Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2022-03-08

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Mar 8
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
10 head
9 vs last sale 19 38 vs year ago 48 · 79.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
207 head
20 vs last sale 187 131 vs year ago 338 · 38.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison this week due to no coverage but, slaughter steers and heifers were trending much lower with lower packer inquiry today. Too few of Holstein steers today to compare. Cows were trending lower and bulls trending sharply lower. Too few of feeders today to compare.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $140.33/cwt on 6 head.
Average price
$140.33
6 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$779
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
0.64
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555140.337796thin
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 sale6 hd
140.33
IN average5 barns · 305 hd
140.98
−0.64
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
BullsHigh1,67790.551,5188thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,36072.9999329
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19160.247178thin
CowsLean 85-90%High83043.403602thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,570114.001,7902thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,213139.561,69332
HeifersChoiceAverage1,239131.921,63433
HeifersSelectAverage1,118117.001,3082thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,00787.188788thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,340141.561,89756
SteersChoiceAverage1,355132.341,79313

Every lot, as filed

20 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1545130.00/cwt130.00–130.007091
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added566146.00/cwt146.00–146.008264
HeifersMedium and Large 1845117.00/cwt117.00–117.009891
HeifersMedium and Large 2685110.00/cwt110.00–110.007541
HeifersMedium and Large 1245126.00/cwt126.00–126.003091
SteersMedium and Large 1533129.00/cwt129.00–129.006882
Bulls1,88898.78/cwt97.00–100.501,8654
Bulls1,18875.00/cwt75.00–75.008912
Bulls1,74389.65/cwt85.00–93.001,5632
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19160.24/cwt54.50–63.507178
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35166.07/cwt64.50–69.508938
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36475.63/cwt70.00–80.001,03221
HeifersStandard1,00787.18/cwt82.00–89.008788
HeifersChoice and Prime1,213139.56/cwt136.50–143.501,69332
HeifersChoice1,239131.92/cwt124.00–135.001,63433
SteersChoice1,355132.34/cwt125.00–135.501,79313
CowsLean 85-90%83043.40/cwt40.00–46.003602
SteersChoice and Prime1,340141.56/cwt136.00–144.501,89756
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,570114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,7902
HeifersSelect1,118117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,3082

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.