Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2021-11-16

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Nov 16
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
74 head
34 vs last sale 40 6 vs year ago 68 · +8.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
329 head
73 vs last sale 256 90 vs year ago 419 · 21.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last due to no coverage last week but, slaughter steers and heifers were trending mostly steady to higher. Holstein slaughter steers were also trending steady.

Cows and bulls were unevenly steady with a good offering of cows. Feeder calves were also steady to higher with good value on high quality feeders.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $125.63/cwt on 30 head.
Average price
$125.63
30 head · 414 lb average
Value per head Derived
$521
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$276
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$13.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.53
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1486131.1763718thin
Medium and Large 2308117.3336112thin
One grade step is worth $13.83/cwt here — about $276 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 sale30 hd
125.63
IN average2 barns · 152 hd
128.17
−2.53
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
BullsLow1,80879.441,43610
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,73063.501,0991thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,44863.1391449
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26651.9165729
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02937.1638214
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,490108.021,60913
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,56587.611,3716thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,358131.991,79263
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,253125.901,57854
HeifersChoiceAverage1,271115.421,4679thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,112109.011,2122thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,13290.001,0193thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,341132.351,77521
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,316128.221,68728
SteersChoiceAverage1,368118.841,6262thin
SteersSelectAverage1,465105.001,5381thin
SteersStandardAverage1,19990.001,0795thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26250.09/cwt47.00–52.5063217
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27254.50/cwt53.00–55.5069312
HeifersMedium and Large 1230131.00/cwt131.00–131.003011
HeifersMedium and Large 1490138.50/cwt138.50–138.506794
SteersMedium and Large 1400151.00/cwt151.00–151.006042
SteersMedium and Large 1590141.00/cwt141.00–141.008322
BullsMedium and Large 1448130.00/cwt130.00–130.005822
HeifersMedium and Large 1388121.00/cwt121.00–121.004692
SteersMedium and Large 1535143.50/cwt143.50–143.507682
SteersMedium and Large 1459121.00/cwt121.00–121.0055510
SteersMedium and Large 1340155.00/cwt155.00–155.005271
HeifersMedium and Large 1334141.00/cwt141.00–141.004718
HeifersMedium and Large 1433138.00/cwt138.00–138.005985
SteersMedium and Large 1760125.00/cwt125.00–125.009501
SteersMedium and Large 2334121.00/cwt121.00–121.004048
SteersMedium and Large 2255110.00/cwt110.00–110.002814
BullsMedium and Large 1373125.00/cwt125.00–125.004662
BullsMedium and Large 1263140.00/cwt140.00–140.003682
BullsMedium and Large 1224165.00/cwt165.00–165.003704
BullsMedium and Large 1328155.00/cwt155.00–155.005083
BullsMedium and Large 1588126.00/cwt126.00–126.007412
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy452157.50/cwt157.50–157.507129
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,73063.50/cwt63.50–63.501,0991
Bulls1,49671.50/cwt65.00–75.001,0705
Bulls2,14586.73/cwt84.50–88.001,8604
Bulls2,01590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,8141
SteersPrime1,341132.35/cwt131.00–133.251,77521
SteersSelect1,465105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,5381
SteersStandard1,19990.00/cwt90.00–90.001,0795
Dairy SteersChoice1,44188.53/cwt84.00–90.001,2765
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,490108.02/cwt105.00–108.751,60913
SteersChoice and Prime1,316128.22/cwt125.50–128.751,68728
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight1,84093.00/cwt93.00–93.001,7111
HeifersSelect1,112109.01/cwt108.00–110.001,2122
SteersChoice1,368118.84/cwt117.50–120.001,6262
HeifersChoice and Prime1,253125.90/cwt123.00–128.251,57854
HeifersPrime1,358131.99/cwt131.00–132.751,79263
Dairy SteersChoiceHeavy Weight2,18583.00/cwt83.00–83.001,8141
HeifersStandard1,13290.00/cwt90.00–90.001,0193
HeifersChoice1,200118.22/cwt112.00–120.001,4198
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54868.40/cwt67.00–74.001,0598
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42862.10/cwt57.00–66.0088741
CowsLean 85-90%1,00333.65/cwt30.00–38.003389
CowsLean 85-90%1,07543.48/cwt42.00–45.004675

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.