Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2021-06-01

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Jun 1
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
17 head
10 vs last sale 7 17 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
281 head
170 vs last sale 111 281 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 lower with slaughter heifers had instances of higher/lower with a good offering of steers and heifers this week. Holstein slaughter steers were trending mostly steady today. Cows were 1.00 to 2.00 higher with a good offering of higher dressing cows and bulls 3.00 to 6.00 higher. All classes of feeder calves were too few from last week to compare but trending lower.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $108.86/cwt on 7 head.
Average price
$108.86
7 head · 611 lb average
Value per head Derived
$665
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$26
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$18.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.52
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1587114.006695thin
Medium and Large 267096.006432thin
One grade step is worth $18.00/cwt here — about $26 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 sale7 hd
108.86
IN average4 barns · 33 hd
97.34
+11.52
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
BullsHigh1,63988.171,4457thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,30869.5190942
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,68068.001,1421thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,07452.675663thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,15940.374684thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,51370.001,0594thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,600105.001,6801thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,48694.721,4085thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,18080.009441thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,46575.001,0991thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,157119.111,37915
HeifersChoiceAverage1,223115.741,41640
HeifersSelectAverage1,309103.371,3537thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,21487.591,0635thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,256120.321,51177
SteersChoiceAverage1,307114.381,49553
SteersSelectAverage1,29099.751,28612

Every lot, as filed

36 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
Bulls1,19597.00/cwt97.00–97.001,1591
Bulls2,06071.00/cwt71.00–71.001,4631
Bulls1,64389.84/cwt85.00–91.001,4765
HeifersSelect1,309103.37/cwt96.00–108.001,3537
SteersSelect1,218101.60/cwt95.00–107.001,23710
Dairy HeifersSelect1,51370.00/cwt70.00–70.001,0594
HeifersMedium and Large 1398121.00/cwt121.00–121.004822
SteersMedium and Large 1360125.00/cwt125.00–125.004501
BullsMedium and Large 267096.00/cwt96.00–96.006432
HeifersMedium and Large 2685100.00/cwt100.00–100.006851
SteersMedium and Large 279090.00/cwt90.00–90.007111
HeifersMedium and Large 2645100.00/cwt100.00–100.006451
CowsLean 85-90%1,04536.59/cwt35.00–39.003822
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy423145.00/cwt145.00–145.006132
BullsMedium and Large 1430130.00/cwt130.00–130.005591
BullsMedium and Large 1600110.00/cwt110.00–110.006602
BullsMedium and Large 1653110.00/cwt110.00–110.007182
HeifersMedium and Large 1493111.00/cwt111.00–111.005472
HeifersStandard1,21487.59/cwt85.00–93.001,0635
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,68068.00/cwt68.00–68.001,1421
CowsBoner 80-85%1,07351.76/cwt51.50–52.005552
CowsBoner 80-85%1,07554.50/cwt54.50–54.505861
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35572.86/cwt70.00–79.0098720
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,26666.47/cwt61.00–69.5084222
Dairy SteersChoice1,18080.00/cwt80.00–80.009441
CowsLean 85-90%1,27344.14/cwt42.00–46.005622
SteersChoice and Prime1,256120.32/cwt119.00–122.251,51177
HeifersChoice and Prime1,123120.48/cwt119.75–121.001,35314
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,48694.72/cwt94.25–96.001,4085
Dairy SteersPrime1,600105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,6801
HeifersChoiceLight Weight84090.00/cwt90.00–90.007561
HeifersChoice and PrimeHeavy Weight1,640100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,6401
Dairy SteersSelect1,46575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,0991
SteersSelectHeavy Weight1,64890.50/cwt90.50–90.501,4912
HeifersChoice1,233116.40/cwt112.00–118.251,43539
SteersChoice1,307114.38/cwt110.00–118.501,49553

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.