Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2022-02-15

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Feb 15
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
35 head
25 vs last sale 10 35 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
139 head
67 vs last sale 72 139 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 sharply higher with slaughter heifers instances of higher/lower but higher value on higher quality heifers this week. No comparison on Holstein slaughter steers this week due to no Holstein steers last week but Holsteins were trend higher. Cows were 3.00 to 5.00 higher and bulls 3.00 higher. All classes of feeders were mostly steady but higher value on value added feeders.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.59/cwt on 22 head.
Average price
$132.59
22 head · 667 lb average
Value per head Derived
$885
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$230
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$43.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.01
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1657140.5092318thin
Medium and Large 271597.006934thin
One grade step is worth $43.50/cwt here — about $230 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 sale22 hd
132.59
IN average2 barns · 216 hd
137.60
−5.01
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
BullsAverage1,94293.271,8113thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,49674.981,12210
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,90072.001,3681thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17048.505671thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,25278.009773thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,515118.211,79112
HeifersPrimeAverage1,302146.191,90348
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,401136.821,91710
HeifersChoiceAverage1,300126.001,6381thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,008108.551,0949thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,36592.701,2653thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,328146.601,94719
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,596137.592,1965thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,837122.762,2544thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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 1Fancy418145.00/cwt145.00–145.006062
BullsMedium and Large 1660110.00/cwt110.00–110.007263
BullsMedium and Large 1600110.00/cwt110.00–110.006601
HeifersMedium and Large 187094.00/cwt94.00–94.008181
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added644146.00/cwt146.00–146.0094015
HeifersMedium and Large 2683100.00/cwt100.00–100.006833
HeifersMedium and Large 281088.00/cwt88.00–88.007131
HeifersMedium and Large 1465135.00/cwt135.00–135.006281
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added689141.00/cwt141.00–141.009715
HeifersMedium and Large 1830110.00/cwt110.00–110.009131
SteersMedium and Large 1498143.00/cwt143.00–143.007122
Bulls1,94293.27/cwt86.00–98.001,8113
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17048.50/cwt48.50–48.505671
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49975.75/cwt72.50–79.001,1359
HeifersChoice and Prime1,401136.82/cwt134.00–142.501,91710
HeifersPrime1,302146.19/cwt144.50–147.501,90348
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47068.00/cwt68.00–68.001,0001
SteersChoice and Prime1,596137.59/cwt136.50–142.002,1965
Dairy HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,25278.00/cwt78.00–78.009773
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,515118.21/cwt117.00–120.001,79112
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,902119.34/cwt119.00–120.002,2703
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,90072.00/cwt72.00–72.001,3681
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,640133.00/cwt133.00–133.002,1811
SteersPrime1,328146.60/cwt144.50–148.001,94719
HeifersSelect1,008108.55/cwt105.00–116.001,0949
HeifersStandard1,36592.70/cwt85.00–99.001,2653
HeifersChoice1,300126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,6381

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.