Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2021-07-20

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Jul 20
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
38 head
23 vs last sale 15 10 vs year ago 28 · +35.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
223 head
10 vs last sale 233 6 vs year ago 217 · +2.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers had instance of higher/lower with slaughter heifers 1.00 higher and a good offering of steers and heifers. Not enough of Holstein slaughter to compare. Cows were 3.00 to 5.00 lower with bulls 1.00 higher this week. All feeder calves were mostly steady today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $141.07/cwt on 15 head.
Average price
$141.07
15 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$792
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+18.89
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1561141.0779215thin
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 sale15 hd
141.07
IN average4 barns · 420 hd
122.17
+18.89
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
BullsHigh1,80393.671,6895thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,31271.9594415
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18057.736815thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,29838.004932thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,35585.001,1521thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,700108.001,8361thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,21585.001,0331thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,193126.531,51037
HeifersChoiceAverage1,141118.271,34931
HeifersSelectAverage92598.279093thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,35790.301,2253thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,303128.001,66832
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,354124.511,68642
SteersChoiceAverage1,408114.801,61734
SteersSelectAverage1,385109.001,5102thin
SteersStandardAverage1,56094.501,4741thin

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
Bulls1,59599.50/cwt99.50–99.501,5871
HeifersSelect940106.91/cwt105.00–109.001,0052
SteersSelect1,385109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,5102
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed89581.00/cwt81.00–81.007251
HeifersStandard1,35790.30/cwt83.00–94.001,2253
SteersStandard1,56094.50/cwt94.50–94.501,4741
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added522147.50/cwt147.50–147.5077012
HeifersMedium and Large 1519126.88/cwt121.00–130.006593
HeifersMedium and Large 2850100.00/cwt100.00–100.008501
BullsMedium and Large 1743111.00/cwt111.00–111.008253
BullsMedium and Large 1467138.55/cwt136.00–139.006477
HeifersMedium and Large 1230151.00/cwt151.00–151.003471
SteersMedium and Large 1613123.00/cwt123.00–123.007542
HeifersMedium and Large 1598125.00/cwt125.00–125.007482
HeifersMedium and Large 1384126.00/cwt126.00–126.004845
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40267.16/cwt64.00–69.009423
SteersMedium and Large 1930100.00/cwt100.00–100.009301
CowsLean 85-90%1,09546.00/cwt46.00–46.005041
CowsLean 85-90%1,50030.00/cwt30.00–30.004501
SteersPrime1,303128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,66832
SteersChoice1,356115.60/cwt113.00–118.501,56828
SteersChoice and Prime1,345124.74/cwt123.00–126.501,67841
HeifersMedium and Large 1300137.00/cwt137.00–137.004111
CowsBoner 80-85%88550.00/cwt50.00–50.004431
HeifersChoice1,141118.27/cwt112.00–121.501,34931
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25459.66/cwt58.50–61.007484
Dairy SteersChoice1,21585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,0331
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,765109.24/cwt106.00–113.001,9282
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,28973.15/cwt70.00–78.0094312
HeifersChoice and Prime1,193126.53/cwt122.50–127.501,51037
SteersChoice and PrimeHeavy Weight1,730115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,9901
Bulls1,85592.21/cwt88.50–96.501,7104
Dairy SteersPrime1,700108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,8361
Dairy HeifersChoice1,35585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,1521
SteersChoice1,595112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,7864

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.