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Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Sep 28
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
91 head
48 vs last sale 43 33 vs year ago 58 · +56.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
99 head
140 vs last sale 239 159 vs year ago 258 · 61.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
2 vs last sale 0 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 1.00 to 2.00 higher with slaughter heifers 1.00 lower with lower packer bids today. Holstein slaughter steers too few to compare. Cows had instances of higher/lower with bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers were too few this week and feeder heifers were trending higher with feeder bulls sharply higher with a good offering of fancy and value added heifers and bulls this week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.13/cwt on 53 head.
Average price
$132.13
53 head · 517 lb average
Value per head Derived
$683
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$22
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$57.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.24
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1510133.2167952
Medium and Large 286576.006571thin
One grade step is worth $57.21/cwt here — about $22 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 sale53 hd
132.13
IN average4 barns · 317 hd
122.90
+9.24
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
BullsAverage1,77486.701,5386thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,39468.4595412
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,45957.008324thin
CowsLean 85-90%High99334.783454thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,470110.001,6171thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,70099.501,6921thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,395127.501,7791thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,236124.281,5369thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,045104.001,0871thin
SteersPrimeHigh1,477128.241,89421
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,275124.671,59015
SteersChoiceAverage1,285117.251,50710
SteersSelectAverage1,220104.501,2751thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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 1Fancy547147.00/cwt147.00–147.0080415
BullsMedium and Large 1517130.00/cwt130.00–130.006723
BullsMedium and Large 1Value Added367168.00/cwt168.00–168.006175
BullsMedium and Large 1655122.00/cwt122.00–122.007991
BullsMedium and Large 1760110.00/cwt110.00–110.008361
BullsMedium and Large 1420141.00/cwt141.00–141.005921
HeifersMedium and Large 1524128.75/cwt128.00–129.006754
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy668134.50/cwt134.50–134.508986
HeifersMedium and Large 1685111.45/cwt103.00–115.007634
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added501136.00/cwt136.00–136.006817
HeifersMedium and Large 1845100.00/cwt100.00–100.008451
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy506134.50/cwt134.50–134.506815
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy471140.00/cwt140.00–140.0065921
HeifersMedium and Large 1463132.10/cwt130.00–135.006128
BullsMedium and Large 1623131.05/cwt129.00–133.008164
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy575130.00/cwt130.00–130.007481
BullsMedium and Large 1300150.00/cwt150.00–150.004501
BullsMedium and Large 1260150.00/cwt150.00–150.003901
HeifersMedium and Large 1625115.00/cwt115.00–115.007191
HeifersMedium and Large 286576.00/cwt76.00–76.006571
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 31,075600.00/cwt600.00–600.006,4501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,5001,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0017,2501
Bulls1,52483.65/cwt82.00–85.001,2754
Bulls2,27392.80/cwt90.00–95.502,1092
CowsBoner 80-85%1,45957.00/cwt55.00–58.008324
CowsLean 85-90%1,15544.00/cwt44.00–44.005081
CowsLean 85-90%72028.00/cwt28.00–28.002021
CowsLean 85-90%1,04833.55/cwt30.00–36.003522
SteersChoice and Prime1,275124.67/cwt121.00–126.751,59015
SteersPrime1,513129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,95213
SteersChoice1,285117.25/cwt112.50–119.251,50710
Dairy SteersPrime1,470110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,6171
Dairy SteersChoice1,70099.50/cwt99.50–99.501,6921
SteersPrime1,418127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,8018
HeifersSelect1,045104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,0871
HeifersPrime1,395127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,7791
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46966.10/cwt60.00–69.009717
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,28871.73/cwt69.50–74.009245
HeifersChoice and Prime1,236124.28/cwt120.00–126.001,5369
SteersSelect1,220104.50/cwt104.50–104.501,2751

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.