Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2021-12-28

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Dec 28
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
18 head
9 vs last sale 27 8 vs year ago 26 · 30.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
97 head
93 vs last sale 190 195 vs year ago 292 · 66.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
7 vs last sale 1 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers had instances of higher/lower and slaughter heifers 4.00 lower with a lighter offering this week. No Holstein slaughter steers today. Cows were 1.00 to 2.00 lower with bulls trending lower but good value on high dressing bulls today. Feeder steers and feeder heifers were too few to compare this week but feeder bulls were significantly higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $125.58/cwt on 12 head.
Average price
$125.58
12 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$690
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+14.68
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550125.5869012thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale12 hd
125.58
IN average3 barns · 42 hd
110.90
+14.68
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
BullsHigh1,80383.801,5115thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47063.5193415
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28650.696526thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,09532.023515thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,234121.271,4969thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,09887.269582thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,448139.002,0139thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,330129.321,72017
SteersChoiceAverage1,375125.001,71915

Every lot, as filed

25 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 1679112.99/cwt110.00–115.007675
BullsMedium and Large 1345130.00/cwt130.00–130.004491
BullsMedium and Large 1495137.00/cwt137.00–137.006781
BullsMedium and Large 1390145.00/cwt145.00–145.005664
BullsMedium and Large 180095.00/cwt95.00–95.007601
HeifersMedium and Large 1830100.00/cwt100.00–100.008301
HeifersMedium and Large 2473101.00/cwt101.00–101.004782
SteersMedium and Large 1495120.00/cwt120.00–120.005941
SteersMedium and Large 1600131.00/cwt131.00–131.007862
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,406875.00/cwt875.00–875.0012,3033
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,561986.37/cwt875.00–1,075.0015,3975
Bulls2,22893.90/cwt90.50–97.502,0922
CowsLean 85-90%1,12842.00/cwt42.00–42.004742
HeifersChoice1,234121.27/cwt116.00–122.001,4969
Bulls1,51977.07/cwt75.00–80.001,1713
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39347.55/cwt45.50–50.006623
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17853.83/cwt53.00–55.506343
SteersPrime1,448139.00/cwt139.00–139.002,0139
SteersChoice and Prime1,330129.32/cwt129.25–130.501,72017
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49861.34/cwt58.00–64.509199
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42866.77/cwt65.00–69.009536
CowsLean 85-90%97523.05/cwt21.00–25.002252
CowsLean 85-90%1,27030.00/cwt30.00–30.003811
HeifersStandard1,09887.26/cwt85.00–89.009582
SteersChoice1,375125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,71915

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.