Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2021-08-03

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Aug 3
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
40 head
9 vs last sale 31 2 vs year ago 38 · +5.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
253 head
26 vs last sale 279 114 vs year ago 367 · 31.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers were 3.00 to 8.00 higher with slaughter heifers were 2.00 to 7.00 higher with better packer inquiry on higher quality steers and heifers. Holstein slaughter steers were 2.00 to 5.00 lower today. Cows were 1.00 to 4.00 higher with active buyer participation and bulls sharply higher with good buyer participation. Feeder steers were trending higher and feeder heifers with instances of higher/lower with feeder bulls 1.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.06/cwt on 19 head.
Average price
$116.06
19 head · 642 lb average
Value per head Derived
$745
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$4
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$24.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.15
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1617119.8874016thin
Medium and Large 277095.677373thin
One grade step is worth $24.21/cwt here — about $4 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 sale19 hd
116.06
IN average3 barns · 244 hd
121.20
−5.15
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
BullsAverage1,93397.371,8828thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,34077.501,03826
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15656.8965811
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,58395.971,5192thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,19190.001,0725thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,34577.001,0361thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,415129.001,8251thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,193125.931,50248
HeifersChoiceAverage1,228118.941,4616thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,425110.001,5681thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,52888.231,3483thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,303130.661,70242
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,295125.721,62875
SteersChoiceAverage1,309117.801,54210
SteersSelectAverage1,088105.001,1423thin

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
Bulls1,99387.36/cwt86.00–89.001,7413
Bulls1,897103.38/cwt96.50–109.001,9615
Dairy SteersSelect1,34577.00/cwt77.00–77.001,0361
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,088105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,1423
HeifersChoice1,228118.94/cwt115.00–121.501,4616
SteersChoice1,205117.88/cwt114.00–120.001,4208
BullsMedium and Large 2780100.00/cwt100.00–100.007801
BullsMedium and Large 280590.00/cwt90.00–90.007253
HeifersMedium and Large 2680101.00/cwt101.00–101.006872
Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 286562.00/cwt62.00–62.005362
SteersMedium and Large 1585138.70/cwt136.00–140.008113
SteersMedium and Large 2815100.00/cwt100.00–100.008151
HeifersMedium and Large 295085.00/cwt85.00–85.008081
HeifersMedium and Large 1600112.00/cwt112.00–112.006723
HeifersMedium and Large 1467128.35/cwt125.00–135.005996
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,725117.50/cwt117.50–117.502,0272
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added400157.00/cwt157.00–157.006284
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy613130.00/cwt130.00–130.007972
BullsMedium and Large 1725110.00/cwt110.00–110.007981
BullsMedium and Large 1425145.00/cwt145.00–145.006162
HeifersMedium and Large 1713117.00/cwt117.00–117.008342
CowsBoner 80-85%1,07751.06/cwt49.00–54.005503
HeifersMedium and Large 1875106.00/cwt106.00–106.009283
Dairy SteersChoice1,19190.00/cwt90.00–90.001,0725
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18659.08/cwt56.00–64.507018
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51268.74/cwt65.50–71.001,0393
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,31778.64/cwt73.00–83.501,03623
HeifersStandard1,52888.23/cwt86.50–90.001,3483
Dairy SteersLarge 260880.00/cwt80.00–80.004864
SteersChoice and Prime1,295125.72/cwt123.00–128.001,62875
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,58395.97/cwt95.00–97.001,5192
HeifersPrime1,415129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,8251
SteersPrime1,303130.66/cwt129.00–132.501,70242
HeifersChoice and Prime1,193125.93/cwt123.00–126.751,50248
HeifersSelect1,425110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,5681

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.