Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2022-07-12

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Jul 12
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
42 head
33 vs last sale 9 27 vs year ago 15 · +180.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
281 head
138 vs last sale 143 48 vs year ago 233 · +20.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
3 vs last sale 0 3 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 1.00 to 2.00 lower and slaughter heifers 1.00 lower with a good offering of steers and heifers but lower packer interest this week. Holstein slaughter steers were 6.00 higher with a good group of prime Holsteins. Cows were 2.00 to 8.00 lower and bulls sharply lower. Feeder steers and heifer were sharply higher with some good value added heavier heifers today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.68/cwt on 37 head.
Average price
$129.68
37 head · 853 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,106
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$416
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$40.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
13.49
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1855130.781,11836
Medium and Large 278090.007021thin
One grade step is worth $40.78/cwt here — about $416 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 sale37 hd
129.68
IN average4 barns · 352 hd
143.17
−13.49
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
BullocksAverage1,280124.001,5871thin
BullsAverage1,782107.641,91810
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,37491.011,25125
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10662.1968813
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,17044.755242thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,319139.501,8405thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,300126.001,6382thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,254152.201,90939
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,133147.161,66726
HeifersChoiceAverage1,189137.381,6337thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,291152.421,968106
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,308145.431,90228
SteersChoiceAverage1,138134.281,52811

Every lot, as filed

27 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1410136.75/cwt135.00–140.005613
HeifersMedium and Large 278090.00/cwt90.00–90.007021
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added1,001120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,2016
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added886136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,20922
HeifersMedium and Large 1850115.00/cwt115.00–115.009784
SteersMedium and Large 1410145.00/cwt145.00–145.005951
HeifersMedium and Large 1655115.00/cwt115.00–115.007531
SteersMedium and Large 1467145.00/cwt145.00–145.006773
SteersMedium and Large 1585150.00/cwt150.00–150.008781
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 199890.00/cwt90.00–90.008983
Bulls1,748100.93/cwt96.00–103.501,7644
Bulls1,805112.12/cwt107.00–117.002,0246
CowsBoner 80-85%1,03356.68/cwt50.00–60.005868
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22471.01/cwt66.00–76.508695
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41996.74/cwt92.00–100.001,37312
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33385.72/cwt80.00–90.001,14313
Dairy SteersPrime1,319139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,8405
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,300126.00/cwt125.00–127.001,6382
Bullocks1,280124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,5871
SteersPrime1,291152.42/cwt150.00–153.501,968106
SteersChoice and Prime1,308145.43/cwt143.50–147.501,90228
CowsLean 85-90%1,20040.00/cwt40.00–40.004801
CowsLean 85-90%1,14049.50/cwt49.50–49.505641
SteersChoice1,138134.28/cwt127.50–139.501,52811
HeifersChoice1,189137.38/cwt134.50–139.001,6337
HeifersChoice and Prime1,133147.16/cwt141.50–149.001,66726
HeifersPrime1,254152.20/cwt150.00–153.251,90939

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.