiceAverage1,309117.841,54310
SteersSelectAverage1,06897.761,0442thin

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
Bulls1,52590.07/cwt86.00–94.001,3742
Dairy SteersChoice1,30186.12/cwt85.00–87.001,1203
HeifersStandard1,357103.67/cwt100.00–110.001,4073
Bulls1,798102.77/cwt99.00–106.001,8486
BullsHeavy Weight2,345100.67/cwt100.00–102.002,3613
HeifersSelect1,430109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,5591
SteersMedium and Large 1735108.00/cwt108.00–108.007941
HeifersMedium and Large 1470125.00/cwt125.00–125.005881
HeifersMedium and Large 1552116.00/cwt116.00–116.006403
HeifersMedium and Large 1435131.00/cwt131.00–131.005701
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy563149.00/cwt149.00–149.008399
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy510136.00/cwt136.00–136.006949
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy480134.00/cwt134.00–134.006431
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added555148.00/cwt148.00–148.008215
BullsMedium and Large 1655111.00/cwt111.00–111.007271
BullsMedium and Large 11,095100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,0951
HeifersMedium and Large 1530121.00/cwt121.00–121.006411
HeifersMedium and Large 2795101.00/cwt101.00–101.008031
SteersChoice and Prime1,342124.40/cwt122.00–126.001,66985
Dairy SteersPrime1,510105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,5867
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added670125.00/cwt125.00–125.008384
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added495134.00/cwt134.00–134.006631
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,03092.00/cwt92.00–92.009481
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,18882.00/cwt82.00–82.009745
SteersSelect1,06897.76/cwt90.00–105.001,0442
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,23865.99/cwt61.00–69.5081715
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy540127.00/cwt127.00–127.006862
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added681139.00/cwt139.00–139.009477
CowsBreaker 75-80%Return to Feed1,05278.00/cwt78.00–78.008215
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,68068.50/cwt68.50–68.501,1511
SteersChoice1,309117.84/cwt110.00–119.751,54310
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,50093.00/cwt93.00–93.001,3951
SteersLarge 2695110.00/cwt110.00–110.0076515
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,10091.00/cwt91.00–91.001,0011
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41175.76/cwt70.00–82.001,06932
HeifersChoice and Prime1,220124.09/cwt123.50–125.751,51445
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13060.17/cwt57.00–63.006804
Dairy HeifersSelect94976.00/cwt76.00–76.007214
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,17796.00/cwt96.00–96.001,1306
HeifersChoice1,262117.78/cwt112.50–121.751,48616

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.