Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2021-08-10

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Aug 10
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
29 head
11 vs last sale 40 151 vs year ago 180 · 83.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
297 head
44 vs last sale 253 24 vs year ago 321 · 7.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers were unevenly steady and slaughter heifers were 1.00 to 2.00 higher with a good offering of steers and heifers. Holstein slaughter steers were 2.00 to 4.00 higher today. Cows were 4.00 lower and bulls 3.00 higher with a lighter offering this week. Feeder steers were too few to compare with feeder heifers 3.00 to 6.00 lower and feeder bulls trending lower.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $126.93/cwt on 15 head.
Average price
$126.93
15 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$697
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$215
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$28.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.04
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1444136.4060610thin
Medium and Large 2760108.008215thin
One grade step is worth $28.40/cwt here — about −$215 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 sale15 hd
126.93
IN average4 barns · 102 hd
121.89
+5.04
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
BullsAverage1,34791.181,22810
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,46275.011,0978thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,269112.751,4314thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,350100.501,3572thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,34592.001,2375thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,186129.001,53013
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,201127.761,53461
HeifersChoiceAverage1,178119.371,40662
HeifersStandardAverage1,41590.001,2742thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,276129.321,65017
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,299125.931,63671
SteersChoiceAverage1,321117.181,54829
SteersSelectAverage1,181107.901,2745thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,100111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,2211
Dairy SteersChoice1,34592.00/cwt92.00–92.001,2375
HeifersChoice1,178119.37/cwt112.00–121.751,40662
SteersPrime1,276129.32/cwt129.00–129.501,65017
HeifersStandard1,41590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,2742
HeifersChoice and Prime1,201127.76/cwt124.50–128.751,53461
HeifersMedium and Large 1855102.50/cwt100.00–105.008762
SteersMedium and Large 1925100.00/cwt100.00–100.009251
SteersMedium and Large 1850100.00/cwt100.00–100.008501
Dairy SteersPrime1,269112.75/cwt112.75–112.751,4314
Bulls1,34791.18/cwt88.00–98.001,22810
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy455132.00/cwt132.00–132.006011
HeifersMedium and Large 2300110.00/cwt110.00–110.003302
BullsMedium and Large 1555123.00/cwt123.00–123.006833
HeifersMedium and Large 1481121.55/cwt120.00–123.005854
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46275.01/cwt72.50–78.001,0978
SteersChoice1,321117.18/cwt114.00–120.001,54829
SteersSelect1,201107.13/cwt105.00–110.001,2874
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy390153.00/cwt153.00–153.005974
HeifersMedium and Large 1550123.00/cwt123.00–123.006772
BullsMedium and Large 2760108.00/cwt108.00–108.008215
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,350100.50/cwt100.50–100.501,3572
SteersChoice and Prime1,299125.93/cwt123.50–128.751,63671
HeifersPrime1,186129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,53013
BullsMedium and Large 1435125.00/cwt125.00–125.005441
BullsMedium and Large 1390129.00/cwt129.00–129.005032
HeifersMedium and Large 1915103.00/cwt103.00–103.009421

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.