Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2021-06-29

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Jun 29
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
28 head
33 vs last sale 61 28 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
205 head
44 vs last sale 249 205 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 3.00 higher and some good quality groups of slaughter steers and heifers. Holstein slaughter steers were 4.00 lower today. Cows were 1.00 to 3.00 lower but still at a good value and bulls 6.00 higher. Feeder steers were sharply higher with feeder heifers and bulls mostly steady today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.00/cwt on 11 head.
Average price
$118.00
11 head · 765 lb average
Value per head Derived
$903
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$371
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$41.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.23
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1771121.8093910thin
Medium and Large 271080.005681thin
One grade step is worth $41.80/cwt here — about $371 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 sale11 hd
118.00
IN average4 barns · 297 hd
118.23
−0.23
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
BullsAverage1,91499.191,8989thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45875.571,10221
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,14565.027446thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average91840.003672thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,445112.001,6183thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,45586.001,2512thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,172122.891,44040
HeifersChoiceAverage1,197118.001,41225
HeifersSelectAverage1,048104.371,0948thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,25585.001,0671thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,428127.001,8149thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,222122.251,49441
SteersChoiceAverage1,253116.091,45512
SteersSelectAverage1,167106.591,2443thin

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
SteersSelect1,167106.59/cwt101.00–110.001,2443
HeifersStandard1,25585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,0671
Bulls1,91499.19/cwt93.50–102.501,8989
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51777.48/cwt73.50–81.501,17516
HeifersSelect1,048104.37/cwt100.00–110.001,0948
HeifersChoice and Prime1,172122.89/cwt120.00–125.001,44040
SteersMedium and Large 1837129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,0803
Dairy HeifersLarge 288360.00/cwt60.00–60.005302
HeifersMedium and Large 271080.00/cwt80.00–80.005681
BullsMedium and Large 1510130.00/cwt130.00–130.006631
BullsMedium and Large 1800106.00/cwt106.00–106.008481
HeifersMedium and Large 1843120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0127
SteersMedium and Large 1945127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,2001
Dairy SteersPrime1,445112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,6183
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added920130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1965
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,27069.44/cwt68.00–71.008825
Dairy SteersChoice1,45586.00/cwt86.00–86.001,2512
HeifersChoice1,197118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,41225
Dairy SteersLarge 280865.00/cwt65.00–65.005254
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14565.02/cwt60.00–67.007446
HeifersMedium and Large 1603126.00/cwt126.00–126.007603
CowsLean 85-90%91840.00/cwt40.00–40.003672
SteersChoice and Prime1,222122.25/cwt121.00–125.251,49441
SteersPrime1,428127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,8149
SteersChoice1,253116.09/cwt112.50–117.001,45512

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.