Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2022-02-01

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Feb 1
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
68 head
27 vs last sale 41 58 vs year ago 10 · +580.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
235 head
36 vs last sale 199 8 vs year ago 227 · +3.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
4 vs last sale 6 2 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 Prime steers and heifers 2.00 to 3.00 higher with choice steers and heifers trending lower and a good offering of high quality steers and heifers. Holstein slaughter steers were 1.00 lower today. Cows were 1.00 to 2.00 higher with bulls 7.00 higher. Feeder steers were mostly steady with feeder heifers and bulls trending lower but better value on value added feeders.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.54/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$120.54
28 head · 584 lb average
Value per head Derived
$704
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$328
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$19.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
13.50
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1606122.6074325
Medium and Large 2402103.334153thin
One grade step is worth $19.27/cwt here — about $328 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 sale28 hd
120.54
IN average4 barns · 286 hd
134.04
−13.50
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
BullocksAverage1,440125.001,8001thin
BullsAverage1,63192.621,51113
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50869.041,04130
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,32853.727137thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,26640.015077thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,437116.501,67412
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,407104.441,4697thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,327142.841,89538
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,259136.691,72130
HeifersChoiceAverage1,143120.621,3792thin
HeifersSelectAverage885115.001,0181thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,51083.001,2531thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,430144.862,07128
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,397137.921,92729
SteersChoiceAverage1,332117.601,5669thin
SteersSelectAverage1,29398.521,2745thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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 1622126.97/cwt125.00–128.0079017
BullsMedium and Large 2670110.00/cwt110.00–110.007371
BullsMedium and Large 1849106.00/cwt106.00–106.009005
BullsMedium and Large 1470131.00/cwt131.00–131.006161
HeifersMedium and Large 193591.33/cwt89.00–96.008543
HeifersMedium and Large 1579121.68/cwt120.00–130.007056
Dairy SteersLarge 272576.00/cwt76.00–76.005511
HeifersMedium and Large 239585.00/cwt85.00–85.003361
SteersMedium and Large 1340145.00/cwt145.00–145.004931
SteersMedium and Large 1787128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,0073
SteersMedium 160890.00/cwt90.00–90.005472
SteersMedium and Large 2425125.00/cwt125.00–125.005312
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added532157.00/cwt157.00–157.008357
HeifersMedium and Large 1263125.00/cwt125.00–125.003292
HeifersMedium and Large 2510110.00/cwt110.00–110.005611
HeifersMedium and Large 2300115.00/cwt115.00–115.003451
HeifersMedium and Large 1515121.00/cwt121.00–121.006231
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added674130.00/cwt130.00–130.008765
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added558130.00/cwt130.00–130.007258
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,05883.00/cwt83.00–83.008782
Bulls1,60488.06/cwt83.00–93.001,4127
Bulls1,764102.53/cwt94.50–107.001,8095
Bulls1,16075.00/cwt75.00–75.008701
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31054.47/cwt53.50–56.507145
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40165.93/cwt58.00–69.5092418
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37351.83/cwt51.00–52.507122
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,19585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,0161
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,437116.50/cwt116.50–116.501,67412
Dairy SteersChoice1,407104.44/cwt102.00–106.001,4697
Bullocks1,440125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,8001
HeifersChoice and Prime1,259136.69/cwt132.00–139.501,72130
HeifersPrime1,327142.84/cwt140.75–146.001,89538
SteersPrime1,430144.86/cwt140.75–147.252,07128
SteersSelect1,318101.90/cwt101.00–105.001,3434
SteersChoice1,332117.60/cwt117.00–123.501,5669
SteersChoice and Prime1,397137.92/cwt132.00–139.001,92729
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,66873.71/cwt70.00–76.501,22912
CowsLean 85-90%1,31544.81/cwt43.50–46.005894
CowsLean 85-90%1,20133.62/cwt32.00–37.004043
HeifersChoice1,143120.62/cwt115.00–127.001,3792
HeifersSelect885115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0181
HeifersStandard1,51083.00/cwt83.00–83.001,2531

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.