Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2021-05-18

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, May 18
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
43 head
38 vs last sale 5 43 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
332 head
57 vs last sale 389 332 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
5 vs last sale 0 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers had instances of higher/lower with slaughter heifers were trading mostly steady. Holstein slaughter steers were measurably lower this week but a good offering of Holstein steers today. Cows were uneven this week with active buyer participation and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 lower. All classes of feeder calves were mostly steady this week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.16/cwt on 22 head.
Average price
$111.16
22 head · 713 lb average
Value per head Derived
$792
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$168
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$29.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.35
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1708113.8880620
Medium and Large 276083.966382thin
One grade step is worth $29.92/cwt here — about $168 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 sale22 hd
111.16
IN average3 barns · 261 hd
116.51
−5.35
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
BullsHigh1,64688.471,45715
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,36270.7296325
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28252.316703thin
Dairy HeifersPrimeAverage1,375100.251,3781thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,425109.501,5601thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,45296.061,39544
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,30284.811,1047thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,218121.451,47981
HeifersChoiceAverage1,167114.221,33319
HeifersSelectAverage1,085102.971,1176thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,19081.789732thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,289121.611,56847
SteersChoiceAverage1,294113.021,46253
SteersSelectAverage1,165105.001,2231thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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
Bulls1,68993.89/cwt91.00–104.501,5865
Bulls1,53984.85/cwt80.00–89.001,3069
BullsHeavy Weight2,40094.00/cwt94.00–94.002,2561
HeifersSelect1,085102.97/cwt92.00–107.001,1176
SteersSelect1,165105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,2231
Dairy HeifersPrime1,375100.25/cwt100.25–100.251,3781
BullsMedium and Large 1603131.00/cwt131.00–131.007906
SteersMedium and Large 1625120.00/cwt120.00–120.007501
HeifersMedium and Large 1973103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,0022
HeifersMedium and Large 1758110.00/cwt110.00–110.008346
HeifersMedium and Large 1525121.62/cwt118.00–127.006399
HeifersMedium and Large 1935107.00/cwt106.00–108.001,0002
BullsMedium and Large 290080.00/cwt80.00–80.007201
HeifersMedium and Large 276083.96/cwt81.00–87.006382
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy557140.00/cwt140.00–140.0078011
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1251,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0011,2501
BullsMedium and Large 1540120.00/cwt120.00–120.006481
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,050925.00/cwt925.00–925.009,7131
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,0501,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0010,7631
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2001,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0013,2001
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy445140.00/cwt140.00–140.006231
SteersChoice1,294113.02/cwt108.00–118.251,46253
HeifersMedium and Large 11,070103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,1021
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21050.46/cwt49.50–51.506112
CowsBoner 80-85%1,42556.00/cwt56.00–56.007981
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39773.71/cwt70.00–76.001,03015
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,31066.23/cwt63.00–69.0086810
Dairy SteersChoice1,30284.81/cwt83.00–89.751,1047
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2751,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0013,7061
HeifersChoice and Prime1,218121.45/cwt119.00–123.001,47981
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,45296.06/cwt95.00–98.751,39544
SteersChoice and Prime1,289121.61/cwt119.50–124.251,56847
Dairy SteersPrime1,425109.50/cwt109.50–109.501,5601
HeifersStandard1,19081.78/cwt80.00–84.009732
HeifersChoice1,167114.22/cwt109.00–115.001,33319

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.