Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2021-05-11

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, May 11
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
5 head
36 vs last sale 41 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
389 head
214 vs last sale 175 389 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 steady to 1.00 higher with slaughter heifers 1.00 to 2.00 lower but a good offering of good quality steers and heifers this week. Holstein slaughter steers were trending higher today. Cows were 1.00 lower but a good offering of high dressing fed cows and bulls had instances of higher/lower. No test on feeders this week due to few numbers.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $120.00/cwt on 3 head.
Average price
$120.00
3 head · 603 lb average
Value per head Derived
$724
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$79
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$28.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+16.14
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1528129.506832thin
Medium and Large 2755101.007631thin
One grade step is worth $28.50/cwt here — about −$79 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 sale3 hd
120.00
IN average5 barns · 70 hd
103.86
+16.14
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
BullsAverage1,80091.371,6457thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,36472.1898562
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,16252.586114thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average90939.463595thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,660107.251,7804thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,50097.001,4551thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,37593.011,2793thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,276121.501,55049
HeifersChoiceAverage1,175113.921,33842
HeifersSelectAverage1,01398.4499711
HeifersStandardAverage1,17284.939953thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,312120.401,580128
SteersChoiceAverage1,419114.921,63144
SteersSelectAverage1,065105.491,1232thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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
Bulls1,73289.29/cwt81.00–93.501,5475
SteersChoice1,403115.27/cwt110.00–118.751,61742
Dairy SteersPrime1,660107.25/cwt107.25–107.251,7804
Bulls1,97096.57/cwt95.50–97.501,9022
SteersSelect1,065105.49/cwt105.00–106.001,1232
HeifersSelect1,01398.44/cwt95.00–106.0099711
BullsMedium and Large 1425142.00/cwt142.00–142.006041
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,23965.44/cwt61.00–69.5081114
HeifersMedium and Large 1555116.00/cwt116.00–116.006441
HeifersStandard1,17284.93/cwt80.00–90.009953
SteersChoice and Prime1,312120.40/cwt119.00–122.251,580128
BullsMedium and Large 2755101.00/cwt101.00–101.007631
HeifersMedium and Large 263091.00/cwt91.00–91.005731
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40854.19/cwt53.00–55.007632
BullsMedium and Large 1630117.00/cwt117.00–117.007371
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,50097.00/cwt97.00–97.001,4551
CowsLean 85-90%83030.00/cwt30.00–30.002491
HeifersChoice1,325112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,4841
Dairy SteersChoice1,37593.01/cwt90.00–95.001,2793
HeifersChoice1,171113.97/cwt108.00–117.751,33541
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40174.14/cwt70.00–81.001,03948
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,760107.47/cwt107.00–108.001,8912
HeifersChoice and Prime1,276121.50/cwt120.75–122.001,55049
CowsLean 85-90%92941.83/cwt40.00–45.003894
CowsBoner 80-85%91550.96/cwt50.00–52.004662

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.