Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2022-04-26

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Apr 26
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
40 head
25 vs last sale 65 40 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
235 head
137 vs last sale 98 235 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 2.00 lower and slaughter heifers instances of higher/lower but prime steers and heifers 1.00 higher today. Holstein slaughter steers were 2.00 lower this week with a lighter offering today. Cows were 2.00 to 3.00 higher with high dressing breaker cows sharply higher and bulls 6.00 higher with active buyer participation on cows and bulls. Feeder steers were too few to compare and feeder heifers mostly steady with feeder bulls trending higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $137.62/cwt on 23 head.
Average price
$137.62
23 head · 585 lb average
Value per head Derived
$805
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$298
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$22.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.89
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1591138.6082022
Medium and Large 2450116.005221thin
One grade step is worth $22.60/cwt here — about $298 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 sale23 hd
137.62
IN average5 barns · 119 hd
131.73
+5.89
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
BullsAverage1,796109.751,97116
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,34483.111,11758
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10062.8869227
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,410115.001,6221thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,514118.161,7896thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,376149.102,05210
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,307142.391,86125
HeifersChoiceAverage1,217127.461,5519thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,209109.801,3274thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,04297.141,0123thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,338149.181,99623
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,340139.931,8754thin
SteersSelectAverage1,013104.501,0584thin

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 1Fancy511154.66/cwt154.00–155.007909
BullsMedium and Large 192590.00/cwt90.00–90.008332
BullsMedium and Large 1523140.89/cwt140.00–145.007377
BullsMedium and Large 2450116.00/cwt116.00–116.005221
BullsMedium and Large 1660125.00/cwt125.00–125.008251
BullsMedium and Large 1840115.00/cwt115.00–115.009662
HeifersMedium and Large 277085.00/cwt85.00–85.006551
HeifersMedium and Large 1580126.00/cwt126.00–126.007311
SteersMedium and Large 1410151.00/cwt151.00–151.006191
HeifersMedium and Large 2538117.00/cwt117.00–117.006292
SteersMedium and Large 1335121.00/cwt121.00–121.004051
BullsMedium and Large 1560136.00/cwt136.00–136.007621
HeifersMedium and Large 1330131.00/cwt131.00–131.004321
HeifersMedium and Large 1610119.00/cwt119.00–119.007261
HeifersMedium and Large 1438132.54/cwt130.00–135.005812
HeifersMedium and Large 1798124.00/cwt124.00–124.009902
HeifersMedium and Large 1518134.58/cwt133.00–135.006975
Bulls1,841111.20/cwt110.00–114.002,0475
Bulls1,42786.38/cwt83.00–88.001,2333
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08356.02/cwt50.50–60.006079
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,24578.24/cwt73.00–92.5097424
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10966.31/cwt62.00–72.5073518
Bulls1,906117.61/cwt115.00–124.002,2428
SteersPrime1,338149.18/cwt146.75–150.751,99623
SteersSelect1,200115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,3801
SteersSelectReturn to Feed950101.00/cwt101.00–101.009603
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,410115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,6221
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,514118.16/cwt118.00–119.001,7896
HeifersChoice1,217127.46/cwt120.00–135.001,5519
HeifersStandard1,04297.14/cwt94.00–100.001,0123
HeifersChoice and Prime1,307142.39/cwt139.00–144.001,86125
HeifersPrime1,376149.10/cwt148.50–149.252,05210
HeifersSelect1,209109.80/cwt101.00–118.001,3274
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41486.54/cwt80.00–105.001,22434
SteersChoice and Prime1,340139.93/cwt138.50–141.501,8754

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.