Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2021-07-06

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Jul 6
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 28▲ 24 vs year ago 11 · +218.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
115 head
▼ 90 vs last sale 205▼ 72 vs year ago 187 · −38.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 0▼ 1 vs year ago 2 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers were steady to lower with slaughter heifers 1.00 to 3.00 lower with a lighter offering this week. Holstein slaughter steers were 2.00 to 3.00 higher today. Cows had instances of higher/lower and bulls 2.00 lower. Feeder steers were trending lower with feeder heifers and bulls sharply higher with good valve added and fancy heifers and bulls.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $149.05/cwt on 20 head.
Average price
$149.05
20 head · 413 lb average
Value per head Derived
$615
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+35.52
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1413149.0561520
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale20 hd
149.05
—
IN average4 barns · 62 hd
113.53
+35.52
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
Bulls—Average1,89696.581,8315thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42173.951,05116
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,40263.3388810
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,56063.009831thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08439.384275thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,365114.501,5631thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,450101.501,4724thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,17580.509461thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,370120.001,6441thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,351117.431,5866thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,195110.001,3151thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,340122.251,63839
SteersChoiceAverage1,257115.041,44613
SteersSelectAverage1,063108.001,1483thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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
HeifersChoice—1,351117.43/cwt114.50–118.001,5866
SteersChoice—1,257115.04/cwt112.00–119.501,44613
HeifersMedium and Large 1—460137.00/cwt137.00–137.006301
BullsMedium and Large 1—615118.00/cwt118.00–118.007261
HeifersMedium and Large 2—1,01580.00/cwt80.00–80.008121
HeifersMedium and Large 2—600105.00/cwt105.00–105.006301
BullsMedium and Large 1—287142.00/cwt142.00–142.004083
SteersMedium and Large 1—774120.00/cwt120.00–120.009294
SteersMedium and Large 1—1,013110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,1142
SteersChoice and Prime—1,340122.25/cwt121.00–125.501,63839
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—354149.00/cwt149.00–149.005275
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy—410153.00/cwt153.00–153.006273
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy—342161.00/cwt161.00–161.005516
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy—515146.00/cwt146.00–146.007526
BullsMedium and Large 1—410136.00/cwt136.00–136.005581
CowsLean 85-90%—94542.95/cwt42.00–44.004062
HeifersMedium and Large 2—575101.00/cwt101.00–101.005811
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,38071.10/cwt70.00–72.0098110
CowsLean 85-90%—1,23551.00/cwt51.00–51.006301
CowsLean 85-90%—1,14830.00/cwt30.00–30.003442
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,56063.00/cwt63.00–63.009831
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,40263.33/cwt59.00–67.5088810
BullsMedium and Large 1—1,230114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,4021
HeifersChoice and Prime—1,370120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,6441
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime—1,450101.50/cwt101.50–101.501,4724
Dairy SteersPrime—1,365114.50/cwt114.50–114.501,5631
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,48978.70/cwt77.50–80.001,1726
SteersSelect—1,063108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,1483
Dairy SteersSelect—1,17580.50/cwt80.50–80.509461
HeifersSelect—1,195110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,3151
Bulls——1,89696.58/cwt94.50–98.001,8315

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.