Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2022-04-05

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Apr 5
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
36 head
2 vs last sale 34 20 vs year ago 56 · 35.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
177 head
88 vs last sale 265 106 vs year ago 283 · 37.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 1.00 to 2.00 higher with slaughter heifers 1.00 higher this week. No Holstein slaughter steers this week. Cows were 1.00 to 3.00 higher with a good offering of cows today and bulls 4.00 lower today. Feeder steers were too few to compare today and feeder heifers 2.00 lower with feeder bulls too few last week to compare but, they were trending higher this week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.56/cwt on 18 head.
Average price
$121.56
18 head · 450 lb average
Value per head Derived
$547
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$45
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$26.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
17.76
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1429130.2655812thin
Medium and Large 2493104.145136thin
One grade step is worth $26.12/cwt here — about $45 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 sale18 hd
121.56
IN average6 barns · 736 hd
139.32
−17.76
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
BullsHigh1,676101.981,70913
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,40582.691,16229
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,50079.501,1931thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,20259.627177thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average86536.003111thin
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,425125.001,7811thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,366148.502,02918
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,230143.891,77050
HeifersChoiceAverage1,125130.791,4716thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,210106.081,2843thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,480148.672,20013
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,287143.911,85217
SteersChoiceAverage1,647132.002,1743thin
SteersSelectAverage1,150122.291,4067thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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 1Fancy423157.00/cwt157.00–157.006643
BullsMedium and Large 1270175.00/cwt175.00–175.004731
BullsMedium and Large 1400128.00/cwt128.00–128.005121
BullsMedium and Large 1890111.00/cwt111.00–111.009881
BullsMedium and Large 1660125.42/cwt120.00–131.008282
BullsLarge 291585.00/cwt85.00–85.007781
SteersMedium and Large 1635123.00/cwt123.00–123.007811
HeifersMedium and Large 1375129.00/cwt129.00–129.004841
HeifersMedium and Large 2230100.00/cwt100.00–100.002301
HeifersMedium and Large 1441130.00/cwt130.00–130.005734
SteersMedium and Large 1480120.00/cwt120.00–120.005761
HeifersMedium and Large 285090.00/cwt90.00–90.007651
HeifersMedium and Large 1545125.00/cwt125.00–125.006811
BullsMedium and Large 1467143.00/cwt143.00–143.006685
HeifersMedium and Large 1345136.05/cwt130.00–139.004693
BullsMedium and Large 275893.48/cwt91.00–96.007092
HeifersMedium and Large 2655110.00/cwt110.00–110.007211
HeifersMedium and Large 1475127.00/cwt127.00–127.006033
HeifersMedium and Large 2407108.28/cwt105.00–115.004413
Bulls1,794112.64/cwt110.50–116.002,0214
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25464.47/cwt62.50–68.008084
CowsLean 85-90%86536.00/cwt36.00–36.003111
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,50079.50/cwt79.50–79.501,1931
Bulls1,26584.69/cwt81.00–87.501,0712
Bulls1,726100.82/cwt93.00–105.001,7407
SteersSelectHeavy Weight1,760106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,8661
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,048125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,3106
SteersPrime1,480148.67/cwt147.00–150.002,20013
SteersChoice1,460136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,9861
HeifersChoice and Prime1,230143.89/cwt138.00–145.501,77050
SteersChoice and Prime1,287143.91/cwt140.00–145.501,85217
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,425125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,7811
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,740130.00/cwt130.00–130.002,2622
HeifersChoice1,125130.79/cwt128.00–135.001,4716
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13353.15/cwt51.00–56.006023
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48789.70/cwt81.00–96.501,33415
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,31875.17/cwt70.50–79.5099114
HeifersPrime1,366148.50/cwt148.50–148.502,02918
HeifersSelect1,210106.08/cwt100.00–109.501,2843

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.