Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2022-04-19

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Apr 19
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
65 head
36 vs last sale 29 19 vs year ago 46 · +41.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
98 head
203 vs last sale 301 146 vs year ago 244 · 59.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 1.00 higher with slaughter heifers instances of higher/lower with still good value on higher quality steers and heifers. No comparison on Holstein slaughter this week. Cows were 1.00 to 2.00 lower with bulls sharply higher. Feeder steers were mostly steady and feeder heifers instances of higher/lower with feeder bulls trending higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.90/cwt on 24 head.
Average price
$129.90
24 head · 525 lb average
Value per head Derived
$681
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$129
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.78
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1509131.2666822
Medium and Large 2693115.007972thin
One grade step is worth $16.26/cwt here — about −$129 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 sale24 hd
129.90
IN average5 barns · 322 hd
139.68
−9.78
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
BullsAverage1,731112.261,94410
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,51581.351,23313
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average2,00069.501,3901thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21062.4975611
CowsLean 85-90%High1,21545.005471thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,630120.001,9561thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,204147.961,78116
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,201142.471,7114thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,095135.001,4782thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,145107.501,2312thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,410148.322,09120
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,368142.121,94411
SteersSelectAverage925100.009251thin
SteersStandardAverage1,16590.001,0491thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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 1565148.00/cwt148.00–148.008362
BullsMedium and Large 1375153.00/cwt153.00–153.005741
BullsMedium and Large 1473150.00/cwt150.00–150.007102
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy549141.00/cwt141.00–141.007746
HeifersMedium and Large 1880105.00/cwt105.00–105.009241
HeifersMedium and Large 1473136.00/cwt136.00–136.006432
SteersMedium and Large 1640135.00/cwt135.00–135.008645
Dairy HeifersLarge 21,06697.50/cwt97.50–97.501,03910
Dairy HeifersLarge 21,14872.50/cwt72.50–72.508322
Dairy HeifersLarge 21,04990.50/cwt90.50–90.509494
Dairy SteersLarge 2393105.00/cwt105.00–105.004136
HeifersMedium and Large 1414125.00/cwt125.00–125.005184
HeifersMedium and Large 1618121.00/cwt121.00–121.007484
HeifersMedium and Large 2693115.00/cwt115.00–115.007972
SteersMedium and Large 1830123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,0212
HeifersMedium and Large 1391136.13/cwt133.00–141.005325
SteersMedium and Large 1576140.00/cwt140.00–140.008067
Bulls1,810104.83/cwt98.00–108.501,8974
Bulls1,679117.22/cwt116.00–118.001,9686
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59584.61/cwt80.25–91.751,3508
CowsBoner 80-85%97052.66/cwt51.00–55.005113
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30066.18/cwt62.50–69.508608
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38876.14/cwt73.50–78.501,0575
SteersPrime1,410148.32/cwt148.00–148.752,09120
SteersStandard1,16590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,0491
SteersChoice and Prime1,368142.12/cwt140.00–145.501,94411
HeifersSelect1,200110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,3201
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,630120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,9561
SteersSelectReturn to Feed925100.00/cwt100.00–100.009251
CowsLean 85-90%1,21545.00/cwt45.00–45.005471
HeifersChoice and Prime1,201142.47/cwt140.00–145.501,7114
HeifersPrime1,204147.96/cwt147.50–149.001,78116
CowsPremium White 65-75%2,00069.50/cwt69.50–69.501,3901
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,090105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,1451
HeifersChoice1,095135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,4782

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.