Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2022-03-22

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Mar 22
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
43 head
13 vs last sale 30 7 vs year ago 50 · 14.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
141 head
64 vs last sale 205 59 vs year ago 200 · 29.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
7 vs last sale 0 7 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 1.00 to 6.00 higher and slaughter heifers were 2.00 to 4.00 higher with higher prices on higher quality steers and heifers. No Holstein slaughter steers or heifers today. Cows 1.00 to 4.00 higher and bulls were sharply higher with higher value on big higher dressing cows and bulls. Feeder steers were mostly steady and feeder heifers unevenly higher and feeder bulls trending higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.41/cwt on 26 head.
Average price
$130.41
26 head · 567 lb average
Value per head Derived
$739
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$28
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$50.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.30
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1534136.2772823
Medium and Large 281985.447003thin
One grade step is worth $50.83/cwt here — about $28 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 sale26 hd
130.41
IN average6 barns · 791 hd
139.71
−9.30
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
BullsHigh1,63098.301,60213
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,47779.281,17133
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,07159.9164210
CowsLean 85-90%High1,01343.504402thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,335148.501,9825thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,215144.421,75527
HeifersChoiceAverage1,206131.211,5824thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,430115.001,6451thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,35094.671,2783thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,359151.752,0624thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,334143.751,91819
SteersChoiceAverage1,360128.001,7413thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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 1773116.00/cwt116.00–116.008974
BullsMedium and Large 1577137.04/cwt135.00–138.007913
BullsMedium and Large 195591.00/cwt91.00–91.008691
BullsMedium and Large 1545136.00/cwt136.00–136.007413
BullsMedium and Large 2795101.00/cwt101.00–101.008031
HeifersMedium and Large 1498135.00/cwt135.00–135.006722
HeifersMedium and Large 1500135.00/cwt135.00–135.006751
HeifersMedium and Large 1720111.00/cwt111.00–111.007991
HeifersMedium and Large 281985.44/cwt76.00–90.007003
SteersMedium and Large 1570145.00/cwt145.00–145.008271
SteersMedium and Large 1475158.00/cwt158.00–158.007514
HeifersMedium and Large 1369158.00/cwt158.00–158.005836
HeifersMedium and Large 1832120.00/cwt120.00–120.009983
HeifersMedium and Large 1640125.00/cwt125.00–125.008001
HeifersMedium and Large 1250150.00/cwt150.00–150.003752
HeifersMedium and Large 1780120.00/cwt120.00–120.009361
HeifersMedium and Large 1573127.55/cwt125.00–130.007316
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,4001,400.00/cwt1,400.00–1,400.0019,6002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,03990.00/cwt90.00–90.009355
Bulls1,659109.16/cwt108.00–110.501,8115
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49286.10/cwt81.00–92.001,28512
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46875.38/cwt70.50–79.501,10721
Bulls1,42075.68/cwt75.50–76.001,0752
Bulls1,67596.80/cwt94.00–101.001,6216
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13464.93/cwt60.00–69.507364
SteersChoice1,123130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,4602
HeifersSelect1,430115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,6451
HeifersChoice and Prime1,215144.42/cwt142.00–145.751,75527
SteersChoice and Prime1,334143.75/cwt141.50–145.001,91819
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,835124.00/cwt124.00–124.002,2751
HeifersChoice1,206131.21/cwt124.00–137.501,5824
SteersPrime1,359151.75/cwt151.75–151.752,0624
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02956.57/cwt56.00–59.005826
HeifersStandard1,03891.88/cwt90.00–94.009542
CowsLean 85-90%90046.00/cwt46.00–46.004141
CowsLean 85-90%1,12541.00/cwt41.00–41.004611
HeifersStandard1,975100.25/cwt100.25–100.251,9801
HeifersPrime1,335148.50/cwt148.50–148.501,9825

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.