Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2022-05-03

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, May 3
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
39 head
1 vs last sale 40 2 vs year ago 41 · 4.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
123 head
112 vs last sale 235 52 vs year ago 175 · 29.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers had instances of higher/lower with slaughter heifers were trending higher with a lighter offering today. No Holstein slaughter steers last week to compare but were trending lower this week. Cows were 1.00 to 3.00 higher with good value on high dressing breaker cows and bulls 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder steers were mostly steady and feeder heifers sharply higher and feeder bulls 1.00 to 5.00 higher,

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.16/cwt on 19 head.
Average price
$127.16
19 head · 506 lb average
Value per head Derived
$643
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$13
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$33.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
13.67
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1470134.2063115thin
Medium and Large 2639100.756444thin
One grade step is worth $33.45/cwt here — about −$13 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 sale19 hd
127.16
IN average4 barns · 331 hd
140.83
−13.67
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
BullsHigh1,773107.431,9059thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,42586.781,23725
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19663.317579thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00537.503771thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,23698.001,2114thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,14875.008612thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,330143.141,90427
HeifersChoiceAverage1,215137.501,6711thin
HeifersSelectAverage988104.871,0366thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,395147.002,0511thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,295143.941,86414

Every lot, as filed

34 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 1Fancy603155.00/cwt155.00–155.009356
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy660155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0231
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy558156.00/cwt156.00–156.008703
BullsMedium and Large 287094.00/cwt94.00–94.008181
BullsMedium and Large 1318180.42/cwt170.00–191.005742
BullsMedium and Large 1863115.00/cwt115.00–115.009922
HeifersMedium and Large 1320144.00/cwt144.00–144.004611
SteersMedium and Large 1800120.00/cwt120.00–120.009601
SteersMedium and Large 1513146.00/cwt146.00–146.007493
HeifersMedium and Large 2770101.00/cwt101.00–101.007782
HeifersMedium and Large 2360110.00/cwt110.00–110.003961
HeifersMedium and Large 265591.00/cwt91.00–91.005961
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy495150.00/cwt150.00–150.007431
HeifersMedium and Large 1528137.07/cwt135.00–139.007242
HeifersMedium and Large 1678122.00/cwt122.00–122.008273
BullsMedium and Large 1670130.00/cwt130.00–130.008711
HeifersMedium and Large 1415135.55/cwt133.00–136.005637
HeifersMedium and Large 1240130.00/cwt130.00–130.003121
Bulls2,066115.27/cwt115.00–116.002,3814
Bulls1,47585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,2541
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18667.98/cwt63.00–70.508066
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21753.96/cwt50.50–55.506573
CowsLean 85-90%1,00537.50/cwt37.50–37.503771
Bulls1,555105.20/cwt100.00–108.001,6364
SteersPrime1,395147.00/cwt147.00–147.002,0511
SteersChoice and Prime1,295143.94/cwt139.00–145.501,86414
Dairy SteersChoice1,23698.00/cwt98.00–98.001,2114
Dairy SteersSelect1,14875.00/cwt75.00–75.008612
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed980104.24/cwt102.00–105.501,0225
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48689.47/cwt84.00–94.501,33019
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,23378.26/cwt75.00–80.509656
HeifersChoice1,215137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,6711
HeifersChoice and Prime1,330143.14/cwt139.00–146.501,90427
HeifersSelect1,025108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,1071

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.