Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2021-09-07

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Sep 7
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
29 head
7 vs last sale 22 15 vs year ago 14 · +107.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
204 head
54 vs last sale 258 31 vs year ago 235 · 13.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
4 vs last sale 0 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week due to coverage last week. but slaughter steers and heifers were trending lower with lower packer inquiry. Holstein slaughter steers were mostly steady. Cows were trending mostly steady with good value on high dressing cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder calves were at a good value on fancy type feeders with all others trending lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.80/cwt on 15 head.
Average price
$126.80
15 head · 503 lb average
Value per head Derived
$637
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$237
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$18.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.46
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1528130.5068812thin
Medium and Large 2403112.004523thin
One grade step is worth $18.50/cwt here — about $237 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
126.80
IN average1 barns · 88 hd
124.34
+2.46
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
BullsAverage1,62785.421,39018
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,39170.6298243
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,94068.001,3191thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,10053.8059213
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11640.404515thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,470107.751,5842thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,20894.351,1402thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,25581.001,0171thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,247130.381,62640
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,251122.991,53910
HeifersChoiceAverage1,176118.071,38919
HeifersSelectAverage1,160110.001,2761thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,17080.639443thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,299127.921,66224
SteersChoiceAverage1,319119.741,57913
SteersSelectAverage1,095105.001,1501thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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
BullsMedium and Large 1420115.00/cwt115.00–115.004831
BullsMedium and Large 1545117.00/cwt117.00–117.006381
BullsMedium and Large 1615120.00/cwt120.00–120.007382
BullsMedium and Large 262090.00/cwt90.00–90.005581
HeifersMedium and Large 2290125.00/cwt125.00–125.003631
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy350142.50/cwt142.50–142.504998
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy374160.00/cwt160.00–160.005987
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy590145.00/cwt145.00–145.008561
HeifersMedium and Large 1963101.00/cwt100.00–102.009732
HeifersMedium and Large 1840108.00/cwt108.00–108.009071
SteersMedium and Large 2640115.00/cwt115.00–115.007361
HeifersMedium and Large 1765116.00/cwt116.00–116.008871
HeifersMedium and Large 2575110.00/cwt110.00–110.006331
HeifersMedium and Large 2345101.00/cwt101.00–101.003481
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,05568.00/cwt68.00–68.007174
Bulls1,66488.08/cwt82.00–93.001,4668
Bulls2,02597.48/cwt94.00–101.501,9744
CowsLean 85-90%1,00337.38/cwt35.00–39.003752
HeifersStandard1,12573.00/cwt73.00–73.008211
Bulls1,31373.84/cwt70.00–80.009706
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33365.31/cwt61.50–69.0087114
SteersSelect1,095105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,1501
SteersChoice1,319119.74/cwt115.00–121.501,57913
SteersChoice and Prime1,299127.92/cwt126.00–128.751,66224
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,470107.75/cwt107.75–107.751,5842
HeifersSelect1,160110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,2761
Dairy SteersSelect1,25581.00/cwt81.00–81.001,0171
HeifersChoice1,176118.07/cwt113.00–120.001,38919
HeifersStandard1,19384.45/cwt84.00–85.001,0072
HeifersChoice and Prime1,251122.99/cwt122.00–125.001,53910
Dairy SteersChoice1,20894.35/cwt91.50–97.001,1402
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09455.83/cwt53.00–61.506118
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10950.56/cwt49.00–52.005615
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41973.18/cwt70.00–77.501,03829
CowsLean 85-90%1,19242.41/cwt40.00–45.005063
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,94068.00/cwt68.00–68.001,3191
HeifersPrime1,247130.38/cwt129.75–130.751,62640

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.