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Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Oct 4
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
67 head
2 vs last sale 65 67 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
255 head
20 vs last sale 235 255 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
31 head
30 vs last sale 1 31 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 to 5.00 higher and slaughter heifers 1.00 to 4.00 higher with a good offering of slaughter steers and heifers. Holstein slaughter steers were 6.00 higher today. Cows were 1.00 to 3.00 lower with bulls 2.00 higher and a good offering and nice quality of Replacement cows this week. Feeder steers trending lower and feeder heifers sharply lower and feeder bulls trending higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.49/cwt on 41 head.
Average price
$146.49
41 head · 581 lb average
Value per head Derived
$851
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$8
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$48.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.14
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1568148.8884539
Medium and Large 2838100.008382thin
One grade step is worth $48.88/cwt here — about $8 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 sale41 hd
146.49
IN average3 barns · 255 hd
143.36
+3.14
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
BullsLow1,400104.351,4616thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,31780.791,06419
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11864.2471821
CowsLean 85-90%High1,01543.004361thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,328128.501,7065thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,394102.121,4244thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage93085.507955thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,303153.001,99416
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,317147.381,94150
HeifersChoiceAverage1,315136.471,79515
HeifersSelectAverage886100.828936thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,393153.072,13223
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,340147.921,98230
SteersChoiceAverage1,284138.001,7728thin
SteersSelectAverage1,236112.731,3936thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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 1Fancy465176.00/cwt176.00–176.008183
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy688140.00/cwt140.00–140.009632
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy268175.00/cwt175.00–175.004692
BullsMedium and Large 2450115.00/cwt115.00–115.005181
BullsMedium and Large 1625120.00/cwt120.00–120.007501
BullsMedium and Large 1435125.00/cwt125.00–125.005441
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy691161.32/cwt161.00–163.001,1156
SteersMedium and Large 1465161.00/cwt161.00–161.007491
HeifersMedium and Large 1445117.00/cwt117.00–117.005211
HeifersMedium and Large 2745100.00/cwt100.00–100.007451
HeifersMedium and Large 2930100.00/cwt100.00–100.009301
Dairy SteersLarge 2350135.00/cwt135.00–135.004733
HeifersMedium and Large 1673126.00/cwt126.00–126.008482
HeifersMedium and Large 1898112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,0062
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy630161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,0147
HeifersMedium and Large 1988117.99/cwt115.00–121.001,1662
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy476159.45/cwt155.00–165.0075916
HeifersMedium and Large 1493117.00/cwt117.00–117.005773
BullsMedium and Large 2685101.00/cwt101.00–101.006921
BullsMedium and Large 2840100.00/cwt100.00–100.008401
BullsMedium and Large 1390153.00/cwt153.00–153.005973
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy448146.00/cwt146.00–146.006542
HeifersChoice and Prime1,317147.38/cwt140.50–150.001,94150
HeifersChoice1,257133.58/cwt124.00–138.001,6797
SteersChoice and Prime1,340147.92/cwt140.00–150.001,98230
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed886100.82/cwt93.00–116.008936
HeifersPrime1,303153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,99416
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15758.64/cwt55.00–60.006786
SteersSelect1,236112.73/cwt109.00–121.001,3936
SteersPrime1,393153.07/cwt152.50–154.002,13223
Dairy SteersChoice1,394102.12/cwt100.00–108.001,4244
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,328128.50/cwt128.50–128.501,7065
HeifersChoice1,366139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,8998
Dairy SteersSelectReturn to Feed93085.50/cwt85.50–85.507955
SteersChoice1,284138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,7728
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10266.48/cwt62.50–73.5073315
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,31079.21/cwt75.00–84.501,03815
Bulls98392.00/cwt92.00–92.009042
Bulls1,609110.52/cwt107.50–114.001,7784
CowsLean 85-90%1,01543.00/cwt43.00–43.004361
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,34586.71/cwt85.00–93.001,1664
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,28691.00/cwt91.00–91.001,17011
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2843121.50/cwt121.50–121.501,02420
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy544164.00/cwt164.00–164.008924
BullsMedium and Large 1250160.00/cwt160.00–160.004001

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.