Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2022-01-11

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Jan 11
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
115 head
25 vs last sale 90 24 vs year ago 91 · +26.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
205 head
10 vs last sale 215 125 vs year ago 330 · 37.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
5 vs last sale 0 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers had instances of higher/lower but higher quality steers and heifers were 5.00 to 9.00 higher today. No comparison on Holstein slaughter steers today due to no Holsteins last week\. Cows were 1.00 to 2.00 higher with bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher this week. Feeder steers were trending lower with feeder heifers 7.00 to 10.00 higher and feeder bulls trending higher with value added and fancy feeders significantly higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $95.14/cwt on 53 head.
Average price
$95.14
53 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$529
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$417
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$69.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
28.33
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1573122.3570131
Medium and Large 2453100.504552thin
Medium and Large 354052.4328320
One grade step is worth $69.92/cwt here — about $417 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
95.14
IN average5 barns · 360 hd
123.47
−28.33
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
BullocksAverage1,34070.009381thin
BullsAverage1,89985.751,6297thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44764.9093918
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,02258.9260222
CowsLean 85-90%High87942.7037512
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,640107.751,7674thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,27880.551,0294thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,350142.001,91711
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,327135.531,79825
HeifersChoiceAverage1,185123.691,46614
HeifersStandardAverage1,40091.691,2842thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,366141.251,9298thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,231131.831,62310
SteersChoiceAverage1,289124.311,60240
SteersSelectAverage98094.009211thin

Every lot, as filed

58 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%1,39848.47/cwt47.00–50.006782
CowsBoner 80-85%Value Added84466.00/cwt66.00–66.005579
HeifersPrime1,350142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,91711
Dairy SteersSelect1,27880.55/cwt75.00–84.001,0294
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,640107.75/cwt107.75–107.751,7674
HeifersMedium and Large 1745110.00/cwt110.00–110.008201
HeifersMedium and Large 1655104.00/cwt104.00–104.006811
HeifersMedium and Large 2325110.00/cwt110.00–110.003581
HeifersMedium and Large 1765112.50/cwt112.50–112.508612
HeifersMedium and Large 11,07095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,0171
HeifersMedium and Large 1620117.90/cwt115.00–121.007314
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added536133.00/cwt133.00–133.007135
HeifersMedium and Large 352851.00/cwt51.00–51.002698
HeifersMedium and Large 1573114.26/cwt111.00–121.006553
HeifersMedium and Large 1865104.50/cwt104.50–104.509041
HeifersMedium and Large 1270126.00/cwt126.00–126.003402
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added575128.49/cwt127.00–130.007394
SteersMedium and Large 1510138.00/cwt138.00–138.007043
SteersMedium and Large 1600130.00/cwt130.00–130.007801
HeifersMedium and Large 335250.00/cwt50.00–50.001763
HeifersMedium and Large 258091.00/cwt91.00–91.005281
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added702143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,00710
SteersMedium and Large 1800123.00/cwt123.00–123.009841
SteersMedium and Large 1300169.00/cwt169.00–169.005071
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added571154.00/cwt154.00–154.0087926
SteersMedium and Large 1490131.00/cwt131.00–131.006421
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added470140.00/cwt140.00–140.006584
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added455133.00/cwt133.00–133.006055
BullsMedium and Large 1355121.00/cwt121.00–121.004301
BullsMedium and Large 1Value Added440141.00/cwt141.00–141.006201
BullsMedium and Large 1Value Added620130.00/cwt130.00–130.008062
BullsMedium and Large 1715115.00/cwt115.00–115.008221
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy352163.00/cwt163.00–163.005743
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy625129.00/cwt129.00–129.008061
HeifersStandard1,40091.69/cwt90.00–94.001,2842
HeifersChoice and Prime1,327135.53/cwt134.75–136.751,79825
HeifersChoice1,185123.69/cwt120.00–125.001,46614
SteersPrime1,366141.25/cwt141.25–141.251,9298
SteersChoice and Prime1,231131.83/cwt131.00–133.501,62310
SteersChoice1,289124.31/cwt124.00–128.501,60240
SteersSelectReturn to Feed98094.00/cwt94.00–94.009211
Bullocks1,34070.00/cwt70.00–70.009381
CowsLean 85-90%87942.70/cwt42.00–45.0037512
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51261.13/cwt57.00–64.509249
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38268.67/cwt66.00–75.509499
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09955.02/cwt53.50–56.0060511
Bulls1,86381.91/cwt80.00–85.001,5265
Bulls1,99095.36/cwt92.50–98.501,8982
Bred CowsMedium and Large 31,050475.00/cwt475.00–475.004,9882
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 3850550.00/cwt550.00–550.004,6751
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 3925500.00/cwt500.00–500.004,6252
HeifersMedium and Large 1495120.00/cwt120.00–120.005941
HeifersMedium and Large 1400124.00/cwt124.00–124.004961
BullsMedium and Large 1692107.00/cwt107.00–107.007403
BullsMedium and Large 1308141.00/cwt141.00–141.004342
BullsMedium and Large 364546.00/cwt46.00–46.002972
BullsMedium and Large 275576.00/cwt76.00–76.005741
HeifersMedium and Large 361454.50/cwt54.50–54.503359

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.