Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2022-05-24

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, May 24
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
32 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 39▲ 25 vs year ago 7 · +357.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
289 head
▲ 166 vs last sale 123▲ 178 vs year ago 111 · +160.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week due to no coverage last week but, slaughter steers and heifers were trending lower with a good offering of steers and heifers this week. Holstein slaughter steers were mostly steady from weeks past. Cows were trending lower with bulls instances of higher/lower. Feeder steers were too few today with feeder heifers trending higher and feeder bulls trending lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.26/cwt on 19 head.
Average price
$137.26
19 head · 607 lb average
Value per head Derived
$833
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$9
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$40.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.61
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1594139.3982818thin
Medium and Large 284599.008371thin
One grade step is worth $40.39/cwt here — about −$9 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
137.26
—
IN average4 barns · 261 hd
139.88
−2.61
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
Bulls—Average1,359105.461,43315
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,36384.101,14616
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,12460.1867617
CowsLean 85-90%High99141.974164thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,497122.751,83816
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,03565.006731thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,233143.571,77155
HeifersChoiceAverage1,163133.571,5547thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,225120.001,4701thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,343146.611,96935
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,315143.631,88968
SteersChoiceAverage1,260136.841,72444

Every lot, as filed

33 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 1Fancy—400160.00/cwt160.00–160.006402
BullsMedium and Large 1—420150.00/cwt150.00–150.006301
BullsMedium and Large 1—500135.00/cwt135.00–135.006751
BullsMedium and Large 1—626129.89/cwt125.00–135.008136
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—606152.00/cwt152.00–152.009217
HeifersMedium and Large 1—600135.00/cwt135.00–135.008102
Dairy SteersLarge 2—1,20090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,0801
SteersMedium and Large 1—965116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,1191
HeifersMedium and Large 1—910115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0472
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—427141.00/cwt141.00–141.006025
HeifersMedium and Large 1—420130.00/cwt130.00–130.005461
Dairy SteersLarge 2—74075.00/cwt75.00–75.005551
HeifersMedium and Large 2—84599.00/cwt99.00–99.008371
HeifersMedium and Large 1—875110.00/cwt110.00–110.009631
Bulls——1,369101.35/cwt93.00–112.501,3878
Bulls——1,292121.16/cwt115.00–133.001,5655
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19366.04/cwt62.50–68.507888
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,12874.09/cwt71.50–78.008364
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06345.42/cwt45.00–46.004832
HeifersChoice and PrimeHeavy Weight—1,665137.00/cwt137.00–137.002,2812
SteersPrime—1,343146.61/cwt146.00–147.751,96935
SteersChoice—1,260136.84/cwt125.00–138.501,72444
SteersChoice and Prime—1,315143.63/cwt139.00–145.501,88968
HeifersSelect—1,225120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,4701
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime—1,497122.75/cwt122.75–122.751,83816
Dairy SteersSelect—1,03565.00/cwt65.00–65.006731
HeifersChoice and Prime—1,217143.82/cwt140.00–145.501,75053
Bulls——1,48882.66/cwt80.00–86.001,2302
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,44187.43/cwt83.50–93.001,26012
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,06254.97/cwt50.00–59.005849
HeifersChoice—1,122133.33/cwt126.00–138.001,4966
HeifersChoice—1,410135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,9041
CowsLean 85-90%—91838.52/cwt38.00–39.003542

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.