Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2021-05-04

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, May 4
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
41 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 46▲ 41 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
175 head
▼ 69 vs last sale 244▲ 175 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison this week due to no coverage last week, but slaughter steers trending lower and slaughter heifers trending lower with lower packer inquiry this week. Holstein slaughter steers were mostly steady. Cows were trending higher with a good offering of high dressing cows a active buyer participation with bulls trending lower. Feeder steers and feeder heifers were trending lower with feeder bulls trend higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.83/cwt on 24 head.
Average price
$119.83
24 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$642
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$100
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$24.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.82
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1532122.9065421
Medium and Large 256398.335543thin
One grade step is worth $24.56/cwt here — about $100 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 sale24 hd
119.83
—
IN average5 barns · 373 hd
118.01
+1.82
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—Low1,61191.291,47118
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,39471.721,00047
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,33560.008011thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High99059.245862thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,46297.181,42110
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,30081.001,0531thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,342121.971,63724
HeifersChoiceAverage1,191116.701,39024
HeifersSelectAverage1,100106.001,1661thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,39585.381,1914thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,322120.631,59517
SteersChoiceAverage1,335115.101,53718
SteersSelectAverage1,058102.591,0852thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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——2,11076.00/cwt76.00–76.001,6041
Bulls——1,47890.46/cwt83.00–94.001,33712
SteersSelect—1,058102.59/cwt100.00–105.001,0852
HeifersChoice—1,191116.70/cwt113.00–119.001,39024
SteersChoice—1,335115.10/cwt114.00–116.001,53718
SteersChoice and Prime—1,322120.63/cwt120.50–120.751,59517
HeifersMedium and Large 1—498115.00/cwt115.00–115.005732
HeifersMedium and Large 1—695106.00/cwt106.00–106.007371
HeifersMedium and Large 1—515126.00/cwt126.00–126.006491
BullsMedium and Large 1—520130.00/cwt130.00–130.006762
BullsMedium and Large 1—567129.00/cwt129.00–129.007313
SteersMedium and Large 1—660120.00/cwt120.00–120.007921
BullsMedium and Large 1—340150.00/cwt150.00–150.005101
HeifersMedium and Large 2—495105.00/cwt105.00–105.005202
BullsMedium and Large 2—77880.00/cwt80.00–80.006222
HeifersChoice and Prime—1,342121.97/cwt119.75–123.751,63724
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime—1,46297.18/cwt94.00–97.501,42110
Bulls——1,83096.35/cwt95.00–97.501,7635
BullsMedium and Large 2—670106.00/cwt106.00–106.007101
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—550127.50/cwt127.50–127.507015
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—460135.00/cwt135.00–135.006213
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,28165.67/cwt60.00–69.5084114
HeifersStandard—1,47283.00/cwt80.00–85.001,2223
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,44274.28/cwt70.00–79.001,07133
HeifersMedium and Large 1—295141.00/cwt141.00–141.004161
HeifersMedium and Large 1—567116.92/cwt112.00–120.006638
HeifersMedium and Large 2—70085.00/cwt85.00–85.005951
HeifersSelect—1,100106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,1661
Dairy SteersSelect—1,30081.00/cwt81.00–81.001,0531
HeifersStandard—1,16592.50/cwt92.50–92.501,0781
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,33560.00/cwt60.00–60.008011
CowsBoner 80-85%—99059.24/cwt59.00–59.505862
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—583145.00/cwt145.00–145.008455

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.