Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2021-12-21

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Dec 21
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
27 head
32 vs last sale 59 57 vs year ago 84 · 67.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
190 head
243 vs last sale 433 99 vs year ago 91 · +108.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
1 vs last sale 0 1 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 4.00 to 6.00 lower and slaughter heifers were 3.00 lower with lower packer inquiry and less slaughter days this week due to the Holidays. No comparison on Holstein steers this week due to no Holsteins last week, but were at a good value today. Cows were 1.00 to 2.00 higher and bulls were 1.00 higher with a good offering of bulls today. Feeder steers were mostly steady with feeder heifers trending lower and feeder bulls were 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.36/cwt on 11 head.
Average price
$123.36
11 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$695
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$258
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$28.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.48
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1580128.567469thin
Medium and Large 2488100.004882thin
One grade step is worth $28.56/cwt here — about $258 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 sale11 hd
123.36
IN average5 barns · 449 hd
127.84
−4.48
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
BullsAverage1,55980.301,25221
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,46262.0990822
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,55055.008531thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25951.3864713
CowsLean 85-90%High96040.003841thin
Dairy HeifersPrimeAverage1,160115.001,3341thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,425116.501,6601thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,565109.791,7188thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,19185.501,0184thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,279133.891,71226
HeifersChoiceAverage1,192125.801,5009thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,125105.001,1812thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,15384.359732thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,383136.001,88114
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,324131.871,74624
SteersChoiceAverage1,316123.791,62915
SteersSelectAverage1,250113.001,4131thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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 1340120.00/cwt120.00–120.004081
BullsMedium and Large 1775110.00/cwt110.00–110.008532
BullsMedium and Large 182890.00/cwt90.00–90.007452
BullsMedium and Large 1570130.49/cwt130.00–131.007442
BullsMedium and Large 295081.00/cwt81.00–81.007702
HeifersMedium and Large 1580120.00/cwt120.00–120.006961
HeifersMedium and Large 1520121.00/cwt121.00–121.006291
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy375165.00/cwt165.00–165.006191
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added500151.00/cwt151.00–151.007556
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy527135.00/cwt135.00–135.007116
HeifersMedium and Large 1960106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,0181
HeifersMedium and Large 2488100.00/cwt100.00–100.004882
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2950900.00/cwt900.00–900.008,5501
Bulls1,55980.30/cwt75.00–85.001,25221
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,76068.65/cwt68.00–69.501,2082
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43261.43/cwt57.00–65.5088020
CowsLean 85-90%96040.00/cwt40.00–40.003841
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,125105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,1812
HeifersStandard1,15384.35/cwt82.00–86.009732
SteersPrime1,383136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,88114
SteersChoice1,316123.79/cwt123.00–127.001,62915
HeifersChoice1,192125.80/cwt125.50–128.501,5009
HeifersChoice and Prime1,279133.89/cwt132.00–135.001,71226
Dairy SteersChoice1,19185.50/cwt85.50–85.501,0184
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,565109.79/cwt109.50–110.001,7188
Dairy SteersPrime1,425116.50/cwt116.50–116.501,6601
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,250113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,4131
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28048.30/cwt45.50–50.506185
CowsBoner 80-85%99545.00/cwt45.00–45.004481
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28154.50/cwt53.00–55.506987
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,55055.00/cwt55.00–55.008531
SteersChoice and Prime1,324131.87/cwt130.00–135.001,74624
Dairy HeifersPrime1,160115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,3341

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.