Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2021-04-20

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Apr 20
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
46 head
17 vs last sale 63 46 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
244 head
35 vs last sale 279 244 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 4.00 lower with slaughter heifers 2.00 to 3.00 lower with a lighter packer inquiry this week. No Holstein comparison this week. Cows were 1.00 to 3.00 lower but a good offering of cows this week and bulls were 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls were mostly steady with feeder heifers instances of higher/lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.12/cwt on 17 head.
Average price
$113.12
17 head · 570 lb average
Value per head Derived
$645
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$128
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$18.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.11
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1577118.5068412thin
Medium and Large 2554100.205565thin
One grade step is worth $18.30/cwt here — about $128 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 sale17 hd
113.12
IN average5 barns · 541 hd
122.23
−9.11
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
BullsAverage1,60895.601,53716
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,34171.9496542
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,24255.526905thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,31539.045133thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,33585.001,1351thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,25575.009411thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,259121.971,53663
HeifersChoiceAverage1,271114.891,46031
HeifersSelectAverage1,09095.001,0361thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,09584.169225thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,368123.911,69546
SteersChoiceAverage1,361113.711,54814

Every lot, as filed

32 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16057.15/cwt55.00–59.006634
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,34874.22/cwt70.00–78.501,00031
Bulls1,35688.05/cwt84.00–94.001,1947
Bulls1,804101.47/cwt99.50–104.501,8319
HeifersStandard1,09584.16/cwt81.00–90.509225
SteersChoice1,361113.71/cwt108.00–116.001,54814
BullsMedium and Large 1567122.00/cwt122.00–122.006923
BullsMedium and Large 1521123.95/cwt120.00–130.006465
HeifersMedium and Large 2520101.00/cwt101.00–101.005251
HeifersMedium and Large 2433100.00/cwt100.00–100.004332
HeifersMedium and Large 2693100.00/cwt100.00–100.006932
SteersMedium and Large 2795108.00/cwt108.00–108.008591
SteersMedium and Large 1624131.00/cwt131.00–131.008174
BullsMedium and Large 2722106.09/cwt100.00–109.007666
CowsLean 85-90%1,44043.56/cwt42.00–45.006272
CowsBoner 80-85%1,57049.00/cwt49.00–49.007691
SteersMedium and Large 1370161.00/cwt161.00–161.005962
HeifersMedium and Large 1455121.00/cwt121.00–121.005511
HeifersMedium and Large 1530126.00/cwt126.00–126.006683
HeifersMedium and Large 1688114.32/cwt111.00–116.007873
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,32165.51/cwt60.00–68.5086511
CowsLean 85-90%1,06530.00/cwt30.00–30.003201
HeifersMedium and Large 1563116.00/cwt116.00–116.006535
SteersMedium and Large 192599.00/cwt99.00–99.009162
HeifersChoice and Prime1,259121.97/cwt120.75–123.751,53663
SteersChoice and Prime1,368123.91/cwt123.00–125.251,69546
HeifersSelect1,09095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,0361
Dairy SteersSelect1,25575.00/cwt75.00–75.009411
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy516148.00/cwt148.00–148.007644
BullsMedium and Large 1415135.00/cwt135.00–135.005602
HeifersChoice1,271114.89/cwt108.00–117.001,46031
Dairy HeifersChoice1,33585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,1351

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.