Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2021-12-14

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Dec 14
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
59 head
30 vs last sale 29 31 vs year ago 90 · 34.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
433 head
242 vs last sale 191 89 vs year ago 344 · +25.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 2.00 to 4.00 higher and slaughter heifers had instances of higher/lower with a good offering of high quality steers and heifers and active bidding. No Holstein slaughter steers this week. Cows were unevenly steady with a good offering of high dressing breaker cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers and feeder heifers mostly steady with feeder bulls trending higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.60/cwt on 32 head.
Average price
$120.60
32 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$655
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$3
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$22.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
12.05
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1532122.7365329
Medium and Large 2650100.006503thin
One grade step is worth $22.73/cwt here — about $3 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 sale32 hd
120.60
IN average5 barns · 560 hd
132.65
−12.05
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
BullsHigh1,48179.321,17418
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,51962.3194638
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,30449.6764815
CowsLean 85-90%High1,10936.064006thin
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,220105.501,2871thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,307140.491,83647
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,184136.481,61657
HeifersChoiceAverage1,110125.011,3887thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,22590.001,1031thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,337142.251,90233
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,339138.181,850107
SteersChoiceAverage1,281128.151,64235
SteersSelectAverage1,435115.001,6501thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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 1Fancy635130.00/cwt130.00–130.008262
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy440145.00/cwt145.00–145.006381
BullsMedium and Large 1609117.97/cwt116.00–122.007183
BullsMedium and Large 1735110.00/cwt110.00–110.008091
BullsMedium and Large 281390.00/cwt90.00–90.007322
BullsMedium and Large 1582133.99/cwt131.00–136.007805
SteersMedium and Large 1500141.00/cwt141.00–141.007051
SteersMedium and Large 1454138.00/cwt138.00–138.006274
HeifersMedium and Large 1210132.00/cwt132.00–132.002772
HeifersMedium and Large 1650115.00/cwt115.00–115.007481
HeifersMedium and Large 2625100.00/cwt100.00–100.006252
HeifersMedium and Large 1500130.00/cwt130.00–130.006501
SteersMedium and Large 1624135.00/cwt135.00–135.008423
SteersMedium and Large 1725125.00/cwt125.00–125.009061
HeifersMedium and Large 1718116.48/cwt115.00–117.008364
HeifersMedium and Large 2700100.00/cwt100.00–100.007001
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy430131.00/cwt131.00–131.005632
HeifersMedium and Large 1835110.00/cwt110.00–110.009192
HeifersMedium and Large 1424121.42/cwt120.00–126.005154
HeifersMedium and Large 1589121.10/cwt115.00–124.007136
BullsMedium and Large 285080.00/cwt80.00–80.006801
BullsMedium and Large 1485138.00/cwt138.00–138.006692
HeifersChoice and Prime1,184136.48/cwt132.00–138.751,61657
CowsLean 85-90%1,12542.00/cwt42.00–42.004731
CowsLean 85-90%1,10634.87/cwt30.00–38.003865
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,65059.00/cwt59.00–59.009741
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,64468.43/cwt65.00–71.001,12511
HeifersChoice1,110125.01/cwt116.00–127.501,3887
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,220105.50/cwt105.50–105.501,2871
HeifersStandard1,22590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,1031
SteersSelect1,435115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,6501
SteersChoice and Prime1,339138.18/cwt132.00–139.751,850107
SteersChoice1,281128.15/cwt120.00–131.501,64235
HeifersPrime1,307140.49/cwt140.00–140.501,83647
SteersPrime1,337142.25/cwt141.75–142.501,90233
Bulls1,86590.23/cwt90.00–90.501,6832
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46159.85/cwt54.00–64.5087426
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26348.26/cwt45.00–52.5061011
CowsBoner 80-85%1,41653.56/cwt52.50–55.007584
Bulls1,24870.00/cwt70.00–70.008743
Bulls1,47579.79/cwt74.00–85.501,17713
HeifersMedium and Large 1620116.00/cwt116.00–116.007192
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added418136.00/cwt136.00–136.005683
HeifersMedium and Large 1370125.00/cwt125.00–125.004632
BullsMedium and Large 274590.00/cwt90.00–90.006712

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.