Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2022-01-18

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Jan 18
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
45 head
70 vs last sale 115 52 vs year ago 97 · 53.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
214 head
9 vs last sale 205 95 vs year ago 309 · 30.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 1.00 to 2.00 higher and slaughter heifers had instances of higher/lower with good value on higher quality slaughter steers and heifers. No Holstein slaughter today to compare. Cows were 2.00 to 3.00 higher with bulls 4.00 to 5.00 higher with a good offering of high dressing cows and bulls this week. Feeder steers were trending higher and feeder heifers 5.00 to 9.00 higher and feeder bulls sharply higher with good quality feeders today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.41/cwt on 24 head.
Average price
$123.41
24 head · 594 lb average
Value per head Derived
$732
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$95
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$33.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.70
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1580124.8272423
Medium and Large 290091.008191thin
One grade step is worth $33.82/cwt here — about −$95 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 sale24 hd
123.41
IN average4 barns · 397 hd
129.11
−5.70
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
BullocksAverage1,670101.001,6871thin
BullsAverage1,90692.871,77016
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,48566.5698927
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25049.5161910
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11533.333723thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage2,41569.001,6662thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,412140.151,97913
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,289134.511,73439
HeifersChoiceAverage1,225119.571,46511
HeifersSelectAverage1,090102.641,1194thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,07080.008561thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,483141.252,09510
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,447133.871,93713
SteersChoiceAverage1,355125.501,7011thin
SteersSelectAverage1,186110.001,3055thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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 1Full91590.00/cwt90.00–90.008241
BullsMedium and Large 1765100.00/cwt100.00–100.007651
BullsMedium and Large 1580130.00/cwt130.00–130.007541
BullsMedium and Large 1400130.00/cwt130.00–130.005201
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy611130.00/cwt130.00–130.007946
HeifersMedium and Large 1525125.00/cwt125.00–125.006561
HeifersMedium and Large 1935100.00/cwt100.00–100.009351
HeifersMedium and Large 290091.00/cwt91.00–91.008191
SteersMedium and Large 1474155.00/cwt155.00–155.007354
SteersMedium and Large 1525132.00/cwt132.00–132.006931
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy649140.00/cwt140.00–140.009094
BullsMedium and Large 1698122.00/cwt122.00–122.008528
HeifersMedium and Large 1724110.00/cwt110.00–110.007964
HeifersMedium and Large 1572123.62/cwt121.00–125.007073
HeifersMedium and Large 1465125.00/cwt125.00–125.005811
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy457135.00/cwt135.00–135.006176
HeifersMedium and Large 1400120.00/cwt120.00–120.004801
Bulls1,73187.65/cwt83.00–90.001,5179
Bulls2,13199.59/cwt93.00–106.002,1227
CowsBoner 80-85%1,42855.70/cwt55.00–57.507953
CowsLean 85-90%1,00330.00/cwt30.00–30.003012
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58671.32/cwt69.00–75.501,13111
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41663.28/cwt59.00–68.5089616
HeifersSelect1,090102.64/cwt98.00–110.001,1194
SteersChoice1,355125.50/cwt125.50–125.501,7011
Dairy SteersChoiceHeavy Weight2,41569.00/cwt69.00–69.001,6662
Bullocks1,670101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,6871
HeifersChoice1,360125.70/cwt125.00–128.001,7104
HeifersStandard1,07080.00/cwt80.00–80.008561
HeifersChoice1,150125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,4381
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,186110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,3055
SteersChoice and Prime1,447133.87/cwt130.00–137.501,93713
SteersPrime1,483141.25/cwt141.25–141.252,09510
HeifersChoice1,068115.50/cwt115.50–115.501,2345
HeifersPrime1,475124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,8291
HeifersPrime1,407141.50/cwt141.50–141.501,99112
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17446.85/cwt45.00–50.005507
HeifersChoice and Prime1,289134.51/cwt129.00–139.001,73439
CowsLean 85-90%1,34040.00/cwt40.00–40.005361
HeifersChoice1,550110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,7051

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.