Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2022-09-20

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Sep 20
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
39 head
21 vs last sale 60 4 vs year ago 43 · 9.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
325 head
47 vs last sale 278 86 vs year ago 239 · +36.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 1.00 to 3.00 lower with slaughter heifers instances of higher/lower with a good offering of steers and heifers and stills good value on higher quality slaughter steers and heifers. Holstein slaughter steers were steady today. Cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher with bulls 2.00 to 6.00 higher this week. Feeder steers were steady to firm with feeder heifers 6.00 to 14.00 higher and feeder bulls trending lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.00/cwt on 17 head.
Average price
$135.00
17 head · 591 lb average
Value per head Derived
$798
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$132
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$22.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.99
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1591137.6081415thin
Medium and Large 2590115.506812thin
One grade step is worth $22.10/cwt here — about $132 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 sale17 hd
135.00
IN average5 barns · 499 hd
144.99
−9.99
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
BullocksAverage1,065106.001,1291thin
BullsLow1,695106.511,8068thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,32288.381,16842
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20959.447188thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,323100.001,3232thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,426125.001,7836thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,330115.001,5301thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,04392.799682thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,293151.961,96524
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,213145.511,76497
HeifersChoiceAverage1,167131.921,54013
HeifersSelectAverage820117.009591thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,358112.601,5296thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,352153.122,07020
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,287143.671,84965
SteersChoiceAverage1,269136.501,73215
SteersSelectAverage1,050100.001,0501thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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 1667148.00/cwt148.00–148.009873
BullsMedium and Large 1800115.00/cwt115.00–115.009201
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy480161.00/cwt161.00–161.007735
BullsMedium and Large 1395136.00/cwt136.00–136.005371
HeifersMedium and Large 2660111.00/cwt111.00–111.007331
HeifersMedium and Large 1310151.00/cwt151.00–151.004682
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added462181.00/cwt181.00–181.008365
SteersMedium and Large 2700115.00/cwt115.00–115.008051
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added505145.00/cwt145.00–145.007321
SteersMedium and Large 1Full855120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0261
SteersMedium and Large 1560133.00/cwt133.00–133.007451
SteersMedium and Large 1620140.00/cwt140.00–140.008681
SteersMedium and Large 1700125.00/cwt125.00–125.008751
SteersMedium and Large 1910130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1832
HeifersMedium and Large 1450141.00/cwt141.00–141.006351
HeifersMedium and Large 1595126.00/cwt126.00–126.007501
HeifersMedium and Large 1805123.64/cwt120.00–126.009953
HeifersMedium and Large 1942118.35/cwt115.00–120.001,1153
HeifersMedium and Large 1365156.00/cwt156.00–156.005694
HeifersMedium and Large 2520120.00/cwt120.00–120.006241
Bulls1,11582.61/cwt80.00–85.009212
Bulls1,808112.72/cwt110.00–115.002,0384
Bulls2,050118.00/cwt118.00–118.002,4192
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,30082.72/cwt75.00–85.501,07515
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33491.53/cwt86.00–110.501,22127
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16151.04/cwt50.00–54.505934
Dairy SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,04392.79/cwt90.00–95.009682
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,426125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,7836
Dairy SteersChoice1,330115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,5301
Bullocks1,065106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,1291
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed820117.00/cwt117.00–117.009591
SteersPrime1,352153.12/cwt152.50–153.502,07020
SteersSelect1,050100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,0501
SteersChoice1,269136.50/cwt125.00–139.501,73215
SteersChoice and Prime1,287143.67/cwt140.00–149.001,84965
Dairy HeifersChoice1,323100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,3232
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25667.84/cwt63.00–70.008524
HeifersChoice and Prime1,465142.50/cwt142.50–142.502,0881
HeifersPrime1,293151.96/cwt150.50–153.501,96524
HeifersStandard1,358112.60/cwt100.00–123.001,5296
HeifersChoice1,167131.92/cwt124.25–138.501,54013
HeifersChoice and Prime1,210145.54/cwt141.00–148.751,76196

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.